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Are you saying that you don't believe that Terri's parents demanded half of Michael's loss of consortium award? You're saying that Michael made this up?

There are 2 side to this - not just Micheals side. Why is it that this man has such a hold over you? Not everything he says is the golden truth. From what I have read Michael put a DNR on her chart after he got the money which was supposed to be used for her. This is what prompted the Shindlers to ask him about the money.

I believe I can find where the father admitted it. Of course, then your story will simply change to "Yeah, but he promised them ...". So why should I bother?

I don't know what was promised, or what transpired. But it is clear that the Shindlers wanted Micheal to spend Terri's money on Terri and that is when the falling out occurred.

>>There are 2 sides to this - not just Michaels side. <<

Does anyone know when Michael went to nursing school, and how he supported himself during nursing school? I have heard that he moved in with the Schindlers after the incident "to save rent money." I have heard that Terri was earning more than he was before she collapsed. I wonder if the Schindlers supported him for a couple of years before he got his judgment from the insurance co?

"This is what prompted the Shindlers to ask him about the money."

Sure. I can see where they would ask him about the $700,000 trust fund and how it was going to be used.

But that does NOT explain why they would demand half of his $400,000 loss of consortium award for their own personal use. Why did they do that?

"But it is clear that the Shindlers wanted Micheal to spend Terri's money on Terri"

He did. For fifteen friggin' years he spent Terri's money on Terri. Who do you think was paying the bills, for crying out loud?

Yes, he discontinued therapy in 1993 because it wasn't working. Why should he waste this precious "Terri" money on therapy that wasn't working?

(If Felos' daughter had the contract to provide the physical therapy that wasn't working, you'd be screaming to high heaven that Michael was paying off his friends and would have demanded that he discontinue therapy immediately. I can just hear you.)

And if her parents weren't constantly hauling him off to court for every little reason (they never once prevailed), there would have been even more in the trust fund.