Question asked Michael Schiavo:
Is there anyone in your family that has
a particular reputation for having a good memory?

Answer:
My brother, Scott. We always tease him
about having the mind of an elephant.



Scott Schiavo's Testimony
http://www.lydiamcgrew.com/SchiavoTrialTranscript.htm

22 DIRECT EXAMINATION

23 BY MS. FELOS:
24 Q Good morning. State your full name for
25 the record, please.

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1 A Scott Schiavo.
2 Q Mr. Schiavo, where do you live?
3 A In Carmel, Indiana.
4 Q How long have you been there?
5 A A little over three years.
6 Q Where did you live before then?
7 A In Trevose, Pennsylvania.
8 Q Approximately where is that located?
9 A It's, I guess close to northeast
10 Philadelphia.

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21 Q Are all the brothers living?
22 A Yes. They are.
23 Q What about are they married?
24 A Yes. They are.
25 1 Q So you have how many sister-in-laws?

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1 A I have four.
2 Q So Theresa Schiavo, Michael's wife, is
3 your sister-in-law; is that correct?
4 A Yes. She is.
5 Q When did you meet her?
6 A I believe it was around October. I
7 believe it was of 1983.
8 Q How did you meet her?
9 A At a family gathering at my brother's
10 house.
11 Q What kind of gathering was this?
12 A If I remember correctly, it was my
13 brother's birthday.
14 Q Was this a date or something that Mike
15 had with her?
16 A Yes.
17 Q They were not married yet?
18 A No. He brought her there on a date to
19 meet the family.

Joan Schiavo Testimony

http://www.lydiamcgrew.com/SchiavoTrialTranscript.htm

11 Q Do you know Theresa Schiavo?
12 A Yes. I do.
13 Q When did you first meet Terri?
14 A I met Terri at a party that my husband
15 and I had years ago. She came to it. It was the
16 first time she met us.
17 Q Was she married to Mike at that time?
18 A No. They were dating.
19 Q I notice you had a smile on your face
20 when you said you met her at that party. Was
21 there anything that happened at that party that
22 was particularly --
23 A Terri and Michael had come in. Michael
24 had introduced us to her. She was sitting beside
25 me at the time. My husband was out front at the

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1 time. Everybody was drinking. And he was
2 somewhat loaded at the time.
3 He came walking in the house goofing
4 around. He told everybody -- there was a song or
5 something on the radio. He came in dancing. He
6 yelled out, "Everybody drop your pants," and Terri
7 cracked up laughing. I knew then that we were
8 going to get along just fine.
9 Q In the time period that Terri and Mike
10 lived in Philadelphia, which was I think about the
11 beginning of '86 -- let me backtrack. Do you
12 recall when it was you first met Terri?
13 A Well, I was married at the time. I
14 don't recall the year. I had already had B. J.
15 '84. Maybe '82, '81. I don't recall the definite
16 year.

Michael Schiavo's 2000 Testimony
http://www.lydiamcgrew.com/SchiavoTrialTranscript.htm

21

1 Q Tell the Court, please, what your
2 educational background is.
3 A I went to community college for about a
4 year-and-a-half in the Philadelphia area. Bucks
5 County Community College, starting, I believe, in
6 1983. Don't hold me to the dates. I'm not good
7 with dates.

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8 Q Is there anyone in your family that has
9 a particular reputation for having a good memory?
10 A My brother, Scott. We always tease him
11about having the mind of an elephant.
12 Q Please tell me how you and Terri met?
13 A At Bucks County Community College in one
14 of our classes. I can't remember which class it
15 was.
16 Q Tell us a little about your courtship
17 with Terri.
18 A Terri and I dated approximately about a
19 year. We did the usual things. Family parties.
20 Movies. We went to dinner a lot. We were engaged
21 probably about a year into our relationship. We
22 were engaged for a year before we got married.-
23 Q When did you and Terri marry?
24 A November 10, 1984.


Micheal Schiavo's 1992 Deposition
http://www.nevin.net/1992_med-mal_ms_depo.htm
p 9
4 Q What was your age when you got married? I
5 can compute it from this, but --
6 A I was 21.
7 Q And how old was she?
8 A She was 20.
9 Q How long had you gone together?
10 A Two years.