Florida lawmakers jump into Schiavo case

AP ^ | 10/21/03 | JACKIE HALLIFAX

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George Felos, attorney for Michael Schiavo, said he thinks the legislation would be unconstitutional. It is Terri Schiavo's right under the Florida Constitution to not be kept alive artificially, and the courts have affirmed that, he said.

Felos characterized the group's efforts as yet another attempt to undo repeated court rulings in favor of Michael Schiavo.

[Calpernia]

Virtual Freep!

[tutstar]

true, but there seem to be so many pro-euthanasia people around that it would sell.....He has already written one book but I don't know how it's done.

[lakey]

Yes 30% - No 70%

Hey, we made an impression - liberals are at it again.

[lakey]

Yes, & they're all voting NO on CNN.

Gotta go to bed. Thanks for all your pings. 'nite

[Calpernia]

I'm off to bed too. Have a great night.

[Humidston]

LOL - Felos is toast now. Nobody likes a LOOOOSER. If he writes a book, I'd bet money it'll be on the Sale Table for $2.99 in 30 days!

The media will drop him like a hot potato, not to worry.

Are we HAPPY tonight or WHAT?? :-)

[Humidston]

I guess Felos Karma blew out a window, huh?

BWAAAAHAHAHAHA!!!

[tutstar]

to self....wrong link for this info...
the following have links to GAL Pearse
only excerpts referencing GAL Pearse will be copied from the link IOW there is more info at each link.....



http://www.bayarea.com/mld/kentucky/news/nation/7002611.htm
Ironically, at the beginning of the case in 1998, it was Felos who requested an independent guardian for Terri Schiavo.

Attorney Richard Pearse was appointed, and he issued a report to Judge Bruce Boyer, who then was handling the case. In the report, Pearse said Michael Schiavo was not a credible witness to his wife's end-of-life wishes because he waited several years before coming forward with the claim that she wanted to die. Pearse also noted that Michael Schiavo would benefit financially from her death and be able to move on with his life.

After the report was issued, Felos attacked it and Pearse, and asked that Pearse be removed. Boyer complied.

Boyer never replaced Pearse. And Pearse said he believes a major opportunity was missed because Terri Schiavo has not had her own lawyer in the five years of litigation that have followed.

"One of the interesting and ironic aspects of this case is that all of the parties have portrayed themselves as representing her interests," he said. "It's always desirable that a person in Terri's position have an independent representative who has no particular interest in the case other than Terri."

Anderson, who began representing the Schindlers in 2001, said the failure to replace Pearse has hindered the parents' case because Michael Schiavo, as Terri's legal guardian, controls her medical care and even her visitors.

"The parents' hands are tied in terms of what evidence they could present," she said, "because they didn't have access to Terri. They're not even permitted to know if she's been running a temperature. If a guardian ad litem had been appointed, it would have been a different story."





http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:gdE38o7trdMJ:www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp%3FARTICLE_ID%3D35055+pearse+guardian+terri+schiavo&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
Attorney Richard Pearse was appointed to be guardian ad litem [guardian for the litigation] – or GAL – by probate Judge Patrick Caddell and charged with investigating the case, and issued a 10-page report in Dec. 1998.

Pearse urged in no uncertain terms that the petition for removing the feeding tube be denied.

He also recommended that a guardian ad litem (not necessarily Pearse) be appointed to protect her interests.

And he made it clear that he did not believe Schiavo's sudden recollection of Terri's wishes.

"Regarding the pending petition filed by Mr. Schiavo to withdraw the gastric feeding tube which sustains the ward, he claims that the ward told him after their marriage that she would not want to be kept alive artificially," Pearse wrote. "Mr. Schiavo indicated strongly to [Pearse] that his petition to withdraw life support has nothing to do with the money held in the guardianship estate, which he would inherit upon the ward's death as her sole heir-in-law."

He continued: "The only direct evidence probative of the issue of the ward's intent is the hearsay testimony of the ward's feeding tube which would inevitably result in her death" However, his credibility is necessarily adversely affected by the obvious financial benefit to him in the event of her death while still married to him. Her death also permits him to get on with his life."

That Schiavo's attitude and actions changed as soon as the money from the malpractice suit was in the bank was not lost on Pearse.

"From that point forward, the ward's husband has isolated the ward from her parents, has on at least one occasion refused to consent for the ward to be treated for an infection, and, ultimately, four years later, has filed the instant petition for the withdrawal of life support on the basis of evidence apparently known only to him which could have been asserted at any time during the ward's illness," he said.

"Since there is no corroborative evidence of the ward's intentions, and since the only witness claiming to have such evidence is the one person who will realize a direct and substantial financial benefit from the ward's death, the undersigned guardian ad litem is of the opinion that the evidence of the ward's intentions developed by the investigation, does not meet the clear and convincing standard."

Charging Pearse was "biased" towards Schiavo, Felos promptly had Pearse removed as guardian ad litem. No one was appointed in his place.

[jmstein7]

FReep CNN to tell them to correct Terri Schiavo question ("brain damaged" not "comatose")

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1005877/posts

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http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:kPqLaXAAX0wJ:www.informedvolusian.com/2002/Issue_35/issue_35_article_9.htm+pearse+guardian+terri+schiavo&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

In 1998, independent guardian Richard L. Pearse Jr. reported to Greer that for the first four years after Terri's collapse, Schiavo pursued "every manner of treatment and rehabilitation conceivable." He also sued her doctors so that she could be compensated for her injuries.

When the litigation ended, however, "he has a change of heart concerning further treatment," Pearse said. Pearse, noting that Schiavo would benefit financially if his wife died, recommended that the feeding tube remain.

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VERY GOOD BREAKDOWN ON THE TRUST FUND MONEY HERE---
AS WELL AS THIS DOG EAT DOG REVELATION THAT FELOS WILL LIKELY CHARGE TERRI FOR HIS LEGAL FEES........


http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache:O93YUeB7v8YJ:www.sweetliberty.org/bulletins/euda.htm+attorney+richard+pearse+fl&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
Also, there is no telling the future amount Attorney George Felos will charge Terri, via Michael Schiavo, for his legal endeavors. On February 22, 2002, in response to the attorney’s February 7, 2002 appeal, the Florida Supreme Court issued a stay to the 2nd District Appellate Court’s order calling for Terri’s neurological examinations. The Florida Supreme Court is presently reviewing their posture regarding Terri’s case.

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IT JUST GETS BETTER......
Terri's care covered by medicaid while Michael has a business, expensive car..........
Can you say insurance fraud??
How did they accomplish this?


http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:vGS-lcA857MJ:www.m-blog.com/terrischiavo+pearse+guardian+terri+schiavo&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
Terri briefly did have the service of Richard L. Pearse, Esq.,
appointed by the court in 1998.,br> Attorney Pearse was dismissed
from the case by the state court on motion by George J. Felos, Esq.,
the non-party co-conspirator herein, after the former filed a report
concluding that Michael Schiavo had an irreconcilable conflict of
interest due to Schiavo's relationship with another woman, his
financial stake in Terri's death, and the fact that he tried to let
Terri die of a urinary tract infection in 1993.

4) Why has Terri been kept in a Hospice for since March or April
2000, when Hospice' is meant for terminally ill patients, not
disabled persons who can be rehabilatated.

5) Why is medicaid paying for Terri, someone who is not certified
Terminally Ill to be kept in a hospice? When her husband drives a
recent model Mercedes, owns a home with a pool, has an insurance
corporation, and earns good income?

7) Why isn't Michael Schiavo paying the hospice bill if he is Terri's
husband? He has income and assets, or is he hiding his assets with
his in-active insurance company that has its office at his residence?

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http://www.flcourts.org/osca/divisions/Guardian/Charge%20and%20Members.html

Judge Greer is on the Committee for Guardianship Monitoring

[tutstar]

sure looks like it huh? so much for karma.....

[tutstar]

Well there are lot of weird things...one of which is post 84 this thread

[lakey]

Half asleep this a.m., I caught the end of a t.v. newscast saying that all but $50,000.00 of Terri's malpractice money is frozen. Are we getting contradictory info again?

[lakey]

Never mind. Honeygrl saw the same broadcast - $50,000 is all that is left of Terri's award, & it is frozen.

[honeygrl]

"Another New-Age member of the Church of What's Happenin' Now. "

You know, we actually had a church in my town called "Church of the Now" or something like that. Odd people too.

[Humidston]

>>7) Why isn't Michael Schiavo paying the hospice bill if he is Terri's
husband? He has income and assets, or is he hiding his assets with
his in-active insurance company that has its office at his residence?<<

Wouldn't it be the sweetest revenge if a new judge didn't order Michael to sell off his assets in order to pay Terri's back bills at the hospice? *Snicker!*