They should have listened to Free Republic. We poked it full of holes years ago. However, Dr. Thogmartin made it official. His findings showed that the malpractice lawsuits were a criminal fraud all along. The trial lawyer who invented the theory (Gary Fox) may not have known this, but Michael most certainly did. He also had, and withheld from the court, written and scientific evidence that prima facie exonerated the doctors -- the bone scan. Then after the judgment in his favor, Michael again acted as a "fraud on the court" by denying Terri the therapy that the jury award was for. (If she died, he stood to inherit it, so he soon set out to arrange her death, too.)
The score at this point is that Michael and Terri had a big fight. Terri was scared but went to sleep, Michael came home late from his evening restaurant job, and Terri ended up face down on the hall floor, permanently brain damaged, in cardiac arrest, and dying. Michael has no explanation for this. Now he has no alibi.
Freepers can think of an explanation.
Dying only hastens judgment.