Money for Terri Went to Attorneys, Michael

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/3/27/85512.shtml ^ | March 27, 2005

[Maria S]

According to the Associated Press, Michael Schiavo sued medical professionals who he said failed to recognize symptoms that caused his wife's heart to stop beating, causing her brain damage. As a result, he won a $1.2 million settlement. At the time, Michael sought the funds with the promise to use the money for Terri Schiavo's care and rehabilitation. As part of the settlement, Michael Schiavo received $300,000, the rest being earmarked for Terri's care and rehabilitation. His attorneys say today most of the money designated for Terri is gone, spent on her care and legal bills. One of his lawyers, Deborah Bushnell, told the AP that more than half of the $700,000 designated from the malpractice award for Terri's care has been spent for that purpose, with the rest going toward litigation. But that statement is at odds with records that show that lawyers - not medical care - ate up most of the expenditures and have been paid directly from Terri's Medical Trust fund, with the approval of Judge George Greer: Here’s where most of the money went:

Atty. Gwyneth Stanley - $10,668.05 Atty. Deborah Bushnell - $65,607.00 Atty. Steve Nilson - $7,404.95 Atty. Pacarek - $1,500.00 Atty. Richard Pearse (GAL) - $4,511.95 Atty. George Felos - $397,249.99 Other - 1st Union/South Trust Bank – $55,459.85 Michael Schiavo - $10,929.95 Total: $545,852.34

These funds, the result of a malpractice suit, were meant solely to provide for Terri Schiavo’s care and rehabilitation, not to pay lawyers to help Michael Schiavo kill his wife. Schiavo’s primary attorney, George Felos, a professional advocate of mercy killing, has received upwards of $400,000 dollars since Schiavo hired him. This same attorney, at the expense of Terri’s medical fund, publicly likened Terri to a "houseplant" and has used Terri’s case on national television to promote his newly published book.

[atomicpossum]

Which could be a great basis for a lawsuit by the Schindlers.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

this crowd in Florida is not about assisted suicide, they are proponents of active and court-ordered euthanasia! Lets call it what it is......Schiavo was ORDERED directly, not merely "allowed". see "shall cause"......not "may"......so the legal precedent/case law is set!

"ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that absent a stay from the appellate courts, the guardian, Michael Schiavo, shall cause the removal of nutrition and hydration, from the Ward, THERESA SCHIAVO, at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, March 18, 2005."

http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/greer_doublespeak.html

[Diogenesis]

DOCUMENTS TYING MS's LAYWERS TO THE HOSPICE

More info on the tangled web the Florida Judiciary has woven here

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	GREER DONOR	AMOUNT	POSITION	ACTION
Lawyers For Michael Schiavo	Hamden Baskin III    Felos & Felos            Deborah Bushnell     Gyneth S. Stanley    Steven Nilsson         Beth Wilson	$500  & $500 $250 $250 $150 and $250 $250 and $250 $250 and $100	Michael Schiavo’s Lawyer[s]	Greer denies many or all of Schindler’s in favor of Felos Greer Allows hearsay as evidence/disallows Schindler’s statements Felos former chairman of board of directors of Hospice of Florida Suncoast
	Daniel Grieco	$300	Employer of Michael Schiavo at time of Feb. 25, 1990 then attorneyOf record for Michael up until the malpractice award,	Incident when injuries occurred to Terri,Reappeared as attorney for selected pleadings
State/County Employees/Elected	Frank Nagatani	$50 and $50	DCF Attorney	Squashed testimony for DCF Investigator to appear on behalf of abuse allegations
	Bernie McCabe	In-Kind	State Attorney	Allowed underling to appear in campaign ad for Greer Will not call Grand Jury
	Everett Rice	$500 & In-Kind	Sheriff/State Rep	Didn’t conduct criminal investigation into what really happened to Terri or allegations of abuse after initial incident Allowed Deputy & use of county property to appear in campaign ad for Greer
	John Carassas	$100	Deputy Attorney General	Florida Deputy Attorney General, involvement with Rice in Sept. 2003 motion for Greer recusal dueTo improper discussion of case
	James Hellickson	$150 & In Kind	Assistant state attorney in office of Bernie McCabe, Pinellas/Pasco State Attorney	Appeared in Greer Campaign Ad
	Paula Shea	In Kind	Assistant Pinellas Public Defender	Appeared in Greer Campaign Ad
	Andrew Sasso	$100	Officer in Guardianship monitoring program and Guardian ad litem pool	Was supposed to: “evaluate information about the well-being and property of all persons adjudicated of having a legal incapacity so that the court can fulfill its legal obligation to protect and preserve the interests of the ward,” FL COURTS
Misc. People w connections	Richard La Belle	$100	Member of Board of Directors of Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities	Supposedly ACPD doing investigation into Schiavo case
	Battaglia, Ross, Disus and Wein	$250	Principal Kelli Crabb is past chairperson of Hospice Foundation of Florida Suncoast and member of Board of directors
	Gus Bilirakis	$40 cash	Former Hospice Board member and of American Hellonic Education Progressive Assoc. (AHEPA)	Felos past Governor
	Divito and Higham	$250 and $250	Law firm employed by St. Petersburg/Venice Dioceses	Terri’s Dioceses

 

 

 

 

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Law changed by Hospice where Terri is dying

MICHAEL SCHIAVO'S lies and contradictory testimony in easy to read format

[COUNTrecount]

Will Schaivo receive any money from a life insurance policy when Terri dies?

[gesully]

Michael Schiavo did not want Terri to recover. That is his motive pure and simple. She has to die to carry the secret that the reason she is in the state she is in is due to Michael Schiavo. Not one cent of the malpractice award has been spent on resuscitation.

[Clara Lou]

Will Schaivo receive any money from a life insurance policy when Terri dies?
I'd like a factual answer to that question myself-- not hearsay, not opinion-- fact.

[Diogenesis]

VIST TO GREER'S JUDICIAL/NAZI/WORLD

Judgenfuhrer Greer: "We black-robed Mullahs are fully aware that our Fatwahs
ordering death by starvation instead of gas chamber for the handicapped
WAS the penalty used by the Nazis for people trying to escape Auschwitz.
Our actions shows who our hero and gods are.
And for your information, victims of our black-robed Judical Fatwahs actually enjoy it."

[savedbygrace]

Would they have standing for that?

[redheadtoo]

Michael probably plans to recoup the money with the book he will write telling about his "heroic" struggle to off his wife.

[praise]

In a situation like this our Christian prez could seek God's word for prayer, advice, and answers. We have a big problem in this country in that we have judges who neither fear GOD or man.Luke 18:2 I am disappointed big time in our leaders.

[pickyourpoison]

It would be interesting to find out what the jury, who awarded the rehab monies, think about the way the money was actually spent.
Seems odd that the media haven't contacted them.

[ClaireSolt]

Is it true that Michael is living high on the hog in a $400,000 house and driving 2 Mercedes while at the same time refusing to replace Terri's broken wheelchair? What is the source or authority for this claim?

[fabriclady]

I trust there are attorneys on Free Republic that will have an answer.
I pray that some of these attorneys will join together for a legal fight that will win for Terri in death, she surely did not win in this life.
She is in God's hands now.

[texasbluebell]

Will Schaivo receive any money from a life insurance policy when Terri dies?

You'd have to ask his "fiancee" -- an insurance agent (which is surely a coincidence).

[ChefKeith]

FYI

[Fudd Fan]

I'm sure he WILL write a book. Let him try.

[zzen01]

Florida is a TOILET!

[expatguy]

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