Schindler's attorney Pat Anderson to appear on Fox News with reaction to Michael on Larry King

Oct 28, 2003

[T'wit]

Thanks, LadyDoc.

You raise a good question here -- "...why the doctor's lawyers didn't bring it up in the "malpractice" suit?"

Why indeed? Did they not know about this? I don't know if it's germane, but the jury questioned Michael closely about how he planned to use the money for Terri's therapy, and then set damages accordingly. Maybe the parties just went along with it.

[T'wit]

Thanks, CJ. Needless to say, that was my suspicion also. We've had witness testimony that they were having a bad fight that day. It's only too easy to imagine what happened that night. Nobody else was around, so Michael is the only possible suspect.

[T'wit]

>> Mafia (or something like it)

It has been sounding much too much like "The Sopranos," except I doubt that scriptwriters would think of anything this cruel.

[T'wit]

>> How did the "husband" get so many to "help" him, what could they possibly have to gain?

A man with a fresh $1.2 million insurance settlement burning a hole in his pocket has many friends. At least while the gravy lasts.

[T'wit]

Dr. Hammesfahr, who examined her about a year ago, was emphatic that Terri's heart is healthy and that she has never had a heart attack.

[T'wit]

>> 'd love to review Terri's medical records from her initial ER visit and subsequent hospitalization, especially the blood lab work reports

Michael Schiavo sealed the records. I gather the bone scan came out only ten years later, and I believe some have never been released.

Nothing suspicious here, eh? Gah, this stinks.

[Canadian Outrage]

Great post for sure!! After listening to Schiavo and Felos last night on LKL, I wouldn't believe a SINGLE WORD that came from Schiavo's mouth. For once also, LKL did just softball it?? His ONLY explantion for not divorcing Terri, moving on with his life and letting the parents look after her, was "to carry out her wishes". I almost screamed. We are supposed to believe HIM??

[nfldgirl]

When King asked him why he thought Terri's parents were doing this, he looked disgusted and replied, "To make my life hell."

What a self-serving, pompous piece of garbage! Arrgggghhh! There isn't enough justice in the world for somebody like him....and that slimy slug-of-a-lawyer working with him.

[atruelady]

That is a classic sign of an abuser. He blames others for his own pain and pain that he causes. He is not to blame at all, you see. That tramp Jodi he is with deserves everything she gets being with him. Her kids will be as rotten and soulless as their father..."the sins of the father are visited upon the children"...

[Just mythoughts]

My question was prior to the "settlement" that is when the "heart attack" supposedly happened.

How was it that a heart attack was diagnosed if there was no heart attack, that is when the "help" I was referring to.

[T'wit]

>> My question was prior to the "settlement"

OK, I didn't understand that. You raise a telling question. It is a mystery where this "heart attack" story came from. I don't know that it was ever diagnosed, and at least two doctors today are saying it never happened, that is, there was no heart attack, no potassium issue. Perhaps it's simply something that MS told people at the time -- after all, he had to explain her collapse somehow. As a nurse or nurse-trainee, he might have been savvy enough to concoct the "potassium imbalance due to bulimia" hokum.

He wouldn't have needed many "friends" at this stage. There was no police investigation, no suspicion on him. All we had with this man who'd apparently suffered a terrible loss. The poor, poor thing.

[Dustbunny]

The more I read about Michael Schiavo and what he has not done for Terri over the last 13 years and the fact that he wants her cremated with no autopsy, the more I wonder what he is trying to hide. The total lack of logic and common sense of the whole affair has my head spinning.

[The Red Zone]

The Consequences of Casual Conversations CHILLING!!!

[editor-surveyor]

"Greta didn't lift a finger to stop it."

Greta is a Death-culture socialist herself, and likely intends to cast the Schindlers in a bad light.

[spokeshave]

"the ct scan is suspicious of trauma. In an older person with osteoporosis,or someone with brain damage who was brain damaged, it could be from a fall or from minor trauma, such as transferring the patient wrong or a seizure or coughing too hard. If it was a child, we would diagnose child abuse."

Or the Experimental elecro brain treatment complete with cortex implant as given to Terri by MS.(see transcript of his Larry King talk)

[freekitty]

I still am wondering what Michael's motivation is? What he is doing does not make sense. It is obvious he has moved on with his life. That's why I believe his determination regarding ending Terri's life is much more than right to die.

There's some kind of control factor going on with this man. Did I hear someone say he has a 14 year old illegitimate child? That would be a approximately a year before Terri became ill. It seems he left Terri a long time ago.

This leaves me bewildered. Why is he so bent on fulfilling an alledged wish of only what he and his family say was what Terri wanted when he has so obviously begun a new life?

What about the cremation plans? If anything, there should be red flags popping up.

[Princeliberty]

Mike should further what a pig he is on Larry King.
And no wonder he was trying to overshadow the new
evidence about what happened to his wife.

The facts are he did assualt her in the past.
Thus, the idea he assualted her that day is
very reasonable.

[attagirl]

Thanks for the ping and for the transcription! I wonder who put the cap on the investigation. I noticed in one of my replies back from Jeb, he made it very clear that he respected what happened in that lower court--despite seeing for himself that the woman was no more in a coma than most liberals.

This is not to say it was he--I realize this case is much older than his term, but interesting that he refused to intervene without involving the legislature. Anyway, I'm wondering what the state ag plans to do.

[Gelato]

Greta van Susteren

October 28, 2003

GRETA: Last night, Michael Schiavo broke his silence to make his case for ending his wife’s life and made some shocking accusations against Terri’s family. He said about Terri’s father, “No, because he’s always wanted the money. He always wanted money out of this. He even testified in the first trial he was angry that he didn’t get any money."

Joining us to respond is Terri’s brother Bobby Schindler. He’s joined by the Schindler family attorney, Pat Anderson. Bobby, your brother-in-law says it’s about money. Basically, your father wants the money, that’s why he doesn’t want the feeding tube removed from your sister. What’s your response?

BOBBY SCHINDLER: Well, it’s totally false, Greta. Interestingly enough, back in 1992 Michael was suing a doctor in a malpractice trial, and he was asking up to 20 million dollars to take care of Terri for the rest of his life and the rest of her life. Shortly after the malpractice money came in, in January of 1993, it was just six months later when Michael attempted to withhold antibiotics. Terri would have died from an infection she had from a urinary tract infection. She would have died, and Michael would have inherited close to a million dollars at that time. So, this notion or this accusation that my parents were in it for money is just absolutely false and just wrong.

PAT ANDERSON: Greta, the parents want to keep Terri alive. They want to keep Terri alive. It’s obvious they’re not fighting to kill her. They’re fighting to keep her alive and get her better. It has nothing to do with money for them.

GRETA: So, what’s with this money…Pat, is there….I mean, I don’t even know where the money is. I mean, I know there was a malpractice lawsuit, a successful one, but a lot of money has gone into paying for this poor woman’s medical care. Is there any money to be fighting over?

ANDERSON: Oh, no, no, no, no. No, the money has not gone for that purpose. The money’s gone into lawyer’s pockets. George Felos has received $357,000 of Terri’s money. Debbie Bushnell has received about another $90,000. All told, way more than half of the money that that jury awarded for Terri’s care has been spent on attorney’s fees and costs.

GRETA: But is there any left to fight about? How about that? Pat, that’s really my question.

ANDERSON: No. No.

GRETA: All right. Bobby, how would you describe your sister’s marriage up until the day that she went into the hospital? What was her marriage like with her husband?

SCHINDLER: Well, it was deteriorating, Greta. I mean, Terri and I had conversations prior to her collapsing that evening when she was coming to me seeking a divorce from Michael. At the time I was only in my early 20’s, and other than just listening to her, I really didn’t have much to offer as far as how to go about getting a divorce. She was extremely unhappy.

GRETA: Pat, what Michael said last night is that Terri was bulimic, and that when you constantly throw up you lose a lot of potassium, and the suggestion was that what put her into cardiac arrest was a very low potassium. True or false, and whether or not she was bulimic and this may have created a potassium deficiency?

ANDERSON: Well, the doctors I’ve consulted, and maybe Dr. Biden can shed some light on this, is that her potassium was below normal, but her blood glucose was quite elevated, so there is some speculation in the doctors I’ve consulted is that the paramedics were running a glucose solution on her before she got to the hospital, which altered her blood chemistry to that extent. The bulimia is just a theory.

GRETA: All right, and we’ll still keep digging into that. Bobby, do you ever talk to your brother-in-law? You ever have any conversations with him in the last six months or so?

SCHINDLER: No, not in the last six months. The last time I had contact with Michael is just prior to the original trial in January of 2000, and I asked him if he’d like to talk about the upcoming trial, and at the time he told me that any conversations that we would have would be through his attorney.

GRETA: And your parents, have they…I mean, has it ever been any sort of effort for all of you to sit in the room? I mean, obviously this would become a very public and disturbing problem. Any chance that even all of you sit down and somehow work this out in Terri’s best interests? Bobby?

SCHINDLER: I would love…that would be wonderful if we could do something to work this out and we can get guardianship back of Terri. All we want to do is take her home and take care of her. We just want Michael to take care of his family, and we want to take care of Terri.

ANDERSON: You know, he has an infant daughter, and he needs to concentrate on it.

GRETA: All right, Pat, Bobby. Thank you both very much.

[fiesti]

"-father was on, the gist of it was that original incident was not a heart attack, more likely a truama injury that has never been investigated.....Michael Shiavo was alone with Terri when she collapsed....Fox thinks this angle has legs........go Fox!"


lets look at this from another angle..What if Terri had of died that night?? Would there have then been an investigation and an autopsy??? If this would have been the outcome who would have been #1 suspect?? Lots of circumstancial to convict 13 years ago and yet the court makes him guardian Sick sick sick