Schiavo judge's other 'right-to-die' case

World Net Daily ^ | March 24, 2005

[amdgmary]

Ping. Judge Greer was involved in another case like Terri's in 2000.

[Victor]

This mutt needs to be called to account. My apologies to mutts everywhere.

[AntiGuv]

This is nothing like the Schiavo case. Blair had a living will and the living will was quite clear. His wife just happened to be delusional.

Ping Clark, of Chinese descent, argued that four days of Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture treatments had showed promise.

[passionfruit]

I wonder how many other cases like this the Judge has ruled over. It looks like he has a slant toward opting for death, as long as he isn't the one doing the dying.

[KC_Conspirator]

This guy had a living will. Its nothing like the Schiavo case.

[AntiGuv]

"If the situation should arise in which there is no reasonable expectation of my recovery from severe physical or mental disability, I request that I be allowed to die and that life-prolonging procedures not be provided."

Clark relied heavily on the opinion of neurologists, some of whom claimed Clark's chances of recovery were no greater than one in a thousand.

"If you love somebody, one in 1,000 is a chance worth taking, argued Dennis Rogers, Ping Clark's attorney.

[digger48]

But it shows that even a Living Will can be subject to opinion. How can one cover all the possibilities for the actual meaning.

[Awestruck]

..."sharper than a serpent's tooth...."

[ClancyJ]

Well, exactly where does it say - "Give me only one month for expectation of recovery"?

[AntiGuv]

Well, typically the whole point of someone putting such a clause into a living will is exactly because they don't want to be forced to hang around for month after month in such a condition with no reasonable expectation of recovery.

[agrace]

I agree, it's not really much like Terri's case, save a family dispute and a feeding tube. There is something that bothers though, and that's the rush to take him off of it. Although, this guy was on a ventilator as well, and the article doesn't say when the life support was actually removed vs when he died - it only says it was a week after the ruling.

The wife only wanted 30 more days. I know why Greer would disregard that request, but I have a hard time understanding why her kids would fight her on that. I wouldn't want to be in that family at Thanksgiving dinner, that's for sure.

[AnAmericanMother]

Follow the money.

They wanted their inheritance and didn't want to wait 30 days for it.

[Tired of Taxes]

Living wills should be more specific. That one was too vague.

[silverleaf]

His wife just happened to be delusional.

She was his spouse, his legal guardian, and BY FL LAW, entitled to make the decisions regarding his health care and his likely wishes given his condition and prognosis....

Yet the Judge gave his non-guardian children, who stood to gain financially from this man's death, the standing he refused to give Terri's parents...why?

Sheesh, Greer and the "kids-from-the-first-marriage" gave this guy 6 weeks.

[AntiGuv]

Actually, by Florida law his living will governed the decisions, not his wife.

[agrace]

I know, the article certainly seems to suggest it.

It's just so hard to accept that there are people out there who would see the death of one parent and estrangement from the other as a good trade-off for financial gain.

[silverleaf]

The wife only wanted 30 more days. I know why Greer would disregard that request, but I have a hard time understanding why her kids would fight her on that

Yep, she only wanted 30 more days! And SHE WAS THE LEGAL GUARDIAN, it was her call... denied.

They weren't "her kids" they were the heirs, err, loving children, from his previous marriage.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Don't bother them with facts they have no bearing.

[agrace]

They weren't "her kids" they were the heirs, err, loving children, from his previous marriage.

That wasn't in the article, was it? Guess they don't have to have Thanksgiving dinner with her then, but still.