Here what he said in his decision,
[Diane] called by Respondents testified to similar conversations [to those testified to by the mother as having occurred in 1973 or 1974) with Terri Schiavo but stated that they occurred during the summer of 1982.... The court ... notes that this witness had quite specific memory during trial but much less memory a few weeks earlier on deposition. At trial she mentioned seeing the television movie on Karen Ann Quinlin and had no hesitantly (sic) in testifying that this was a 'replay' of that movie and she watched such replay at college in Pennsylvania. She also knew precisely what song appeared on a TV program on a Friday evening when Petitioner was away at McDonald's training school. While the court certainly does not conclude the the (sic) bad joke and comment did not occur, the court is drawn to the conclusion that this discussion most likely occurred in the same time frame as the similar comments to Mrs. Schindler. This could well have occurred during this time frame since this witness and Terri Schiavo, together with their families, spent portions of summer vacations together which would have included the mid-1970's. [at page 5]...
There are some comments or statement (sic) made by Terri Schiavo which the court does not feel are germane to this decision. The court does not feel that statements made by her at the age of 11 or 12 years truly reflect upon her intention regarding the situation at hand. Additionally, the court does not feel that her statements directed toward others and situations involving others would have the same weight as comments or statements regarding herself if personally placed in those same situations. Into the former category the court places statements regarding Karen Ann Quinlin and the infant child of Joan Schiavo. The court finds that those statements are more reflective of what Teri Schiavo would do in a similar situation for someone else.[at page 9]
In essence, it appears that Judge Greer believed that the friend had heard the same statement as the mother. He says he "does not conclude the ... comment did not occur" but does appear to believe that the friend "enhanced" her testimony after her deposition three weeks before trial and moved the comment from childhood into adulthood. Moreover, he gives all comments 'about others' less weight than those which Terri made about herself. That appears to have been his reasoning.
Nope, wrong answer. There was a reason why the court said it felt that the "feel" of Diane's testimony was wrong.