"It does have bearing, though, since the Schindlers encouraged him to 'break the contract', and then tried to use his 'breaking of the contract' as a reason to claim he was conflicted and thus should not have the right to make medical decisions on Terri's behalf."
Good point, especially in light of the "benefit" they would receive by him violating the contract, and possibly having it broken.
Once again (as in the posts around 400) you prove you don't actually know what the heck this case was about. It was not until 2000 that the Schindlers learned of Michael's liason with his new wife and the children fathered with her, when an obit listed 'survivors' in the Schiavo family. At that point the Schindlers tried to bring the conflict of intetrest up in Greer's court and Greer would not allow it into the record thus he could ignore it. When you play at agitprop your lack of knowledge regarding the thing you play at will come out, as it has with your postings. How old are you, by the way ... this might be a good case for you to study and remember in the decades ahead.