Schiavo autopsy reports due out today

[FlaSoxxJim]

Governor Jeb Bush is now asking Michael Schiavo to be investigated because he wants to know why it took him so long to call 911 when she collapsed.

 

Why won't people let this go?

Apparently this is the "unspecified legal action" the Schindlers' lawyer spoke of. :headshake

 

Is there any legal teeth in investigating these events that happened 15 years ago? If so, thenthis can potentially open up a Pandora's Box of litigation – including all the people who promptly call 911 and then experience inordinate respose times that lead to death or medical complications that rapid treatment could have prevented. So much for Republicans trying to reduce the number of frivolous madical suits.

Edited June 17, 2005 by FlaSoxxJim

[Rex Kickass]

All because he can't remember if he found her at 4.30, 5 AM or 5.40 when he called 911.

 

You've been up all night and your wife has just had what appears to be a massive stroke. Do you know what time it is?

[kapkomet]

Governor Jeb Bush is now asking Michael Schiavo to be investigated because he wants to know why it took him so long to call 911 when she collapsed.

 

Why won't people let this go?

I think this is utterly rediculous on Jeb's part. I'm not going to say any more other then SHE'S DEAD. LET IT THE F*CK GO.

[Queen Prawn]

You'd think being in charge of a state that he would have more pressing matters to attend to...let the woman rest in peace already.

[bmags]

The part about him giving her a diagnosis we agree...he did not give her a "diagnosis" yasny...but what we are debating right now is a question he was asked on the today show, where lauer asked did he sway other senators...being that he was a practicing physician...by saying that shiavo does respond in the video he saw...and he just said that he never said she responded...in which he clearly stated she did...in fact he said she responds...

 

the only ridiculous part of that conversation is you were trying to make them seem wrong because they weren't proving a point you made...

[Soxy]

Bush ends investigation of Micheal Schiavo.

Hopefully it's over now. . .

 

Gov. Jeb Bush Ends Schiavo Inquiry

 

By DAVID ROYSE, Associated Press Writer Fri Jul 8, 4:19 AM ET

 

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Gov.

Jeb Bush has declared an end to the state's inquiry into

Terri Schiavo's collapse 15 years ago, after Florida's state attorney said there was no evidence that criminal activity was involved.

 

Bush had asked State Attorney Bernie McCabe to investigate Schiavo's case after her autopsy last month. He said he now considers the state's involvement with the matter finished.

 

"Based on your conclusions, I will follow your recommendation that the inquiry by the state be closed," Bush said in a two-sentence letter.

 

In asking McCabe to look again into how Schiavo slipped into a persistent vegetative state, Bush had cited an alleged gap between when Schiavo's husband Michael found her and when he called 911. The governor had said the issue remained unsettled.

 

McCabe said, however, that while such discrepancies may exist in the record, Schiavo's statements that he called 911 immediately had been consistent.

 

"This consistency, coupled with the varying recollections of the precise time offered by other interested parties, lead me to the conclusion that such discrepancies are not indicative of criminal activity," McCabe wrote in a letter to Bush accompanying his report.

 

The report was dated June 30, but not released until Thursday.

 

The bitter right-to-die case engulfed the courts, Congress and White House, and divided the country.

 

Terri Schiavo died March 31 from dehydration after her feeding tube was disconnected despite efforts by Bush, her parents and some state national lawmakers to keep her alive.

 

Michael Schiavo had fought to have the tube disconnected, saying his wife wouldn't have wanted to be kept alive artificially.

 

The autopsy left unanswered the question of why Terri Schiavo's temporarily heart stopped, cutting off oxygen to her brain. A medical examiner was unable to determine with reasonable certainty a "manner of death."

 

McCabe said there must be some fact or evidence indicating a criminal act caused the death to open a full homicide investigation. He said the review revealed none.

 

He added that the most likely cause of Schiavo's collapse remains the one already advanced — an eating disorder.

 

David Gibbs, attorney for Schiavo's parents, said the report appeared rushed, noting that Bob and Mary Schindler were not interviewed by the state attorney's office. "We had thought they would meet with the family," he said.

 

Michael Schiavo's attorney deferred comment until he had a chance to fully review the report.

[RibbieRubarb]

Bush ends investigation of Micheal Schiavo.

Hopefully it's over now. . .

 

Gov. Jeb Bush Ends Schiavo Inquiry

 

By DAVID ROYSE, Associated Press Writer Fri Jul 8, 4:19 AM ET

 

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Gov.

Jeb Bush has declared an end to the state's inquiry into

Terri Schiavo's collapse 15 years ago, after Florida's state attorney said there was no evidence that criminal activity was involved.

 

Bush had asked State Attorney Bernie McCabe to investigate Schiavo's case after her autopsy last month. He said he now considers the state's involvement with the matter finished.

 

"Based on your conclusions, I will follow your recommendation that the inquiry by the state be closed," Bush said in a two-sentence letter.

 

In asking McCabe to look again into how Schiavo slipped into a persistent vegetative state, Bush had cited an alleged gap between when Schiavo's husband Michael found her and when he called 911. The governor had said the issue remained unsettled.

 

McCabe said, however, that while such discrepancies may exist in the record, Schiavo's statements that he called 911 immediately had been consistent.

 

"This consistency, coupled with the varying recollections of the precise time offered by other interested parties, lead me to the conclusion that such discrepancies are not indicative of criminal activity," McCabe wrote in a letter to Bush accompanying his report.

 

The report was dated June 30, but not released until Thursday.

 

The bitter right-to-die case engulfed the courts, Congress and White House, and divided the country.

 

Terri Schiavo died March 31 from dehydration after her feeding tube was disconnected despite efforts by Bush, her parents and some state national lawmakers to keep her alive.

 

Michael Schiavo had fought to have the tube disconnected, saying his wife wouldn't have wanted to be kept alive artificially.

 

The autopsy left unanswered the question of why Terri Schiavo's temporarily heart stopped, cutting off oxygen to her brain. A medical examiner was unable to determine with reasonable certainty a "manner of death."

 

McCabe said there must be some fact or evidence indicating a criminal act caused the death to open a full homicide investigation. He said the review revealed none.

 

He added that the most likely cause of Schiavo's collapse remains the one already advanced — an eating disorder.

 

David Gibbs, attorney for Schiavo's parents, said the report appeared rushed, noting that Bob and Mary Schindler were not interviewed by the state attorney's office. "We had thought they would meet with the family," he said.

 

Michael Schiavo's attorney deferred comment until he had a chance to fully review the report.

 

Maybe...Finally...The Politians will let her rest in peace.

[southsider2k5]

Maybe...Finally...The Politians will let her rest in peace.

 

The politicians AND the families for that matter.

[JUGGERNAUT]

I thought I weighed in on this in another thread. I think the biggest thing to surface from the autopsy report is the fact he did not validate the claim that she brought this on herself through bulemia. He said there was no evidence to support that claim & that it remained a mystery to him as to why she suffered the attack she did.