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Does anyone know any of the details of Terri's malpractice lawsuit? It would seem that the medical provider's attorneys would have pored over the medical records in detail, and if there was any indication that her injuries were caused by the husband, they would have brought it out at the trial and it would not have taken the Schindlers ten years to find this out

The records are sealed if this was a settlement (which it probably was). The parents have no access to any research done by the defense, which probably was unable to uncover much, since this was in the corrupt Florida courts.

There remain very serious questions however about this husband, his unsavory lawyer, the outrageous behavior of the ACLU, ad nauseum.

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There was not a settlement, it was a full jury trial for the doc who lost big. Another doc settled earlier for a smaller sum. And I have found indications of a third doc, but details sketchy.

This is a very interesting case all around. The original allegation was that doctors failed to detect and treat a bulimia-induced potassium imbalance which led to a heart attack and brain damage.

Heart attack which stopped oxygen, and yet the heart has remained healthy all these years? Bulimia-induced?

I think the jury grasped at any excuse to spend someone else's money. And there's this business of medical charts indicating trauma.

The string of causation for the deprivation of oxygen is improble. Possible, but registers on the bs meter.

Think this case speaks to the corrupting influence of malpractice insurance abuse as much as a right-to-die/live controversy. As soon as Terri suffered, she became an Object of Desire, a cash cow, a treasure to be exploited both by husband and lawyers to milk an insurance company. Once exploited, everyone now tries to dispose of the evidence.