TERRI SCHIAVO MISSING - REMOVED FROM HOSPITAL W/O FAMILY'S CONSENT [Update: She's back at Hospice]

Bay News 9 TV - Florida | 10/22/03 | dandelion

[dandelion]

Terri's brother, Bobby, just reported that Terri is MISSING!! He has been waiting all day to see her, he got the green light, and she's gone...

News 9 reporter said she's gone back to hospice, but the family does not know where she is and has NO CONFIRMATION.

BREAKING...

[sweetliberty]

I'm not sure of the judge's name that is hearing the case. You might check this site though. If someone can post his name again I expect you can find the information there.

[CindyDawg]

Yawn. He also said yesterday that she was dieing of renal failure and that today he's guesses he's going to have to go to court to try to get the tube pulled again.

[lonevoice]

If only someone could slap a big old industrial strength muzzle on him while he's flapping his jaws to the press!

[lonevoice]

Will do. It can't hurt.

[LadyPilgrim]

I can't figure out why there hasn't been one of those hot shot lawyers come on the scene.

Also, with junk like that in Felos book, you'd have thought there would be a firestorm about it.
He sounds like he's in a cult!

I suppose we need to keep emailing and calling those we deem important enough to hear what we have to say.

I'll admit, I'm not getting a lot of response.

I just hope there are things going on in the background, that we're not hearing, or reading.

[sweetliberty]

I would say draw up a letter and include excerpts from his book and offer your thoughts. Of course, you would have to word it carefully enough that YOU not sound like the whackjob. Send it to all the regulars on the major cable news and talk radio programs.

[PleaseNoMore]

Dr. Jay has an anger management problem?
http://www.yerridlaw.com/verdict58.cfm


Secretary sues over scholars' fracas at USF
By JAMES HARPER

St. Petersburg Times Staff Writer

February 4, 1994

TAMPA - A secretary at the University of South Florida who says she was injured during
a faculty fracas just before Christmas filed a civil suit Thursday against one of the
professors involved.

Jay Wolfson, a USF professor and member of the Hillsborough County Hospital Authority,
threatened secretary Yolanda Santos, grabbed her and jumped on her back - all in a struggle
over Santos' personal tape recorder, the suit charges.

"This is something one would expect to read about in grade school," said Santos'
attorney, Steve Yerrid. "It's ironic in a place of higher learning that the very basics we learn
as children were cast aside."

"We're comfortable that Dr. Wolfson did nothing inappropriate that day," said Tracy
Sheehan, one of the lawyers representing him.

Santos' story is nothing but "a fabrication" designed to fuel a bitter faculty turf war at
USF, she said.

The suit claims that Wolfson's actions amounted to assault and battery, false
imprisonment and negligence and asks for $300,000 in punitive damages.

State prosecutors and USF officials are still investigating the Dec. 17 incident, which
occurred at a faculty meeting in the Department of Health Policy and Management in the
College of Public Health.

Details of the incident have been sketchy.

Department chairman James Studnicki, who along with Santos filed a criminal complaint,
has declined to speak with reporters about it. Wolfson and interim public health dean John
Skinner, who were both at the meeting, have said there was a lot of yelling that day, but
nothing violent.

Santos' lawsuit offers different version of events. The meeting, which Santos was there
to record, began with an argument between Studnicki and Wolfson. When Studnicki tried to
adjourn the meeting and asked Santos to leave with him, Wolfson grabbed her by the arm
and thrust her back into her chair, the suit says. Santos said she was frightened by
Wolfson's yelling and threats.

A few moments later, Studnicki again asked Santos to leave the room and to take her
tape recorder with her. When Santos reached for the recorder, Wolfson "jumped on her back
and reached over her in an effort of wrestle the records from her possession," the suit
says. "As a result of (Wolfson's) unexpected attack, (Santos) was violently pushed
headfirst into the chair upon which the recorder had been resting and as a result sustained
personal injuries."

The Provost Office has asked three professors to decide whether faculty rules were
broken.


51 posted on 10/23/2003 3:14 PM PDT by Sabatier

[SunnyUsa]

Does anyone know how long was this michael married to Terri?

this case is a heartbreaker for her parents and family! I think some changes need to be made for situations like this, so that a "spouse" cannot have everything to say about whether the person can be fed (kept alive) or not....

I can't understand WHY he doesn't walk away from all of this and leave the people who love Teri to care for her.

He's a sick one.

[TheSarce]

For all you FR Google gurus checking into Wolfson, the potential Guardian Ad Litem, I went back and hunted a couple of things I'd read in the wee hours this morning that might help in your research. Forgive me if you have this already, I have gotten hopelessly behind reading posts! (A reminder to any newbies, do NOT post individual's private contact info, i.e. home addys, phone numbers, etc. on the public forum!)

Here's a little more info on Wolfson's various associations. At post #40 at Lawyer: Terri still in danger, FReeper Tucson_AZ posted a current article that says:

"If an agreement cannot be reached, Demeres said, he will appoint Dr. Jay Wolfson, a professor of health and law at Stetson University, as the guardian. Wolfson also works for the College of Public Health at Florida State University and the College of Medicine at the University of South Florida.

FReeper shhrubbery! found an AMAZING article from 1994 about a lawsuit where Wolfson was sued for assault, it has more leads. It's at post #181 on the same thread, here. You've GOT to read the whole thing, but here's a tiny excerpt:

Jay Wolfson, a USF professor and member of the Hillsborough County Hospital Authority, threatened secretary Yolanda Santos, grabbed her and jumped on her back - all in a struggle over Santos' personal tape recorder, the suit charges.
[snip]
"We're comfortable that Dr. Wolfson did nothing inappropriate that day," said Tracy Sheehan, one of the lawyers representing him.

Does anyone else think it might be very educational to find out what sort of connections Wolfson's lawyer has? Of couse, the article is from nearly ten years ago, but it's full of interesting stuff. Understand, I'm NOT implying that any of these connections are necessarily nefarious, in fact it looks like practically everyone in that area serves on each other's boards -- wasn't there something about the Senate leader, King, was even on the Hospice board? The mind reels! Every minor connection between the players may not be evidence of a deep, dark conspiracy, but FReepers ought to be able to flush out any blatant conflicts of interest!

Please forgive me for posting and running, I have been up for about 28 hours straight and can't focus my eyes anymore (took over 45 min to HTML format this post, LOL!), but I wanted to get this info posted so people can do their research. Keep praying for Terri, where there is life, there is hope!

[CindyDawg]

Nah, I think the law is a good one but there just needs to be a net like this where this a disagreement bteween the spouse and the parents (like an assigned guardian and governor's stay)

[sweetliberty]

What no one has even begun to explain to me is why the protection of Terri's right to life not Constitutinal. That is THE most fundamental of rights. All else is built around that foundation.

[honeygrl]

I sent an email to the address for felos that someone posted and it was returned. Some sort of fatal error. I couldn't figure out if it was on my end or his end of the transmission.

[dixiegrrl]

In the United States of America Federal Statutes IT is against the law to use federal money to asssist in or cause the death of ANY individual!! TITLE 42 > CHAPTER 138 > Sec. 14402.
Sec. 14402. - Restriction on use of Federal funds under health care programs
(a) Restriction on Federal funding of health care services

Subject to subsection (b) of this section, no funds appropriated by Congress for the purpose of paying (directly or indirectly) for the provision of health care services may be used -
(1)
to provide any health care item or service furnished for the purpose of causing, or for the purpose of assisting in causing, the death of any individual, such as by assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing;
(2)
to pay (directly, through payment of Federal financial participation or other matching payment, or otherwise) for such an item or service, including payment of expenses relating to such an item or service; or
(3)
to pay (in whole or in part) for health benefit coverage that includes any coverage of such an item or service or of any expenses relating to such an item or service.
(b) Construction and treatment of certain services

Nothing in subsection (a) of this section, or in any other provision of this chapter (or in any amendment made by this chapter), shall be construed to apply to or to affect any limitation relating to -
(1)
the withholding or withdrawing of medical treatment or medical care;
(2)
the withholding or withdrawing of nutrition or hydration;
(3)
abortion; or
(4)
the use of an item, good, benefit, or service furnished for the purpose of alleviating pain or discomfort, even if such use may increase the risk of death, so long as such item, good, benefit, or service is not also furnished for the purpose of causing, or the purpose of assisting in causing, death, for any reason.

[sweetliberty]

"Does anyone know how long was this michael married to Terri?"

I believe I read that they were married about 3 years.

[sweetliberty]

"...why the protection of Terri's right to life not Constitutinal."

That should read: "...why the protection of Terri's right to life is not Constitutional."

I am SO tired!

[LadyPilgrim]

I got a ton of those returned last week.
I called my provider and went through all the virus protection stuff, and he told me that there is a tremendous amount of virus' that have caused the ERROR messages.

Also that I couldn't get the msg to leave my box. Everything is better now. However, I am still getting a few things returned, only not as many.......I kept hitting send and receive, and finally they went and have stayed gone.

[sarasmom]

Have you seen posted yet exactly WHY this law is unconstitutional?
I have heard a bunch of raving elitists loudly claim that it is. But mostly they seem to be absolutely torked off that the Executive and Legislative branches of the State of Florida, operating as designed by the constitution,and at the loud cries from the public, stopped the Judicial branch from creating a "right" to murder by cruel starvation a severely disabled woman.
No judge in the State of Florida will be retained come next election cycle,if I get my wish.
Greer is out for sure, and he knows it.
I tried to get information on judges last election, and it was as hard to find a reliable basis for an informed decision as it is to research a new doctor.
Eyes wide open now,time for a thorough housecleaning by we, the people.
VOTE NO.EVERY JUDGE.EVERY ELECTION. AS LONG AS REQUIRED TO CLEAN UP THIS JUDICIAL MESS.

[sweetliberty]

"if the administrator is reviewing the patient's notes...why was not the administrator checking into this"

That's a real good question.

[ZAKJAN]

Michael Schiavo Continues Legal Battle, Terri Improving

by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
October 23, 2003

Clearwater, FL (LifeNews.com) -- Michael Schiavo vows to continue fighting Terri's family -- this time over legislation passed that gave Governor Jeb Bush (R-FL) the authority to require doctors to reinsert the feeding tube that was allowing Terri Schiavo to live.

George Felos, the assisted suicide advocate who is Michael's lead attorney, will go to court on Monday to challenge the constitutionality of Bush's authority. Felos claims the decision should rest with Michael, who obtained a local judge's permission to end Terri's life.

Felos claims Michael is benefiting from an outpouring of public support, though rallies and letterwriting campaigns have been overwhelmingly in Terri's favor.

"He's a fighter, and he's feeling in some ways encouraged," Felos said.

Meanwhile, Terri Schiavo's parents and brother visited her for more than an hour at Woodside hospice.

"Terry is great, absolutely great. She has her color back. She's tired, but she just looks wonderful," said her father, Bob Schindler. "I think she's out of harm's way."

The night before, Terri appeared drawn and her eyes were rimmed with red, Schindler said, but she was beginning to look better Thursday.

Doctors reinserted the feeding tube at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater on Wednesday and then Terri was secretively transported to the hospice where she has been a patient for years, only minute before Terri's family was scheduled to visit her.

Pat Anderson, attorney for Terri's family, says the action was designed to weaken Terri before she was medically ready to be moved from the hospital.

[sweetliberty]

"Has anybody spoken to Jeb's office lately/"

I believe that Budge did earlier this afternoon.