Re: Michael Schiavo pleads case on CNN

"Phil Calvert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "tinydancer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > "Robert Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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> > > Well, then, you either have no idea what you're talking about or
you're a
> > > moron. The Schindlers are the only people in this case who have
brought
> > > raftloads of lies to court, and having them fail there, shot them into
PR
> > > spin. If you can point out one lie that Michael Schiavo's told and
been
> > > called on by anybody who isn't named Schindler, please do.
> >
> >
> >
> > Can you cite any rehabilitation Terri has received *after* the award was
> > made for her *supposed rehabilitation*.
>
> Here's another article I haven't seen mentioned yet in this thread:
>
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/306hhsrh.a
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> According to the author, Wesley J. Smith:
>
> "The only efforts ever undertaken to improve Terri's condition took
> place in 1990 and 1991. They had ceased by the time of the malpractice
> trial in 1992 because her insurance coverage had run out. Indeed, the
> pressing need to restart therapy was an urgent part of the malpractice
> case. It could have--and should have--paid to restart the
> rehabilitation that had been abandoned due to lack of funds.
>
> Once Terri's $750,000 was in the bank, however, Schiavo would not
> approve a single cent of it to be spent on rehabilitation."


Thanks, this is the exact point I was trying to make.  Teri received no
rehabilitation once the award was made and the amount of the award was made
taking the cost of rehabilitation into account.

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