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Michael Schiavo Poised To Sue Caregivers
Tampa Bay Online ^ | 8/10/05 | David Sommer

Posted on 08/10/2005 10:38:54 AM PDT by marshmallow

CLEARWATER - Michael Schiavo has asked a court to waive the two-year statute of limitations on filing a medical malpractice lawsuit against one or more of his deceased wife's caregivers.

Terri Schiavo, 41, died March 31 after her feeding tube was removed after a seven-year court battle.

Schiavo's attorney in this case, Mark Perenich, said he was not able to discuss the proposed lawsuit behind Tuesday's request for an extension of the two-year statute of limitations.

By law, medical malpractice lawsuits must be filed within two years of the alleged misconduct unless an extension is granted.

In October 2003, Terri Schiavo's feeding tube was removed on court order. Doctors reinserted it on orders from Gov. Jeb Bush.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: euthanasia; greed; hildythreat; hino; itsover; murder; pyramidscheme; schiavo; schindler; scumbag; serialkiller; showmethemoney; slipperyslope; terri; terrischiavo; terrischindler; wifekiller
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To: SoCar
Then you should love the thread I came across earlier.

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461 posted on 08/13/2005 12:51:18 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Impeach Judge Greer - In memory of Terri <strike>Schiavo</strike> Schindler - www.terrisfight.org)
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To: BykrBayb

Wow, that would render me completely incoherent. I simply could not communicate. I never type without looking at the keys.


462 posted on 08/13/2005 1:03:24 AM PDT by SoCar (I fully support John Roberts.)
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To: SoCar
Careful what you say on the Terri threads. Lurkers from the euthanasia movement are eager to interpret statements like "that would render me completely incoherent," or "I simply could not communicate." Those are dangerous things to say around here!
463 posted on 08/13/2005 1:07:32 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Impeach Judge Greer - In memory of Terri <strike>Schiavo</strike> Schindler - www.terrisfight.org)
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To: BykrBayb

OOPS!! You are so right. Since we detoured so far I forgot which thread we were on!! Don't let them pull my feeding tube please.


464 posted on 08/13/2005 1:15:35 AM PDT by SoCar (I fully support John Roberts.)
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To: Hildy
A DNR means what it says, no more, no less: do not resuscitate. Do not revive. Do not defibrillate. Do not give CPR.

A DNR is NOT an order to deny ordinary medical care, such as antibiotics in case of infection. Such denial of treatment is against the law. This law is in place to protect patients.

If the patient himself refuses treatment, it has to be Informed Consent -- a signed document saying that he is aware of the consequences and knows that it is against the physician's medical advice.

By all means, research the question and do what you and your mother agree is best. If your (that is, anyone's) guardianship is valid and the decision is appropriate, then your DNR order would be valid.

There are cases where a DNR would be questionable or invalid, but that was not my argument. It's a whole different question. There's no reason to go into it.

465 posted on 08/13/2005 4:55:24 AM PDT by T'wit (Twit's Law #41: If justice were for sale, you could finally get some.)
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To: Shortstop7
>> ... out for money. That is all he has ever been about.

Michael is a great hound for easy money, and has no scruples on how he gets it. He has never been able to hold a good job. But don't overlook his hatred for Terri and her family as a motive for denying her rehabilitation, treatment and every little comfort for the last thirteen years of her life.

When he put "I kept my promise" on her memorial, the venom in his words was almost palpable. He never kept his vows to "love, honor and cherish" Terri. The only promise he ever kept to her was to kill her -- and he dated it February 25, 1990. Think about that.

466 posted on 08/13/2005 5:16:30 AM PDT by T'wit (Twit's Law #41: If justice were for sale, you could finally get some.)
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To: Shortstop7

A low life scumbag who sat by his wife's bed for years, became a nurse to help her, moved his life to California for an experimental therapy. Then the time came to accept she would never get better. That's not being a scumbag, that's being a realist. You have no idea what this man has been through. I don't think most young men would have done 10% of that. There are those who believe there are things worse than death, you don't. FINE. That does not make him a scumbag. Money? He made $300,000. He would have made that no matter what happened to her. The money has nothing to do with it.


467 posted on 08/13/2005 8:27:32 AM PDT by Hildy ("When you want something you've never had, you've got to do something you've never done.")
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To: T'wit

In that case, this will be a very interesting case to watch, in my opinion. I think there must be another part to the story we don't know about. We'll see.


468 posted on 08/13/2005 8:29:39 AM PDT by Hildy ("When you want something you've never had, you've got to do something you've never done.")
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To: T'wit

Easy money? You've gotta be kidding. He's never been able to hold a good job? Prove it. I've never read anything of the sort. There was no rehabilitation to be had. She was gone. There are those who believe that it is more compassionate to let people die in peace than be poked and prodded and subject to a life of humiliation, and that's assuming she even understood what was happening. All reports say she didn't. She couldn't see and her brain was non-existant. I understand what you and your side think and I understand why. And I'm not saying that in a mean-spirited way. I understand where you are coming from. Why won't you at least try to understand my side of the street and the reasons we believe what we believe? Do you really think I'm a death mongerer? Honestly?


469 posted on 08/13/2005 8:51:52 AM PDT by Hildy ("When you want something you've never had, you've got to do something you've never done.")
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To: Hildy
Well, right now all we know is that it's a medical malpractice suit NOT a libel suit.

Despite all the speculation and your wrong conclusions, we still don't know precisely what medical malpractice that michael is aiming for.

Btw, despite many proving you wrong about this being a libel suit, I have yet to see you keep your word and issue an apology.

470 posted on 08/13/2005 8:53:40 AM PDT by Freedom Dignity n Honor (There are permanent moral truths.)
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To: marshmallow

If I was in the penthouse suite in Hell I'd be ready to get kicked out at a moment's notice.


471 posted on 08/13/2005 8:54:36 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: Hildy

The sheriff's dept gave Schiavo a job, probably at the behest of Scientologists or other factions very active in the St. Pete's political scene.


472 posted on 08/13/2005 8:57:15 AM PDT by livius
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To: livius

So? He got a job as a nurse...he's a nurse, right?


473 posted on 08/13/2005 9:01:23 AM PDT by Hildy ("When you want something you've never had, you've got to do something you've never done.")
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To: marshmallow
Sounds like a plan him and his sleaze bag attorney had in place for quite a while.

Just have a little respectful cooling off period after her murder, pick up an award or two to bolster his slimy character and then go for the"big bucks".

If he gets the same judge it's going to make me wonder, but not much,if he was part of a prearranged deal also.

474 posted on 08/13/2005 9:22:53 AM PDT by mississippi red-neck (You will never win the war on terrorism by fighting it in Iraq and funding it in the West Bank.)
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To: Hildy
>> In that case, this will be a very interesting case to watch, in my opinion.

I beg your pardon? We weren't talking about any "case." I was talking about the nature and limits of DNR orders.

If you are referring to the possible malpractice case, I can't imagine that failure to comply with a DNR would be malpractice. There might conceivably be a lawsuit in it for failure to follow the legal guardian's instructions, but not for malpractice.

But why would a DNR order have anything to do with anything? There was no resuscitation -- no disobeying of a DNR order.

475 posted on 08/13/2005 9:54:07 AM PDT by T'wit (Twit's Law #41: If justice were for sale, you could finally get some.)
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To: Hildy

He didn't have a lot of experience at the time, and he and the sheriff are good buddies (which is one reason the sheriff's dept was particularly notable for their presence at the "hospice.")

BTW, who employs you to come and infest these threads?


476 posted on 08/13/2005 9:57:14 AM PDT by livius
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To: marshmallow
That loud "thump" that woke me up was the sound of my jaw hitting the floor.

Michael is busy assembling another dream team of crooked, evil shysters.


477 posted on 08/13/2005 9:59:34 AM PDT by FormerACLUmember
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To: Hildy
>> Easy money? You've gotta be kidding. He's never been able to hold a good job? Prove it. I've never read anything of the sort.

What you have read is evidently not enough. You say, "Prove it." It is not my job to bring you up to speed. It is your job. You do the research. You do the reading. Until you do your homework, you have no factual basis for your opinion.

Meanwhile, think about $250,000 from the first malpractice suit. The doctor angrily denied the charges and was exonerated by a Florida agency. But Michael did not return the money. There's a very easy quarter of a million bucks. Has anyone handed you $250,000 for nothing?

In the second malpractice suit, he got $350,000 (I think it was) for "loss of consortium." That means he wasn't getting love at home. But he didn't lose any time getting love from Cindy, Trudy and Jodi. He didn't lose any "consortium" at all. There's another third of a million bucks, easy and free. Did you ever get handed $350,000 for nothing?

That's $600,000 in easy money for a guy who let his wife be the breadwinner with her insurance agency job while he couldn't make it working at McDonald's.

478 posted on 08/13/2005 10:13:36 AM PDT by T'wit (Twit's Law #41: If justice were for sale, you could finally get some.)
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To: Hildy
>> There are those who believe that it is more compassionate to let people die in peace

Terri WAS NOT dying. Everybody knew it. The autopsy report confirmed it. She was not dying. She was not terminal. She was put to death, not "in peace" but in a most cruel and barbaric manner. Do not talk of "compassion."

And do not, if you please, try to give me reasons why it is just fine to kill her. She had as much right to live as everyone else. God did not put any escape clauses in "Thou shalt not kill." She was His creation, and no one had His permission to destroy her.

479 posted on 08/13/2005 10:45:29 AM PDT by T'wit (Twit's Law #41: If justice were for sale, you could finally get some.)
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To: T'wit
Hey, why so hard on Schiavo? He is a nice guy, unmotivated by greed or anger (according to his Kool Aid defenders).


480 posted on 08/13/2005 10:54:03 AM PDT by FormerACLUmember
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