bilirakis.gus@leg.state.fl.us
Barbara Sheehan Todd also serves on the Hospice Board. She was a County Commissioner the same time Judge Greer was. I emailed her too. That email address is on the url which is above this one somewhere. I keep saying goodnight but I am so hungry for information about this. I wish they'd get slapped with the RICO Act - just my opinion.
SCOFLA "cognition is not a prerequisite for withdrawal of life-prolonging procedures when there are no advance directives. Section 765.401(3), Florida Statutes, provides that absent evidence of patient intent, such medical procedures can be withheld or withdrawn when that decision is in the patients best interest. That statute by reference to Section 765.305, allows such decisions to be made for patients who are in end-stage or terminal conditions (765.305(2)(b)), said conditions not defined by lack of cognition (765.101(4) and (17)). 6. The affidavit attached to Petitioners motion has also been filed in the trial court, and no doubt will, upon the resolution of this round of appeals, form the basis of Petitioners next motion for relief from final judgment. After a fulltrial, and now after an additional 2 years of extensive medical tests and examinations and an eight-day hearing with six medical experts including four neurologists, Petitioners now seek to challenge the conclusions of the trial and appellate courts with the opinion of a speech pathologist who has worked for seven years. That fact that someone disagrees with the findings of eminent neurologists and the opinions of the courts is insufficient for this court or any court to further delay the implementation of the wards medical treatment wishes. 7. Again, for the reasons set forth in the Emergency Motion to Vacate Stay,Respondent requests that the emergency motion for stay be denied.
FV SAYS: Terri is not in end-stage or terminal condition and it's not in her best interest to be starved to death. Florida's Supreme Court argued themselves into a conundrum. I don't think they followed one of the statutes they cited about "in the best interest". The Supreme Court of Florida wants Terri dead too, no matter what.