Correct me if I'm wrong, but the general claim among Terri supporters is that Michael was nice to Terri until he received the malpractice money, and was a monster after that. I don't see how Mary Schindler's admiration for Michael at the malpractice trial would contradict that claim in the slightest.
Here's one Freeper's take from looking at the timeline.
"But Michael tried to kill her as soon as he got the $" No
Look at timeline in links.
He got the $ around January 1993 - after 3 years of therapy. He did not know, when the malpractice suit was started, how much Terri would recover.
In 1994, "...Michael, in consultation with Theresa's treating physician, elected not to treat the infection and simultaneously imposed a 'do not resuscitate' order should Theresa experience cardiac arrest. When the nursing facility initiated an intervention to challenge this decision, Michael canceled the orders. Following the incident involving the infection, Theresa was transferred to another skilled nursing facility."
"Michael's decision not to treat was based on discussions and consultation with Theresa's doctor, and was predicated on his reasoned believe that there was no longer any hope for Theresa's recovery."