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.
Not as predictable as you are. I knew you wouldn't apologize after you were proven wrong about it being a malpractice suit. Even after saying you would donate to a Schiavo malpractice suit, you wouldn't admit you were wrong about it being such. And I predict you will ignore this post and act as if you didn't offer an apology.
Prove me wrong.
Barbara Weller, attorney for the Schindler family, wrote a letter to the Florida newspaper Sun Sentinel regarding Michael Schiavo's award as "Guardian of the Year."
Re "Michael Schiavo honored by guardian group" (Aug. 6):
This award and the awards to the judges who had no interest in ever actually seeing Terri or in finding out what her true condition was before her feeding tube was removed are a pretty clear indication of Florida's extreme commitment to expanding euthanasia in this state for the elderly and the disabled.
The Schiavo case was about a guardian who had no interest in caring for a severely disabled ward and about a group of judges who permitted that guardian to neglect and abuse his ward for more than a decade. No cause for awards in my book.
My award would still go to Terri's family who only wanted to love her and care for her and to all the other families in Florida and across our nation who do not believe they should throw away family members simply because they cannot care for themselves.
We will never know what Terri's true condition or potential was since her autopsy was not able to determine whether she was actually in a persistent vegetative state, a minimally conscious state, or something else since that diagnosis could only have been made before her death, as her autopsy report clearly stated.
It is the people who refused to find out the answer to that question and who just wanted to throw Terri away who are getting the awards. It is tragic that the myths about Terri's condition persist in the media and in the legal community merely to advance the cause of euthanasia.
We have become a culture desirous of throwing away people at both ends of life and even in the middle if they are inconvenient and are not able to care for or speak for themselves.
A society is measured by how it cares for the least of those among us. We all need to seriously ask ourselves what these outrageous awards are really saying about the current culture of death in Florida.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/letters/sfl-brmail892aug15,0,3749703.story?coll=sfla-news-letters
I can't imagine what basis he could have for a suit. Per his previous malpractice claim, he wanted Terri kept alive and believed she could be rehabilitated (or at least till he got his money). On her grave, if I remember correctly, he subsequently claimed she "died" in 1991 (or the year of her collapse, maybe it was a different year). If, as he keeps contending, she died then and there and nothing more could be done, how can he now sue providers on the theory they could have done something?
Looks like you'd have lost your bet.
Michael Schiavo Lawsuit Would Focus on Terri's 2003 Hospitalization
Perfect.
Of course, be careful who interprets that DNR for you. The coldest hearts would use it as an excuse to kill you because they think you have weak knees.
LOL
That's an interesting psychological case study, isn't it?
:grin:
8mm
"A society is measured by how it cares for the least of those among us"
I find it so hard to believe MS actually received a guardian award. I'm wondering now, what others who received this award did to their wards.
There are no words to describe what a piece of $hit this man is.
"DON'T EVER WAKE ME UP AGAIN before noon or I'll divorce you."
"I was up so late, I JUST CAN'T FACE THE PROSPECT OF BEING UP AGAIN in time for work."
"Nah, I'll shower in the morning, IT WOULD JUST REVIVE ME AND I DON'T WANT THAT. I'm ready to dive into bed this minute."
Also, in Florida, stick to booze:
"Yes, thank you, I WILL HAVE ANOTHER GLASS OF ICED TEA. It's so hot today!"
I have no idea but I did come across a list of some of their "superstar" past winners:
Tamarlane
The Grand Inquisitor
Genghis Khan
Benedict Arnold
Josef Stalin
Josef Mengele
Ilse Koch
2/25/90. See #466, second paragraph. MS probably intended the bronze plaque to be "in your face," but it could well be a confession. Michael is not the brightest bulb in the lava lamp.
More than "serious" questions. It was almost impossibly rare in the first place. Very few healthy young people go into cardiac arrest from vomiting, and none at all that I can find without vomiting as in Terri's case.
The Medical Examiner, in polite professional language, scoffed at the bulimia theory. It is easy to explain Terri's single low-potassium blood test from other causes.
The autopsy actually ruled out bulimia in a different, stronger way simply by confirming that the anoxia/hypoxia damage was limited to the brain, and mostly in the front of the brain. The heart, liver and lower body were unaffected, but they would have been equally damaged by lack of oxygen if the cardiac arrest had been caused by low potassium. That would have been a "global" effect, not just the brain.
The nature of the brain-only damage suggests that the injury occurred to the neck or head. The carotid arteries supply oxygen to the front of the brain, where the damage was the greatest, so we may make pressure to the carotid arteries the #1 suspected cause of Terri's collapse.
Nice try, Mike, but it wasn't iced tea.
When admitted to the hospital app. 10 years ago, my doc was extremely concerned about my low potassium level, so much so, I needed an iv to replenish my potassium, which needed to be checked every couple hours. I assure you, I am not, and never was, bulimic. I understand that one symptom of low potassium is leg cramping....which I continue to have periodically. They seemed to have stopped when I began taking vitamin supplements which contain potassium; it appears my potassium level, without vitamin supplements, is chronically low. I do not know why, except for the fact that my fruit/vegetable intake is not what it should be.....again, that has nothing to do with bulimia.
Yes. I was wrong. I lost my bet. Although I disagree with lawsuits like this, he has a right to do it and I understand why he is doing it. There are two possible reasons, 1) money...2)so families have more rights about the end of life issues of their loved ones. It'll be interesting to see what he wants out of it. Again, I was wrong about the intent of the lawsuit.
Did you ever weigh over 200 pounds and then lose about 100 in less than a year?
I've stated I was wrong at least twice on this thread. I'm still curious about this lawsuit. But since you want a formal apology...I'M SORRY I ASSUMED SOMETHING THAT TURNED OUT TO BE WRONG. I have no problem admitting when I am wrong. I can't say that about most here. Can you?
Do you understand that a low potassium level is, in and of itself, potentially fatal? regardless of weight stability/loss or gain?
Do you understand that one may have these low levels without losing any weight?
Did you know (I know you do) that the M.E. has already ruled out bulimia in Terri, contrary to the fabrications of M.S.?
Do you realize many people have lost and do lose in excess of 100 lbs in a year? Do you know how many of these people died from low potassium levels?
Do you know that most health experts recommend that a reasonable objective for weight loss would be between 1 lb to 2 lbs per week? Rapid weight loss, losing 3 - 4 lbs per week, is advised against as that is when significant health problems can occur. "The risk of developing gallstones is 15 to 25 times higher in patients experiencing rapid weight loss than in the general obese population."
If Terri lost 100 lbs. in one year, then that is within the recommended weight loss goals; if she was 100 lbs overweight, and lost 100 lbs in one year, that is 1.9 lbs. per week.
If she experienced rapid weight loss, then it is likely she should have developed some kind of noticeable health symptom. In that case, one would think since Michael Schiavo is a nurse, he would have had to bring her to the E.R., as pain from gall stone attacks, for example, cannot be hidden as though one only stubbed their toe.
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