Posted on 10/25/2003 11:35:53 AM PDT by ambrose
How long has it been since Terri has been allowed doctors who could or would actually do anything for her, including the kinds of tests that should be done? Also, medical records are private, so unless they are subpoenaed (can they do that) we would not necessarily be privy to that information unless it was known and made public by Terri's family.
I am also very curious why we have heard nothing about an investigation into the cause of her collapse. Could it be that it was never called into question? Or could it be that some nominal "investigation" was done and it was dismissed....just a matter of routine? Or maybe there are some LE types who are starting to get a little nervous because they didn't do their job and it might come back to haunt them. And the all important question: now that some of this information is getting out there, is there currently an investigation to address the many unanswered questions?
He does a pretty good job himself, so I will refrain from such futility.
I do not believe there are only two sides in this case.
I don't either.
Flakiness noted for the "Galaxy Group", but the Schindler's Dr. Hammesfahr supposedly has the best credentials of all the doctors on either side: Nobel Nominee, and the "first man in history to reverse the effects of a stroke".
I'd like his detailed comments on the "isolated living tissue" and it's implications for therapy.
Any of these judges have bioscience backgrounds?
Dr. Webber did not show up. Did Dr. Webber have a change of heart?
The Schindlers provided a radiologist and a neurologist. The neurologist's credentials were called into question by the trial court.
What happened to Dr. Webber? Does anybody know?
Recent lawsuit, August 30, 2003 ---
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TAMPA DIVISION
Civil Action No.: 8:03-CV-1860-T-26-TGWROBERT SCHINDLER and MARY
SCHINDLER, as parents
and next friends of Theresa Marie
Schindler Schiavo, an
incompetent ward ...[snip]
VERIFIED AMENDED COMPLAINT
[snip]
FACTS COMMON TO ALL COUNTS
[snip]
23. At the trial of the medical malpractice suit, defendant Schiavo swore that he
would use any recovery of pecuniary damages to take care of Terri for the remainder of
her life. He testified that he was going to become a nurse and devote his whole life to
taking care of her. He presented a detailed rehabilitation plan to the jury, a plan devised
by a rehabilitation specialist.
Previous lawsuit of September 22, 2002 :
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TAMPA DIVISION
Civil Action No.: 8:03-CV-1860-T-26-TGW
THERESA MARIE SCHINDLER
SCHIAVO, Incapacitated, by her
Parents and Next Friends, ROBERT
and MARY SCHINDLER,[snip]
20. In January, 2000, the Petition was tried to Hon. George W. Greer. No
attorney, no guardian ad litem, or any other independent voice represented
Terri at this trial. At this trial, Schiavo remembered, for the first time, that
Terri had told him sometime during the 1980s that she would not want to
survive on "anything artificial."
In the following, the expressed wish of the people of the State of Florida, as it is made law by our democratic-republican process; the 2003 Florida Statutes
Title XLIII
DOMESTIC RELATIONS Chapter 744
GUARDIANSHIP View Entire Chapter
CHAPTER 744
GUARDIANSHIP ........
......EXCERPTS:
744.1012 Legislative intent.--The Legislature finds that adjudicating a person totally incapacitated and in need of a guardian deprives such person of all her or his civil and legal rights and that such deprivation may be unnecessary. The Legislature further finds that it is desirable to make available the least restrictive form of guardianship to assist persons who are only partially incapable of caring for their needs. Recognizing that every individual has unique needs and differing abilities, the Legislature declares that it is the purpose of this act to promote the public welfare by establishing a system that permits incapacitated persons to participate as fully as possible in all decisions affecting them; that assists such persons in meeting the essential requirements for their physical health and safety, in protecting their rights, in managing their financial resources, and in developing or regaining their abilities to the maximum extent possible; and that accomplishes these objectives through providing, in each case, the form of assistance that least interferes with the legal capacity of a person to act in her or his own behalf. This act shall be liberally construed to accomplish this purpose.
(This excerpt is from the statutes and was researched by the efforts of Freeper, Ethan_Allen.)
The Constitutional laws in the United States are made by the people, through the democratic-republican process, not by judges. Judges do not make laws; they only have limited, specific authority to apply a situation to law(s) and laws to a situation, thereby establishing a precedent for when comes the next like juncture in a court of law.
The intent of the people of the State of Florida is clear:
Err on the side of the glass is half full ---> "[t]this act shall be liberally construed."
The in court testimony and behavior of Michael Schiavo simply demonstrates that he had no knowledge of Terri's personal wishes regarding her last willing, and upon his ignorance of that, he swore that he would devote his resources and his life to her life, doing so to the end of his life.
It's on the record --- his testimony.
Years later, in 2000, Michael Schiavo reversed himself and swore that he had known that she would not "want to live that way."
Now, Michael Schiavo either lied in first court proceeding, in order to swindle some people out of their money, by using the justice system to force such payments, or he lied in 2000 about her alleged wishes regarding her last willing.
There is plenty of information upon which to investigate Michael Schiavo for working against the best interests of his wife, Terri.
Affidavit of Carla Iyer, nurse who cared for Terri Schiavo from April 1995 to July 1996
FR page about Terri Schiavo. It includes affidavits by some of the nurses who cared for her, as well as excerpts from the parents' lawsuits on her behalf:
The pages start with nurse Carla Iyer's affidavit. Carla Iyer's license indicates that she is still practicing --- see Reply 53.Michael Schiavo's sworn testimony that he would spend the rest of his life taking care of Terri --- see Reply 105, item 23 therein.
Nurse Carolyn Johnson's affidavit --- see Reply 78.
Nurse Heidi Law's affidavit --- see Reply 86.
The first time in court, that Michael Schiavo recollects that Terri allegedly had expressed some wish that she would not want to live, was in the year 2000, ten years after her initial medical emergency --- see Reply 124, item 20 therein.
A bone scan ordered by a doctor, and performed on March 5, 1991, just over a year after her initial medical emergency in February 1990, concluded that she suffered from a history of bone trauma --- see Reply 221.
If anyone is interested in writing this boob who could not bring himself to talk about the OTHER SIDE of this story, to even take an INCH of space dedicated to why Terri maybe should not be murdered....deserves nothing less.
Here is his email address and below that-the emails of the editor-in-chief, senior editors, assc editors and so on!
Rbailey@reason.com
And the rest of the boneheads can be found at:
cpf@reason.com, jsullum@reason.com, gillespie@reason.com, jwalker@reason.com, bdoherty@reason.com, sarar@reason.com
Although they do agree on most of the cortex or neocortex missing. Probably a resolution problem - haziness at the margins.
A good argument for an autopsy, but Mr. Schiavo has announced plans for cremation. Perhaps he fears examination of what the bone scan revealed.
She'd be an interesting scientific research subject if allowed to live. Just for science's sake, I hope Dr. Hammesfahr is allowed to try his therapy, or what he claims to be such.
I agree.
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