ARE YOU READY FOR A $20 MILLION WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT AGAINST MICHAEL SCHIAVO, Does 1-10

the news | 3-22-05 | dfu

[BigSkyFreeper]

The point is not that it was in fact a lawyer, the point is that you people who want Terri murdered don't even have the facts straight. I don't know whether the lawyer was lying or not. Nor do I care.

Take a look at #51. Apparently you're in the minority opinion.

[onyx]

That's just not true.
She cannot speak or communicate.

[JennysCool]

I know there are lots of people on this board who live in, or think highly, of Florida.

Despite the State Tourism Commission's best efforts, however, Florida appears -- by all evidence in the past five years or so -- to be a mildewey, viper-infested snakepit of corruption, murder and just plain venal brainlessness, populated by opportunists, Nazis and homicidal simpletons.

And that's the bright side.

[HankRimz]

Why???

[Howlin]

http://www.sptimes.com/2003/11/23/Tampabay/Schiavo_clash_is_root.shtml

[Defiant]

A wrongful death will get thrown out on the basis that only the heirs of the deceased may recover, and only the guardian may sue. Damages consist in the amount of money that the person could have earned over the remainder of their life, which in Terri's case is $0. Some states allow pain and suffering damages, I don't know about Florida, but the person to sue is the guardian on the deceased's behalf, and the recovery is by the heirs.

The guardian and heir of Terri is her husband, and that issue has been adjudicated at length. If he's allowed to kill her, his status as her guardian is not going to change. The only thing that will change his status is keeping her alive, and further discovery into his conduct which may provide grounds to remove him as guardian.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for legal actions against Michael Schiavo. Just don't get too excited by this one.

[Hildy]

This isn't a threat, this is conviction,

I see, so only your side is allowed to have conviction. Do you realize that's exactly the same word Michael Schiavo used to justify what he's doing. Chew on that. And to the moderator: it's a threat. There's no doubt about it and my mind will be clear that I warned FreeRepublic.

[atlaw]

Yes, what would come out in a civil trial could create criminal legal jeopardy for Michael.

Another civil trial? Just one more will do it, huh?

Why do you suppose Florida prosecutors have been so lax to date in their pursuit of this self-evident criminal? For that matter, why do you think Florida prosecutors need to hang around outside a civil courtroom in order to "get the goods" on the guy?

[combat_boots]

Last night on Greta, one of Terri's friends was on the phone saying that every person (3?) who said Terri felt she didn't was to be kept alive was named Schiavo. Another friend said that Terri commented about Karen Quinlan, "Where there's life, there's hope." They were on the phone with Greta, but it was chilling. I guess he's a control type.

[Judith Anne]

Are you a nurse? Have you taken care of people like Terri, who are brain damaged but aware, awake, and alive? I have.

Your idea of talking is clearly different from mine. Your idea of communication is VASTLY different from mine.

You are mistaken.

[Shermy]

"Your cynical post proves that you really don't know much of anything about this case. It was NOT a nurse that heard Terri say that on Friday, it was an attorney."

The threads I read said it was a nurse. What's wrong with cynicism? Why not disbelieve this nurse/lawyer who also said Terri talked and such before the "murder attempt?" You know anyone else who said that?

"I am sick of you death mongers who act like know-it-alls and prove time and time again that you know nothing. All you know is what the news readers on CNN tell you."

Actually I'm not for ending feeding. The "death mongers" are the many who think Terri has some consciousness yet would approve of killing her if she signed a "living" will. Most, I think, haven't thought through the ramifications of their opinion.

[onyx]

Of course the lawyer heard it on Friday.
Geeeeez, JudithAnne.
She cannot communicate.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

I have to relate a story that could have ended similar!

A couple of years ago one of my coworkers,a young man of 19 years was badly beaten by some thugs.

He had severe head trauma and other severe injuries.The doctors didn't think he would pull through and if he did he wouldn't be the same.His will to live was very strong and he pulled through,but there for a while his parents were thinking about letting him die.He was hooked up to a breathing machine and feeding tubes,but in the end they could not go through with it and he is here to tell the tail.

He had to go through extensive therapy and after six month he came back to work.

If the parents would have listened to the doctors he wouldn't be here.

His speech is a little slurred and he is a little slower than before the beating and he walks with a limp,but he is still able to hold his own.

He could have wound up like Terri ,if his parents hadn't done everything in their power to see to it that he got adequate medical care and therapy.

I am telling you all this story,because it shows that despite what the nay sayers claim there is a chance that Terri could be better, if only she would have gotten the care and therapy she needs!

I pray that Terri still will have the chance to proof to these unbelievers that she is not a vegetable,like they claim!

[Defiant]

One other point, there is usually a "privilege" for actions taken pursuant to court proceeding and especially pursuant to a court's order. He will be immune for suit for his actions that are authorized by court.

[onyx]

No, I am NOT a nurse, but I am the wife of a doctor.
You're wrong.
Terri, sadly, cannot communicate.

[Judith Anne]

It didn't sound like a threat to me.

It sounded like a conviction.

[combat_boots]

That's what the reports say, and the website on terrisfight.org. Suspicious. The stuff of murder mysteries....and blood feuds.

[doug from upland]

I respect you also, but, come on Hildy. This is no threat. I am merely suggesting the potential legal consequence if Terri dies. Certainly her parents will file a wrongful death suit. And, from my religious beliefs, I don't think his Maker is going to be happy with him.

[SvdByFaith]

I have family in Florida and California. They live in beautiful places and enjoy living there. Even they comment that the morals and judiciary in those states are going down the tubes. It's a wonderful place to be until you need legal help.

We refer to Florida and California as Sodom and Gomorrah.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Your cynical post proves that you really don't know much of anything about this case. It was NOT a nurse that heard Terri say that on Friday, it was an attorney.

You're lying. Near as I can tell, Barbara Weller isn't an attorney. Please, for the sake of this forum, don't lie. Makes all of us look bad.