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Michael Schiavo, Terri's husband, and his doctors won a $1.2 million medical malpractice lawsuit based on the claim that Terri's brain injury was caused by a three-stage progression of a potassium imbalance that caused a heart attack, depriving Terri's brain of oxygen.

I've been wondering who was sued? Who do you sue for medical malpractice when your wife supposedly caused her own injuries by becoming an anorexic and starving to death ---- it doesn't make sense. Self-inflicted injuries don't get you $1.2 million lawsuit wins.

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Who do you sue for medical malpractice when your wife supposedly caused her own injuries by becoming an anorexic and starving to death ---- it doesn't make sense. Self-inflicted injuries don't get you $1.2 million lawsuit wins.

I've been wondering about that too. (And btw, FYI, Schiavo's side claims Terri was bulimic, not anorexic. Bulimia apparently can cause potassium imbalance, but some doctors say potassium imbalance did not directly or indirectly cause Terri's condition.)

Larry King asked Schiavo what the malpractice accusation was about, and Schiavo claimed the "malpractice" was the alleged fact that Terri's ob/gyn didn't do bloodwork when she supposedly was having an infertility investigation.

Schiavo claimed that had the ob/gyn done bloodwork, Terri's supposed potassium imbalance would have been discovered before she collapsed.

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I'm also curious to know if any doctors examined Terri at the time of the lawsuit to determine whether or not she would be helped by therapy. It's my understanding that the money awarded in the lawsuit was earmarked for just such therapy.