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Abrahamson, radiologist-Humana. Ken Deacon took his depo for 1992 medical malpractice case.
Adams, Carolyn ‘Andy’- An LPN at Palm Garden
Adams, Jackie
Agines, Susan - A senior nursing supervisor at Woodside Hospital. [Routine returns a sense of calm, by Stephen Nohlgren, Times Staff Writer, Published April 2,2005.]

“She wasn’t able to verbalize. But if she was uncomfortable, because the staff had been with her so long, we knew. If she moved, we knew what it meant. We knew when she should settle down with a different piece of music.”

Allen, Bill - The director of Biomedical ethics, Law and Medical Professionalism at the University of Florida College of Medicine.

"Yikes! That took a lot of courage. It would have been easier for them to whisper, `Atta boy!' privately and not take such a public stand."
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl-fschiavo06aug06,0,6806887.story?coll=sfla-news-florida 

Allen, Mike – Works for Washington Post.

The strategy memo, first reported by ABC News and the Washington Post, casts the Terri Schiavo right-to-die case as a partisan opportunity for Republicans to stick it to Democrats. "While there is no hard evidence that the memo is fake, there are several strange things about it," reports Howard Kurtz. The Post's Mike Allen tells him: "We simply reported that the sheet of paper was distributed to Republican senators and told our readers explicitly that the document was unsigned, making clear it was unofficial. We...did not call them talking points or a Republican memo."
Posted at 7:14 AM on Mar. 30, 2005 http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&aid=80363 

Allred, Gloria- The Los Angeles attorney who helped Robert Herring with his $1 million proposition to Michael Schiavo.
Alcazaren, Eugene Dr. - Terri’s co-treating physician at Mediplex.
Alpert, Jonathan - The Federal Attorney who sued the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast for patient brokering.
Altenbernd, Chris- Chief Judge. He was among the three judges [Altenbernd, Fulmer, Stringer] who handed down the decision concurring with Greer’s original order of February 11, 2000, that Terri Schiavo must die, on June 6.
“In the end, this case is not about the aspirations that loving parents have for their children. It is about Theresa Schiavo’s right to make her own decision, independent of her husband and independent of her parents. In circumstances such as these, when families cannot agree, the law has opened the doors of the circuit courts to permit trial judges to serve as surrogates or proxies to make decisions about life-prolonging measures.”  http://www.2dca.org/opinion/June%2006,%202003/2D02-5394.PDF 

Note: He was among the three judges, Altenbernd, Ryder, Parker,, in the District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District, who held on April 10, 1989 that Mrs. Browning’s guardian [Doris Herbert] is entitled to make the decision to have Browning’s feedings stopped. The Appeals court then certified the following question to the Florida Supreme Court:

Whether the guardian of a patient who is incompetent but not in a permanent vegetative state and who suffers from an incurable, but not terminal condition, may exercise the patient’s right to self-determination to forego sustenance provided artificially by a nasogastric tube?
Ambler Kevin Rep., R-Lutz;voted for the bill aimed at blocking the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. The bill passed 78-37.

Annas, George J. -Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Law, Bioethics and Human Rights, Boston University of Public Health. Annas, along with Michael A. Grodin, M.D., founded Global Lawyers And Physicians. He was among the 55 bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Anderson Bill Rep., R-Dunedin, voted against bill aimed at blocking the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. The bill passed 78-37.
Anderson, Jeff - one of the firefighter/paramedics who responded to the scene on February 25, 1990.
Anderson Fields, Patricia ‘Pat’-The Schindlers’ attorney 2001-2004.
Augspurger, Lisa- Attorney for Sabal Palms Health Care Center when Terri Schiavo was a patient there.
Ausbrook, Keith - Chief Counsel for the US House. He took part in the March 18, 2005 phone hearing with Judge George W. Greer.
Avery, James A.- Left his private practice in 2000 and became medical director of the Hospice of Florida Suncoast, a post he held until 2003. He resigned as Terri Schiavo’s attending physician when Governor Jeb Bush ordered that her feeding tube be reinserted in 2003.

Dr. Avery gave a sworn affidavit, in February 2000, to Judge George Greer, attesting to Terri Schiavo’s cognitive behavior, saying that she was alert and capable of swallowing.
Note: Dr. Avery was also Estelle Browning’s physician


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Baden, Michael -The forensic expert who, in an interview on Fox News National Television broadcast on Oct. 25, said Terri’s bone scan indicates that her injuries are not consistent with the suggested explanation of a heart attack or potassium imbalance.
Baird, W. Douglas -On July 3, 1990, Judge Baird signed Letters of Plenary Guardian, declaring, “Michael Richard Schiavo duly qualified under the laws of the State of Florida to act as the plenary guardian of Theresa M. Schiavo Incapacitated Person, and to act on behalf of the Incapacitated Person with full power to have care, custody, and control of the ward, to exercise all delegable rights of the law, and to take possession of and hold, for the benefit of said Incapacitated Person, and of the rents, income, issues, and profit from it….”
On Dec 22,2003- Judge Baird rules that he will issue a summary ruling on Terri's law without a trial.
On March 13, 2004 - For a second time, Circuit Court Judge Douglas Baird has prevented the parents of Terri Schiavo from joining Governor Jeb Bush in defending Terri's Law.
On May 7, 2004, Circuit Court Judge Douglas Baird struck down Terri's Law, the measure approved by the Florida state legislature that authorized Governor Jeb Bush to ask doctors to reinsert the feeding tube that provided Terri with food and water. In finding the law unconstitutional, Judge Baird claimed the law violates Terri's right to privacy and the separation of powers by giving the governor legislative authority.
Balch, Burke J.- National Right to Life Committee
“Judge Whittemore has engaged in a gross abuse of judicial power.” [Annas’ article]
Bambakidis, Peter- He was among the five doctors who examined Terri. He was appointed by Judge George Greer.[ the expert appointed by the court, Peter Bambakidis, from Cleveland, Ohio.[RC article]
Baras, David- He was Terri’s doctor at Bayfront Medical Center. Ken Deacon took his depo for 1992 medical malpractice case.
Barnhill, James H.- A neurologist. He interned at Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL. [board-certified neurologist in Florida consulting on Terri Schiavo’s care [RC article]]
Note: Dr. Barnhill was involved in the Estelle Browning case. He “opined that she was in a persistent vegetative state, which he defined as the absence of cognitive behavior and inability to communicate or interact purposefully with the environment.”
Baron, Charles H.-Professor of Law at Boston College Law School. He was among the fifty-five[55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf. Professor Baron, along with Timothy E. Quill, sets on the Death with Dignity National Center’s Board of Directors.
Baskin, Hamden Holloway III - Attorney, Feather Sound Corporate Center II, 13577 Feather Sound Dr., Ste 550, Clearwater, Florida 33762-5527. Michael Schiavo’s attorney.
Basta, Lofty - Project GRACE, President; Professor of Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Clearwater, Florida. He campaigned against keeping Terri Schiavo alive, publicly complimented Judge Greer on his decisions, wrote article in the media, and campaigned in churches and other forums, to have Terri’s life ended by starvation-dehydration.

“Mrs. Schiavo will never starve because she is never hungry and she is never thirsty. Mrs. Schiavo will never look forward to a meal, think, plan, analyze or interact. She reacts subconsciously. She is unaware of who she is or where she is and has been for the past 13 years.
Our society has to decide whether a mindless existence in a dysfunctional body is part of living or not. We can’t afford prescription medicines for the elderly who still have hope and can contribute to society while we maintain an unconscious existence void of all potential or awareness.” [SPTimes, We have to face up to realities, open letter written by Professor Basta, published September 27, 2003]

Battin, Margaret P. - Professor of Philosphy and Adjunct Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Ethics, University of Utah. She was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Baxley, Dennis -Florida state House, Rep, R-Ocala; He announced Schiavo's death. Baxley was one of the lawmakers pushing for a law with Sen. Webster.

"We've received word this morning that Terri Schiavo has departed this life and gone to her maker. I know and I'm thankful that God has mercy on the souls of the innocent, and I pray that he'll forgive the rest of us. Our hearts are broken."

Bayley, Carol - Vice-President for Ethics and Justice Education, Catholic Healthcare West. She was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf
Bedau, Hugo - Austin Fletcher Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Tufts University. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf
Bell, Michael “Mike” - Secretary, For Aids Care Today,Inc.(2001-2002) where Mary Labyak is President; The Florida Suncoast Hospice spokesman who told reporters that federal rules kept him from discussing Schiavo specifically.

"a fundamental part of hospice is that we would do nothing to either hasten or postpone natural death."

Benjamin, Martin - Professor of Philosophy, Michigan State University. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf
Bennett, Iris - Schiavo attorney [2005] Jenner & Block LLC, Washington, DC;
Berfield Kim Rep., R-Clearwater;voted for the bill aimed at blocking the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. The bill passed 78-37.
Berliner, Deborah - Schindler attorney who argued to Judge George Greer that the Pope’s statements on feeding-tubes ANH required that Terri be kept alive.
Berlinger, Nancy - Deputy Director and Associate for Religious Studies, the Hastings Center. She was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Berner, Nicole G. - - Jenner & Block, LLC, 601 13th Street, NW,
Suite 1200, Washington, DC; Schiavo attorney
Bilirakis, Gus Michael -Florida State Legislator 1998-2000 and 2001-2003. He co-sponsored Florida bill HB 2131 [1999] that changed the law to make food and water through a feeding tube “artificial” life support. Bilirakis Rep., R-Palm Harbor, voted for the bill aimed at blocking the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. The bill passed 78-37.
Blough, Scott Webster - He was Jodi Ann Centonze’s first husband [married on October 18, 1986]. Blough mowed lawns before getting a job maintaining private planes at St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport. He later became an insurance agent.
Blunt, Roy- Congressman. House Majority Whip.
Bradley, Walter G.- Professor and Chair, University of Miami, Department of Neurology.
Brashear-Bushnell, Deborah A. - Schiavo attorney.
Brashers-Shook, Cynthia ‘Cindy’ - Michael Schiavo’s girlfriend.
Brewer, Phillip - One of the two police officers, St Petersburg Police Department, who responded to the scene on February 25, 1990. Phillip Brewer and his wife Melissa moved from Pinellas County to Myakka in 1996. Phil, a police sergeant in St. Petersburg, commutes about 100 miles a day. http://www.sptimes.com/News/073000/Floridian/Saving_the_sacred_nig.shtml

Brodersen, Thomas A. - Office Manager/Paralegal for Attorney Patricia ’Pat’ Anderson.
Brody, Howard - Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences, Michigan State University. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Buby, David - Dr., ,Director, For Aids Care Today, Inc.(2001-2002) with Mary Labyak.
Buck, Theresa - The staff physician at Woodside Hospice.
Her own mother and step-mother refused to believe her assessment of Schiavo’s condition…
They said she is talking and asking for things.I had dinner with them Wednesday night and couldn’t convince them that’s not true. And I’m here every day.
Burack, Jeffery - Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Bush, George W.- President of the United States. Florida Governor Jeb Bush’s brother.. President George W. Bush had been vacationing but returned early to Washington, DC, on March 20, 2005 to be available to sign the bill once passed, and he signed the bill, H.R. 1151, the Incapacitated Person’s Legal Protection Act, at 1:11 AM.

“In cases where there are serious doubts and questions, the presumption should be in the favor of life.”

George W. Bush "Proclamation 8198—National Hospice Month, 2007". Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents. . FindArticles.com. 27 Jan. 2009. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2889/is_44_43/ai_n25128676

Bush, John Ellis ‘Jeb’ - Florida Governor. He signed Terri’s Law into law.

" [My powers] are not as expansive as people would want them to be. ... I cannot go beyond what my powers are and I'm not going to do it."

After learning of Terri Schiavo’s death, he said:

“Her experience will heighten awareness of the importance of families dealing with end-of-life issues, and that is an incredible legacy. The politics takes care of itself. As a society, as we live longer, it’s important for us to deal with these issues. I wish I could have done more. That’s the sadness in my heart.”

[Schiavo Dies Nearly Two Weeks After Feeding Tube Removed, March 31, 2005, New York Times,by William Yardley and Maria Newman]
Bushnell, Deborah A. - Michael Schiavo’s attorney; 204 Scotland Street, Dunedin, FL 34698[address May 6, 1997- Feb 21, 2005.]

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Caddell, - The judge who signed the order appointing Barnett Banks Trust Company, NA as Successor Plenary Guardian of Terri’s bank account of approximately $139,000.[INST. #92-304187, October 19, 1992]
Campbell, John W. - Attorney for The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, Inc.[2005] Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLC, Tampa, FL;
Campbell, Pamela “Pam”- She completed her bachelor's degree at the University of South Florida in 1985 and she started law school in 1986. Since graduating with a law degree in 1989, Campbell has served as president of the St. Petersburg Bar Association, 1998-99; as president of the Stetson Alumni Association, 2001-02; and on the executive committee of the Masterson Inns of Court.

Her public service includes membership on the St. Petersburg Health Facilities Authority, the St. Petersburg Bar Foundation Board of Trustees, the Bayfront Health Systems Institutional Review Board and the Florida Children's Campaign Board of Directors.
For Campbell, the Schiavo right-to-life lawsuit has been among her toughest cases. She took the lawsuit in 1998 at the request of malpractice attorney Glenn Woodworth. "I met with the family (Bob and Mary Schindler) and looked at some of the records and thought this was really sad that these poor parents weren't ready to let their daughter go," Campbell says.

"Her parents asked me to please visit Terri once before I decided against accepting the case. I met Terri in a nursing home. I saw how much she responded to her family. Her dad was telling her football jokes and she was grimacing, making pouty faces, over his corny jokes. When her mom talked to her, she made noises toward her mom. She clearly responded to her." Campbell took on the Schindlers' plight to save their daughter whose husband, Michael, was seeking court approval to remove her feeding tube, saying she was in a persistent vegetative state. Campbell, working without compensation, took the case to trial in 2000 in front of Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge George Greer and lost. http://www.stpetebar.com/index_frame.htm? http://www.stpetebar.com/v3_giv_campbell.htm 

Schindler attorney 2000. At the January 24, 2000 trial ,she said:

“We do not doubt she’s in a permanent vegetative state.”

and

“It's our position here that the guiding case for the court in setting precedence is the Estele Browning case, which sets forth that clear and convincing evidence should be established of the patient's wishes, and that if it's oral evidence, that the petitioner would bear the burden of showing this was by clear and convincing evidence.”


Cantor, Norman L. - Professor of Law and Justice, Nathan Jacobs Scholar, Rutgers Law School, Newark, New Jersey. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.

Caplan, Arthur -a member of the Poynter Institute Board of Trustees. a bioethicist at the University of Pennsylvania where Schiavo, Caplan, Judge George Greer and other principals in the Schiavo case appeared . He is coeditor with Dominic A. Sisti and James J. McCartney of Case of Terri Schiavo: Ethics at the End of Life . A TerriPAC contributor.
Note: The St. Petersburg Times, a long-time advocate for Michael Schiavo, is owned by the Poynter Institute
Note: Washington Post
The strategy memo, first reported by ABC News and the Washington Post, casts the Terri Schiavo right-to-die case as a partisan opportunity for Republicans to stick it to Democrats. "While there is no hard evidence that the memo is fake, there are several strange things about it," reports Howard Kurtz. The Post's Mike Allen tells him: "We simply reported that the sheet of paper was distributed to Republican senators and told our readers explicitly that the document was unsigned, making clear it was unofficial. We...did not call them talking points or a Republican memo."
Posted at 7:14 AM on Mar. 30, 2005 http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&aid=80363 
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Capone, Trudy - a registered nurse who was caring for Terri at Sabel Palms nursing home.
"Michael is evil, evil, evil. There is no other word for him. Everything that is around Michael turns bad. Once you get to know the real Michael, you wanted to run, but he would chase you. He is so controlling that he needs to know where you are and who you are talking to all the time."
Carlson, Susan W. -
Carnahan, James Dr.- Terri’s primary treating physician at Mediplex, and the physician of record who ordered the bone scan.

6 Q (By Mr. Deacon) When your wife was at
7 Mediplex, who was she seeing there?
8 A As far as doctors?
9 Q Yeah. Who was her main physician at that
10 place?
11 A Dr. Carnahan.[MS July 27, 1992 depo]

Carpenter, Alison A.- On July 5, 2002, Judge Greer appointed Alison Carpenter successor guardian of Theresa Schiavo’s property, (file no. 90-2908-GD3, Pinellas County Book 12131, page 1783)
Carpenter, Jay E. - Board Certified Internal Medicine, private practice 16 years, former Chief of Staff of Morton Plant/ Mease Health System, Clearwater, Florida; Board of Directors, Professionals for Excellence in Health Care. Clearwater, Florida; Medical Director, La Clinica Guadalupana, Clearwater, Florida.
Carr, Daniel - Suzanne Schindler’s first husband. They divorced on 2/29/96 in Palm Beach County, FL.
Carassas, John - Deputy Attorney General (Florida)
Castronuovo, Nicholas - Alleged to be mob connected. Michael Schiavo and the Schindlers lived together in a house owned by Mr. Castronuovo
Centonze, Eleanor - Jodi Centonze’s mother. She was an employee of then Pinellas County Sheriff Everett Rice. Centonze worked as a clerk at the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Department for 20 years before her retirement in 1999.
Centonze(Covino)(Cassaro), Gloria A. - She claims that she was Terri Schiavo’s nurse at Sabal Palms nursing home. She married Jodi Centonze’s brother John .
Note: Terri was transferred to Sabal Palms nursing home on Alternate Keene Road, in Largo, Florida, on July 19, 1991. [Jay Wolfson’s Report]
Centonze, Jodi Ann - Michael Schiavo’s live-in girlfriend who he married less than a year after his disabled wife Terri died. She holds licenses with multiple insurance companies, including American Liberty Insurance. Jodi married Scott Blough in 1986. She was in a car crash in December of 1987 which left her with chronic pain in her neck and shoulders. Eight months later, another car slammed into her during a hit-and-run accident on Belcher Road. Around this time, Joseph Centonze, Jodi’s father, died a few weeks after a car crossed a median and slammed into his vehicle. Jodi ”just kind of flipped out.” She and a girlfriend spent evenings at bars and concerts. She had anxiety attacks. Over time she improved. Jodi still saw doctors. Including her dentist. Where she met Michael Schiavo. Jodi was conflicted about whether to date Schiavo. She wanted her oldest brother’s opinion, and ask him to meet Schiavo for dinner at an *Italian restaurant in Feather Sound.
“Neither one of them was looking to meet anyone,” John Centonze said. “And it wasn’t something they just did. They weren’t really together for a couple of years after they met.”
*Note: Daniel J and Natalie Grieco [Sr] moved permanently to Clearwater in 1986, to join their two sons, Daniel Jr and David P., in the family restaurant business, Agostinos Ristorante at Feather Sound in Clearwater. [Grieco Sr’s obituary]
Note to note: Michael Schiavo went to work for Agostinos restaurant in 1988.
Centonze, John - Jodi ‘s oldest brother. He was married to and divorced from Pia Klein. He married Gloria (Cassaro) Covino [Terri’s nurse at Sabal Palms Nursing home in the early 1990s] in 2002.
Centonze, Joseph - Jodi’s father. He was killed as the result of a 1988 automobile accident, at the age of 54.
Centonze, Michael - Jodi’s brother.
Centonze [Klein], Pia -
Centonze, Steven - Jodi’s brother.
Chapman, George B. - #11657 Supervisor [RET].His name appears on officer Phillip R. Brewer’s police report. Under Chapman’s name is “approved by” with #24914. Which is # for Phillip Brewer.
Chapman, Michael - Vice-President and Trust Officer for Barnett Banks Trust Company, N.A.Guardian of Terri’s property 1992.
Chapman, Scott M. - Owner of property at 453 44th St. St. Petersburg, Florida 33713. One of the addresses listed for Michael R. Schiavo on search ID #76090509, Expert Assisted People Locate.
Charo, R. Alta - Professor of Law and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin Law and Medical School. Professor Charo was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Cheshire, William Polk, Jr. - A neurologist practicing in the State of Florida , and certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He was an appointed volunteer with the Florida Statewide Adult Protective Services team, in which capacity he was called on March 1, 2005, ”to provide an independent and objective medical review of allegations of possible abuse, neglect, or exploitation of Ms. Theresa Marie Schiavo.”

I came into this case with the belief that it can be ethically permissable to discontinue artificially provided nutrition and hydration for persons in a permanent vegetative state [PVS]. Having now reviewed the relevant facts, having met and observed Ms. Schiavo in person, and having reflected deeply on the moral and ethical issues, I would like to explain why I have changed my mind in regard to this particular case… In summary, Terri Schiavo demonstrates behaviors in a varity of cognitive domains that call into question the previous neurologic diagnosis of persistent vegetative state. Specifically, she has demonstrated behaviors that are context-specific, sustained, and indicative of cerebral cortical processing that, upon careful neurologic consideration, would not be expected in a persistent vegetative state.” [Affidavit of William P. Cheshere, Jr., March 23, 2005]

Clark, Deborah - Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Governor Jeb Bush appointed Clark Supervisor of Elections in 2000, to complete the unexpired term of Dorthy Ruggles.. On November 7, 2000 she was elected to a four-year term. Then Clark ran unopposed for re-election to the office in 2004.
Clark, Frances B. - Husband of Joan. Father of Patrick, John, Daniel and Mary Labyak. Terri Schiavo died in the same room and bed as Mr. Clark did in 1999.
Cleary, Louise - A spokeswoman for the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast.

“We do not hasten death in any way, nor do we prolong life. That is not our role,"

Coats-
Cobb, Sue -
Colby, William H. -A fellow at the Center for Practical Bioethics in Kansas City, Mo.
Note: The lawyer who represented the family of Nancy Cruzan in the first right-to-die case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court..
Cortman, David A. - Schindler attorney. ACLJ, 1000 Hurricane Shoals Road, Suite D-600, Lawrenceville, GA 30043;
Conner, Kenneth “Ken”- Attorney for Governor Jeb Bush. Wilkes & McHugh,
P.A., One North Mabry Street, Suite 800, Tampa, Florida 33609
Craig, Teresa - She was Treasurer of For Aids Care Today, Inc., in 2001, where Mary Labyak is President.
Cranford, Ronald E.-M.D., was a featured speaker at the 1992 national conference of the Hemlock Society. The group recently changed its name to End of Life Choices. Board of Directors, Choice in Dying, New York City, 1992-1994 Cranford is a member of the board of directors of the Choice in Dying Society, which promotes doctor-assisted suicide and euthanasia. He was an academic neurologist at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As a clinical neuroethicist, he has been involved in over 10 major right to the cases in the United States He was an expert witness in both Cruzan and Schiavo cases.Dr. Cranford has often been in the forefront of attempts to break new ground related to the overall right-to-die debate. Many of his published articles are advocacy pieces. Some are extremely controversial. For example, in a 1987 article, he described PVS patients as indistinguishable from other forms of animal life. He said such patients lack personhood and, therefore, they no longer should have any constitutional rights. He called for treating PVS patients in the same manner as one would treat the dead and raised the possibility of their being used for medical experiments and organ retrieval.23 Although these radical positions have not become public policy, he told the trial court he still stands by the concepts expressed in the article. App. IX: 1173.
In 1989, he was one of twelve physician-authors who wrote that it was moral for a physician to assist a patient's suicide.24 The article was described as "the strongest public endorsement of doctor-assisted suicide ever published in a major medical journal."25 Dr. Cranford, serving as a spokesperson for the authors, said, "[W]e broke new ground and, at the time we did it, we were very aware that this was very controversial…. We've said that physician assisted suicide may be done in some situations."26

So in 2001, when the call came from James Barnhill, M.D., a Tampa, Florida, neurologist, asking if he might be interested in examining a young woman for a court hearing, Cranford said yes. He knew the issue at stake—who should make the final decision for the patient—was important, but he had no idea at the time that the case of young Terri Schiavo was poised to move from the courtroom to the newsroom to Congress.<snip>
For the latter, most of which are malpractice cases involving a patient with a significant brain injury, he says he “charges quite nicely.” In such cases, Cranford is hired by the defense at the point in a trial at which juries are determining damages. He examines the patient and states whether he or she is in a vegetative or some other state and whether the patient is experiencing pain and suffering. And he makes a prediction about life expectancy. Attorneys might argue that a patient needs to be sustained for 50 years. Cranford counters with medical evidence that shows their likely lifespan to be five to 10.“So life expectancy at five to 10 years means I can be worth $5 to $20 million in these cases.”

http://web.archive.org/web/20070426002002 / http://www.mmaonline.net/publications/MNMed2005/June/Pulse3.html 

Cranford RE. Facts, Lies and Videotapes: The Permanent Vegetative State and the Sad Case of Terri Schiavo. The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics, Summer, 2005: 363-371.

Crist, Charlie-

Crow, Larry - Schindler Attorney

Crowell, Donald S. -Pinellas County Attorney’s Office, 315 Court St. Clearwater, FL 33756; 464-3354, fax 464-4147 dcrowell@co.pinellas.fl.us. Judge Demers’ son-in-law.
Culp Faye Rep., R-Tampa;voted for the bill aimed at blocking the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. The bill passed 78-37.
Curry, Ann- Host of NBC’S Today Show. Suggested on national TV that Republicans were merely using the Terri Schiavo tragedy to bolster their pro-life bona fides.


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Davidson, Marcia - Staff Attorney for Judge George W. Greer.
Davis, Jim -
Deacon, Kenneth C. - Dr. G. Stephen Igel’s attorney in 1992 medical malpractice suit.
Dean Charlie Rep., R-Inverness ; voted against bill aimed at blocking the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. The bill passed 78-37.
Dean, Howard - National Democratic boss who accused congressional Republicans of “grandstanding” in the Terri Schiavo case.

“The issue is: Are we going to live in a theocracy where the highest powers tell us what to do? Or are we going to be allowed to consult our own high powers when we make very difficult decisions” [Dean Vows to Hit GOP on Terri Issue, Associated Press, April 17, 2005]
DeBlaker, Karleen - She managed all courthouse records. She was responsible for about 600 employees. In 2003, the clerk was responsible for a $38.5 million budget. DeBlaker retired after 24 years of being the Pinellas County Clerk of Court.
Delay, Thomas-(R-TX) Physician-congressman. The primary sponsor of the bill.
House Republican Leader Tom Delay condemned the judges who at both the state and federal level declined to order that Terri Schiavo's feeding tube be reinserted.

"I never thought I'd see the day when a U.S. judge stopped feeding a living American so that they took 14 days to die."

"Tonight we have given Terri Schiavo all we could - a chance to live. After four days of words, the best of them uttered in prayer, Congress has acted and a life may have been saved.''

[Congress votes to give Schiavo's parents access to federal court (3/21/05 AP) By Mary Dairymple]

Demers, David A. -Judge Demers dismissed Jay Wolfson, the Stetson University professor who had been serving as Terri's guardian ad litem, on Dec 20, 2003. His wife [Susan] and daughter [Kristi] are both attorneys.
Demers, Kristi – Judge Demers daughter. Her husband works in Pinellas County State Attorney Office.
Demers, Susan – Judge David Demers’s wife. Director of the legal assistance program at St. Petersburg Junior College [2001]. She and her husband used to be in private practice together. President Clearwater Bar Association [2007]. She also taught the Technology in Litigation course at Stetson College of Law.She also served as a commissioner on the Florida Bar President’s Special Commission on Paralegal Registration 2007.

NOTE: Clearwater Bar Association Leadership 2005-2006
TERMS EXPIRE 2004
President: Susan Demers; St. Petersburg College 2465 Drew St. Clearwater, FL 33765 791-2501, fax 791-2736; susandemers@hotmail.com
Destro, Robert A. - Law professor, Columbus School Of Law in Washington, D.C. He represented Governor Jeb Bush in litigation arising from the passage of “Terri’s Law” in 2003. He was one of the Schindlers’ attorneys in March 2005.
DeSousa, Garcia J. - rehab-Humana. Deacon took his depo for 1992 medical malpractice case. [board-certified neurologist in Florida consulting on Terri Schiavo’s care [RC article]
Dworkin, Gerald - Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Davis. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.

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Eckert, James D. -
Eisenberg, Jon B.-
Eisenbrandt, J - The Sunstar ambulance driver who responded to the scene on February 25, 1990.
Enders, Sheila - Assistant Clinical Professor, University California, Davis Medical Center; West Coast Center for Palliative Education and Research. She was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
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Falwell, Jerry Rev. Baptist minister-Supported the Schindler family
“Just because there is a judge somewhere in the world who would give an estranged husband like that the time of day tells you how bad the court system is.” [Annas’ article]
Farkas Feank Rep., R-St. Petersburg;voted for the bill aimed at blocking the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. The bill passed 78-37.
Feeney, Tom -
Federico, Philip A. -
Feinstein, Dianne - US Senator
Felos - D‘Angelis, Constance- an attorney, arbitrator, author, nationally certified and licensed massage therapist, Reiki Master, speaker, and workshop leader. Her avocation is vibrational healing. She opened the law firm of d'Angelis and Associates P.A. at 2017 Fiesta Drive in Sarasota.

Felos, George J.- euthanasia advocate; Attorney for Michael Schiavo.
February 13, 1997 - Mary Labyak, The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, Inc., files Annual Report, replacing Rev. Barry R. Howe with George J. Felos. He was on the Board of Directors for Hospice Care, Inc in 1998. At the time, when Mary Labyak was President.

March 5, 1997 - Michael hires George Felos, a Florida right-to-die attorney. Michael signs giving Felos the authority "to represent him in connection with the withdrawal and/or refusal of medical treatments. "One of the first things Felos did was have the finances sealed. [Mark Fuhrman, Silent Witness, page 135]
Note: George Felos was the attorney who appealed the Estelle Browning decision, and who is responsible for feeding tubes being added to the artificial life support list.
In his 2002 book Litigation as Spiritual Practice, Felos expresses his belief in the "cosmic law of cause and effect," in which the human mind is not limited by the constraints of reality.
Felos believes he used this "conscious evolution" in his first "right-to-die" case concerning Estelle Browning. Felos says when he was alone with Browning they shared a "soul touch" in which their spirits left their respective bodies and spoke to each other. It was in this encounter that Browning "told" Felos she wanted to die:

"As I continued to stay beside Mrs. Browning at her nursing home bed, I felt my mind relax and my weight sink into the ground. I began to feel lightheaded as I became more reposed. Although feeling like I could drift into sleep, I also experienced a sense of heightened awareness."

He writes,

As Mrs. Browning lay motionless before my gaze, I suddenly heard a loud, deep moan and scream and wondered if the nursing home personnel heard it and would respond to the unfortunate resident. In the next moment, as this cry of pain and torment continued, I realized it was Mrs. Browning.

I felt the midsection of my body open and noticed a strange quality to the light in the room. I sensed her soul in agony. As she screamed I heard her say, in confusion, "Why am I still here ... Why am I here?" My soul touched hers and in some way I communicated that she was still locked in her body. I promised I would do everything in my power to gain the release her soul cried for. With that, the screaming immediately stopped. I felt like I was back in my head again, the room resumed its normal appearance, and Mrs. Browning, as she had throughout this experience, lay silent.

"Jeb Bush does not own the state of Florida and just cannot impose his will on Terri Schiavo." [CBS' "The Early Show”]
Address on July 28, 2004 record: Felos & Felos, P.A., 595 Main Street, Dunedin, Florida 34698;
Fine, Robert - Director of the Office of Clinical Ethics, Baylor Health System Dallas, Texas; co-chair, VISTA Corporate Ethics Committee, Miami, Florida.
Fleming, Marlene N. - attorney, Vice-president for Human Resources and Compliance Officer, Friends Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. She was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.

Fletcher, Joseph - (1905-1991) founded the theory of situational ethics in the 1960s, and was a pioneer in the field of bioethics. Fletcher was a leading academic involved in the topics of abortion, infanticide, euthanasia,eugenics, and cloning. Ordained as an Episcopalian priest, he later renounced his belief in God and became an atheist.

“Over twenty years ago I vowed to myself that, if I were hated by at least 20% of the people that despised my hero and role model, Joseph Fletcher, I would consider my life’s work completed. Alas, I may never accomplish this goal, but your letter inspires me to keep trying…” [ From e-mail Janice Sanford received from Ronald Cranford on January 4, 2005.]

Foreman Larry- A ‘rehabilitation specialist’ at Bayfront Medical Center. He testified at the 11/92 malpractice trial.
Fox, Gary - Michael Schiavo's lead attorney in the malpractice suit
In November 1992, a jury in Clearwater returned a verdict in favor of Terri and Michael Schiavo for more than $6.8-million. The jury found that Terri had been the victim of substandard medical care that caused, in part, her coma. The jury also found that Terri was partly at fault and the verdict was reduced accordingly, to about $2-million. I was the lead trial lawyer for Terri and Michael.

I have followed from afar the saga of the Schiavo family since the trial. The battles over whether to disconnect Terri's life support have been extensively covered in the media. What has not been widely reported is the cause of Terri's coma. -Gary D. Fox [Michael Schiavo's lead attorney in the malpractice suit]
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/10/26/Floridian/The_lost_lesson_of_Te.shtml 
"On Feb. 24, 1990, after a year of treatment, Michael Schiavo heard a thud in the bathroom. When he went to see what happened, he found his wife crumpled on the floor..." -Gary D. Fox [Source: Malpractice suit brings $2-million to woman left in vegetative state Series: Metro REPORT [CITY Edition] St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg, Fla. Author: Laura Griffin Date: Nov 12, 1992.]

Frader, Joel - Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Medical Humanities and Bioethics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Frances [Pickering], Leslie - Professor of Philosophy and Alferd C. Emery Professor of Law. Professor Frances was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Frank, Barney -D-Mass. The congressman who led the floor fight against S.686
“We’re not doctors, we just play them on C-SPAN.” [Annas’ article]

"If you don't want a decision to be made politically, why in the world do you ask 535 politicians to make it? Does anyone think that this decision will be made without consideration of electoral support or party or ideology? Of course not.”

[Congress votes to give Schiavo's parents access to federal court (3/21/05 AP) By Mary Dairymple]

Frist, William ‘Bill‘-(R-TN)Physician-Senate majority leader
Fulmer, Carolyn - Judge; She was among the three judges [Altenbernd, Fulmer, Stringer] who handed down the decision concurring with Greer’s original order of February 11, 2000, that Terri Schiavo must die, on June 6.


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Gaines, - Humana Hospital. Ken Deacon took his depo for 1992 medical malpractice case.
Gambone, Victor -Terri’s primary attending physician[2002][RC article]
Galvano Bill Rep., R-Bradenton; voted for bill aimed at blocking the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. The bill passed 78-37.
Ganobsik-Keith J. - Attorney,Assistant Regional Counsel Department of Children and Family Services, 11351 Ulmerton Rd Largo, Fl 33778
Gay, Cindy- Secretary for Felos and Felos.
Gay, Walter Keith - The husband of Cindy Gay. He is on Terri Schiavo’s visitors list.
Gennet, Geraldine R.- US House Attorney involved in phone hearing on March 18, 2005.
Gervais, Karen - Director of Minnesota Center for Health Care Ethics.. She was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Gibbs, David C III. - Schindlers’ Attorney ; Gibbs Law Firm, P.A.,5666 Seminole Blvd. Ste 2, Seminole, FL 33772.
"...Terri received absolutely no rehabilitative services, swallowing tests, or therapy of any kind between 1992 and her death in 2005."- Attorney David Gibbs,[ Fighting for
Dear Life, page 73]

Gibson, Jeffrey W. “Jeff” - Attorney for Morton Plant Hospital Association, Inc., Victor E. Gambone, M.D., Morton Plant Mease Primary Care, Inc.,Stanton P. Tripodis, M.D., Interested Parties[2005] Macfarlane Ferguson & McMullen, Clearwater, FL;

Gingrey, Phil- (R-GA) Physician-Congressman. “she’s very much alive.”
Glorioso Rich Rep., R-Plant Cityvoted for bill aimed at blocking the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. The bill passed 78-37.
Gomes, Diane - She was private aide for Terri.
Goodman, Kenneth “Ken” - The Director of the Bioethics Program at the University of Miami. He was the keynote speaker at the Florida State Guardianship Association’s conference at which Michael Schiavo was awarded Guardian of the Year.

Kenneth Goodman, a University of Miami bioethicist said the record speaks for itself. He noted that Michael Schiavo, a one-time restaurant manager, became a nurse to better care for his wife and took her to California for experimental treatment after her unexplained 1990 collapse consigned her to a persistent vegetative state.

"And then he's maligned and vilified and condemned when he decides to get on with his private life," Goodman said. "Frankly, what he said his wife wanted is what most reasonable people want. It's primitive to believe that human consciousness is not important. What most of us value about life is cognition and communication and interaction. We don't value simply not being dead." [Michael Schiavo honored by guardian group,They laud him for defending wife's wishes,Maya Bell Miami Bureau Posted August 6 2005 ]http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl-fschiavo06aug06,0,6806887.story?coll=sfla-news-florida 

Godwin,Camille - Governor Jeb Bush’s attorney; Wilkes & McHugh, P.A., One North Mabry Street, Suite 800, Tampa, Florida 33609

Greer, George W. - Judge in the Schiavo Case. Prior to being a Judge, Greer served from 1988- 1992 as Pinellas County Commissioner
Greer, Melvin- neurologist, representing Michael Schiavo, [RC article]
Grieco ,Daniel J. II-Schiavo attorney-employer ; Michael Schiavo was employed at Agostino’s restaurant, a restaurant in Feather Sound, (alleged mob connected) owned by the Grieco family.
Attorney Grieco Initiated and filed Schiavo’s guardianship documents -1990
Received attorney fees from the malpractice award money-1992
Participated in the 1993 Schiavo guardianship removal action-1993.
He represented Schiavo in the Civil Fraud Case - 2001
1. His Sept 5, 1990 address on record: 19139 Gulf Blvd, Indian Shores, FL 34635

All the time I was off work staying with Terri, my paychecks from the restaurant continued, and eventually, Dan Grieco did as he had promised, and began helping us plan the initial legal moves that were essential. The first thing he did was tell us that we needed to file a guardianship petition so that I'd have the legal right to make all decisions for Terri. As the husband, I was able to approve her health-care treatment, but guardianship gave me power of attorney for her. Getting guardianship of another person means that you become that person. You are her mind and body. You speak for her legally.
Dan drew up the petition and we went before a judge. The court appointed a guardian ad litem to take Terri's side, but that person really doesn't do much in a case such as this. There was one court hearing, and on June 18, the court officially appointed me guardian. [Michael Schiavo: Terri: the Truth, page 31]
Grieco, Daniel J. Sr. - Born in Lawrence, MA in 1924, to Italian immigrants. In 1944, he married Natalie Tela, after being discharged from the military. Dan graduated from Northwestern University in Boston in 1951, with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Engineering and Management. In 1953, he invented an innovative textile machine and was granted a patent by the US Patent Office In 1956, he started his 29 year career with Raytheon, an international defense contractor. Among other things, he was program manager for the Polaris submarine missile and the Seasparrow ship to air missile programs. He was also appointed as the program manager for the Lunar Excursion Module communications system used in the Apollo 11 lunar landing in 1969.
Grodin, Michael A. - Professor of Health Law, Bioethics, Human Rights and Psychiatry, Boston University Schools of Public Health and Medicine. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Grossman, Alan- An attorney hired by the Schindlers in 1995 to argue to the courts that they should be able to obtain Terri’s medical records.

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Halisky, Jan - Attorney, Pres. Pinellas County Right to Life;
Hammesfahr, William M.- A Florida neurologist, representing the Schindler family.
Harrison, Thomas H.- A board-certified neurologist in Florida consulting on Terri Schiavo’s care.
Hastert, Dennis - US House Speaker , R-Ill;

"We have heard very moving accounts of people close to Terri that she is, indeed, very much alive. She laughs, she cries and she smiles with those around her.''

Heeley, Gerald F. - Director of Ethics for a national health care system. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Heilig, Steve - Editor, Cambridge Quarterly of Health Care Ethics. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Henriquez Bob Rep., D-Tampa, voted against bill aimed at blocking the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. The bill passed 78-37.
Herring, Robert - The San Diego, California, businessman who offered Michael Schiavo $1 million if he would transfer responibility for Terri’s care to her parents, Bob and Mary Schindler.
Hirsh, Michael -He and Michael Schiavo wrote the book Terri the Truth, 2006.
Holtzman, Gail Golman - Attorney for The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, Inc.[2005] Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLC, Tampa, FL;
Homan Ed Rep.,R-Tampa;voted for bill aimed at blocking the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. The bill passed 78-37.
Honegger,- primary care physician-Humana. Ken Deacon took his depo for 1992 medical malpractice case.
Hook-Nelson, Joan-FSGA Representative
Guardianship Committee Objectives Statement

The Guardianship Committee’s main function is to improve the quality of guardianship practice in the State of Florida thru the review, study and recommendations of legislative action as well as to increase the level of expertise of elder law attorneys in this area. The committee has represented the Elder Law Section in the Florida Guardianship Task Force created by the Legislature in 2003. The committee will again represent the Elder law Section in the development of a training manual for examining committee members as required by F.S. 744.331 as amended effective July 1, 2006. During the current year the committee will identify areas of development within guardianship practice and will recommend appropriate action to correct and improve such areas. The education of elder law attorneys thru the development of seminars will be emphasized.
Guardianship Committee Members
FSGA Representative

Joan Nelson Hook
4918 Floramar Terrace
New Port Richey, Florida 34652
Phone: 727-842-1001
Fax: 727-848-0602
Jnhelderlawcenter.com  
http://www.eldersection.org/comchair.asp 

"He was an ordinary guardian who carried out his duties in extraordinary ways."
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl-fschiavo06aug06,0,6806887.story?coll=sfla-news-florida 


Hooyman, Tom - President, The Hooyman Group, Inc. A consulting firm specializing in business ethics, organizational culture and leadership development. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Hosobuchi, Yoshio - University of California at San Francisco in December, He implanted a stimulator in Terri Schiavo’s brain.
Copyright Times Publishing Co. Feb 17, 1991
This city has proclaimed today Terri Schiavo day.
Last year Mrs. Schiavo, 27, suffered a loss of potassium in her body that caused her heart to stop beating and resulted in a coma. She underwent surgery, performed by Dr. Yoshio Hosobuchi of the University of California at San Francisco in December, to implant a stimulator in her brain.
The brain stimulator implant was a success, said her husband, Mike. Mrs. Schiavo is slowly emerging from the coma at the Mediplex Medical Center, a neurological care center in Bradenton, he said. She will undergo at least a year of speech, occupational and physical therapy.

Hyden, Russ -

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Ickler,- cardopulmonary-Humana. Deacon took his depo for 1992 medical malpractice case.
Igel Stephen G. Dr.- He was sued by Michael Schiavo for medical malpractice on February 20, 1992.
Iyer[Saucer], Carla - Worked at Palm Garden from April 1995 through July 1996.

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Jacob, - gastroenterology-Humana. Ken Deacon took his depo for 1992 medical malpractice case.
Jain,- gynecology-Humana. Deacon took his depo for 1992 medical malpractice case.
Jerger [Quinn], Catherine M. - She was on the initial Board of Directors for Jerger & Centonze Insurance Agency, Inc., with Michael R. Schiavo.
Jerger, Richard M. Jr. -He was on the initial Board of Directors for Jerger & Centonze Insurance Agency, Inc., with Michael R. Schiavo.
Johnson, Carolyn - She took care of Terri at Sable Palms Nursing Home.
Joyner Arthenia Rep., D-Tampa; voted against bill aimed at blocking the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. The bill passed 78-37.

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Kahn, Jeffery - Maas Family Chair in Bioethics, Director of the Center for Bioethics, University of Minnesota. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Kaplan, Peter - Michael Schiavo’s psychiatrist. Deacon took his depo for 1992 medical malpractice case.
Karp, Jeffery M.- Neurologist. [board-certified neurologist in Florida consulting on Terri Schiavo’s care [RC article] Dr. Karp evaluated Terri on September 11, 1998.
Kennedy, Edward M. -
Kesler, Fran - Her name is on Michael Schiavo’s 1990 application for guardianship of Terri.
King, James “Jim” -
King, Larry -
Kircher, Kerry - US House Attorney involved in phone hearing March 18, 2005.
Kistler, Scott - Treasurer-Director, For Aids Care Today, Inc. (1999- 2001 VC-2002), where Mary Labyak is President.
Klein, Jonathan - The president of CNN.
Klein, Pia - Was married to John Centonze.
Klein, Ron - Florida Senator. He served two terms in the Florida Senate., after serving four years in the Florida House of Representatives. He was the Senate’s representative on the Panel for the Study of End-of Life Care.
Kling, Judy - She was a witness to the sale of property at 6210 Sun Blvd,#110-F, St Petersburg Florida 33715 to Sally and Thomas Van Kuiken, on Feb 27, 1991. Sellers Robert S. and MaryLee Schindler.
Kling, Roger - His name is on Michael Schiavo’s 1990 application for guardianship of Terri.
Kopelman, -Humana hospital. Ken Deacon took his depo for 1992 medical malpractice case.
Kovalesky, Jeff- director of group operations with Prudential .He was involved in the suits Michael Schiavo brought against Prudential in 1990, Case No. 90008845CI.The case was moved out of Pinellas County.
director of group operations with Prudential, said Wednesday he was not aware of the latest suit and declined to comment further. He said the terms of the earlier settlement prevent both parties from discussing Mrs. Schiavo's condition or benefits publicly...
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/24/Floridian/15_years_ago__Terri_S.shtml 
Note: Michael Schiavo filed two lawsuits against the Prudential Insurance Co. of America. Mrs. Schiavo worked for prudential and was insured by the company. Schiavo's first lawsuit over benefits was settled in July[1990]...
Note: Schiavo “launched a media campaign to embarrass Prudential into paying for rehab by contacting the consumer help reporter at one of the local television stations. They came out and shot video of Terri setting in a wheelchair ,and if I recall correctly, that got one of the newspapers to cover the story. Terri had benefits coming that should pay for ninety days of rehab and Prudential was saying that they wouldn't pay because they didn't think she'd benefit from it.” [source of info: Michael Schiavo- Terri the Truth, page 32]

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Labyak, Mary Jane - She has been the Director and President of The Hospice of Florida Suncoast ; President Director(2002), For Aids Care Today, Inc.;

Lamb, Roland - Michael Schiavo’s attorney when he sued Prudential Insurance Company of America.
Lazzara, Richard - Federal District Court Judge. He granted Schindlers a stay on April 20, 2001 until April 23, 2001, to exhaust all possible appeals. On October 10, 2003, he ruled that he lacks the jurisdiction to hear the federal case.
Law, Heidi - She took care of Terri Schiavo at Palm Gardens of Largo Convalescent Center.
Layton, Emily - Administrator of the Sabal Palms Health Care Center. She filed a petition with the Pinellas Count requesting that the Court issue an order which:
a. Restrains Michael Schiavo from entering upon the property of Sabal Palms Health Care Center and restrains him from threatening staff or other residents off of the premises of Sabal Palms Health Care Center by telephone or direct communication and :
b. Such further relief as deemed necessary and proper.
Lee, Tom - Senate President , R-Brandon, Florida; He stopped debate on a bill to announce Schiavo's death.
"Regardless of your perspective on end of life issues, it is a very sad moment and it is a very reflective moment for a lot of us and I think it would appropriate to have a moment of silence in her honor."
Legg John Rep., R-Port Richey;voted for bill aimed at blocking the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. The bill passed 78-37.
Lenderman, John C.- According to records in the Pinellas County Clerk of Court, John C, Lenderman was the attorney on record for Prudential Insurance Company of America. [Pinellas Case: 90008845CI] when Michael Schiavo sued Prudential. Judge Lenderman is the brother of Martha Lenderman who now is the chairwoman of the board of the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast. His Resume States - Community Service Hospice of Florida Suncoast Community Advisory Board, 2000.
Lenderman, Martha - Judge John Lenderman’s sister. Past chairman of the board of The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast. She is on Board of directors of the University of South Florida Collaborative for Children, Families, and Communities. She is Lenderman with Principal, Lenderman & Associates. She lost in a bid for State Representative (D) in 1998. She is a former state child welfare administrator. She was Board member [2005] Area Agency on Aging, Pasco & Pinellas counties[President 2003]. She was Consultant to the Dept. of Children and Family Services [DCFS] during 2001. She was Dept. of Health & Rehabilitative Services [HRS] program supervisor during 1989.
Lewis, Robert ‘Bob’ - Assistant State Attorney. In June 2003, the Schindlers talked to him about Michael Schiavo misusing $1.1 million that was received from malpractice suit.
“I explained that, in a situation like this one where there was no reasonable suspicion that there was criminal activity, but only a curiosity to see if perhaps some wrongdoing had occurred, we could not investigate.” [Lewis wrote in a memo]
Littlefield Ken Rep., R-Dade City;voted for bill aimed at blocking the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. The bill passed 78-37.
Lo, Bernard - Professor of Medicine and Director of the Program in Medical Ethics, University of California, San Francisco. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Loeben, Greg - Associate Professor and Bioethics Program Coordinator, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona.. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Loewy, Erich H. - Professor and Endowed Alumni Association Chair of Bioethics, University of California, Davis. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Loewy [Springer], Roberta - Associate Clinical Professor of Health Care Ethics , University of California, Davis. She was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Lowenstein, Edward - Henry Isaiah Dorr Professor of Anesthesia and Professor of Medical Ethics, Harvard Medical School. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Lynch, Robert N. -

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Magri, Joseph D.- Schindlers’ Attorney
Mahoney, Patrick - Tthe director of the Christian Defense Coalition.

"He deliberately ordered the removal of this tube so this dear woman could be starved to death during Holy Week. This shows the heart of Judge Greer."

[The Orlando Sentinel ,Schiavo's feeding is stopped, By Maya Bell and Etan Horowitz, Originally published March 19, 2005 ]


Malanowski, Monsignor Thaddeus - Priest, advisor for Terri & Schindler family;
Mambu, - cardiopulmonary-Humana. Deacon took his depo for 1992 medical malpractice case.
Marshall, Randall C. - Legal Director American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU] of Florida - 4500 Biscayne Blvd, Suite 340, Miami, Florida 33137
Martin, James Addison Jr. - For Morton Plant Hospital Association, Inc., Victor E.
Gambone, M.D., Morton Plant Mease Primary Care, Inc.,Stanton P. Tripodis, M.D., Interested Parties[2005] Macfarlane Ferguson & McMullen,Clearwater, FL;
Maxfield, William S. -a radiologist representing the Schindler family; [RC article]
Mayo, David J. - Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota; Faculty Associate, Center for Bioethics. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
McAllister, Becky - Woodside Hospice manager. [Routine returns a sense of calm, by Stephen Nohlgren, Times Staff Writer, Published April 2,2005.]
McCabe, Bernie –
McCartney, James J. - PhD (Villanova, PA) is an associate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Bioethics and associate professor of philosophy at Villanova University. He is coeditor with Arthur L. Caplan and Dominic A. Sisti of Case of Terri Schiavo: Ethics at the End of Life.
McDermott, James- physician-congressman. He “chided his physician-colleagues for the poor medical practice of making a diagnosis without examining the patient.” [Annas’ article]
McDonald, Tara - Staff Attorney for Judge George W. Greer. Involved in Phone Hearing March 18, 2005.
McKhann, Charles - Professor of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
McKibben, Kelly J.- Attorney for Department of Children and Families(DCF), 400 W. Robinson St, Ste S-1114, Orlando, FL 32801

McPhee, Susan - Program Administrator Department of Children and Familiy Services
Meisel, Alan - Director, University of Pittsburgh Center for Bioethics & Health Law, Professor of Law & Bioethics, University of Pittsburgh School of Law and School of Medicine. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Merkle, Robert - Schindlers attorney.
Note: He was involved in the Estelle Browning case. He was the attorney for Nursing Home Action Group, 1401 Court St, Clearwater, Florida 34616
Meyer, Diane - Terri’ friend
In 2000 Trial Testimony ,Meyer, recalled watching a movie about Quinlan in the summer of 1982 after they graduated high school. "I remember one of the things she said is, "How did they know she would want this? How did they know she wouldn't want to go on?"' .

NOTE: Felos introduced newspaper stories showing that the Quinlan case was front-page news when Terri Schiavo was 11 or 12 years old. This action caused Judge George Greer to discount things Mrs. Schiavo said to her mother, and her friend Diane Meyer about Quinlan.

NOTE: Her mother, Mary Schindler, said she discussed with her daughter the famous right-to-die case of Karen Ann Quinlan, back when the legal fight to take Quinlan off a ventilator was front-page news. "If they take her off, she might die. Just leave her alone and she will die whenever," she said her daughter told her.

NOTE: On March 31, 1976, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that coma patient Karen Ann Quinlan could be disconnected from her respirator. She remained in a persistent vegetative state and died in 1985. [Terri Schiavo was 22 years-old when Quinlan died. In 1982 ,She was 19, when she discussed the Quinlan case with her friend Diane Meyer.]

Michael, Robert F.- Following Terri Schiavo’s hospitalization, at Humana Hospital -Northside, in 1990, Judge Robert F. Michael appointed her husband, Michael Richard Schiavo, as her 'plenary' guardian on June 18, 1990.
Midulla, Robin G. - Attorney for The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, Inc.[2005] , Robin Greiwe Midulla, Tampa, FL;

Miles, Steven - Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics, Centerr for Bioethics, University of Minnesota. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Misbin, - gastroenterology-Humana. Ken Deacon took his depo for 1992 medical malpractice case.
Mittelberger, James - Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Chief of the Division of Geriatrics, Alameda County Medical Center. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Moody, James S. - U.S. Circuit Judge ; He denied the Schindlers' appeal.
Moran Jim - US Rep. D-Va.

"I don't know who's right and who's wrong, but that's the point. Neither do my colleagues,''
Congress votes to give Schiavo's parents access to federal court (3/21/05 AP) By Mary Dairymple


Moreno, Jonathan D. - Kornfield Professor and Director of the Center for Biomedical ethics, University of Virginia. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Mulroy, Patrick - Terri’s primary care physician-Sabal Palms. Deacon took his depo for 1992 medical malpractice case.1258 West Bay Drive., Largo, Florida

5 Q (By Mr. Deacon) Dr. Mulroy is what type of
6 doctor, what's his specialty?
7 A Internist. [MS July 27, 1992 depo]
Murphy, Father Gerald F.- Testified Catholic Church Approves of Terri’s Death by Starvation [2000 Trial].

And I think when assisted suicide passes in the State of Florida, as I believe it will, that they will not have to market it because the people I know, and I think with due respect, the reason I found this such an unusual situation is that virtually everyone I know is terrified of a case like this. That is why I believe they would line up to take a pill or shot and go to sleep. [page 30, Murphy’s 2000 testimony]

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Nagetani, Frank - Chief DCF Attorney. He refused to allow a DCF investigation into the alleged abuse of Terri Schiavo to go forward.
Nathanson, -Rehab Bayfront. Ken Deacon took his depo for 1992 medical malpractice case.
Nelson, Elaine - Social worker at Sabal Palms.
Nelson, F.R. - On June 1, 1992, had phone,(813) 535-7485, listed for 2114 Poinciana, Clearwater, Florida 33760
Nelson, Hilde L. - Professor of Philosophy, Michigan State University. She was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Nelson, Stephen- Pinellas County Medical Examiner. Dr. Stephen Nelson, was the
consulting neuropathologist .
Nelson, Lawrence J. - Associate Professor of Philosophy, Santa Clara University. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf. Nelson LJ, Cranford RE. Legal Advice, Moral Paralysis and the Death of Samuel Linares. Law, Medicine & Health Care 1989; 17(4):316-324.
Nelson LJ, Rushton CH, Cranford RE, Nelson RM, Glover JJ, Truog RD. Forgoing Medically Provided Nutrition and Hydration in Pediatric Patients. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Spring 1995; 23(1):33-46.
Nelson LJ, Cranford RE. Michael Martin and Robert Wendland: Beyond the Vegetative State. Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy, 1999; 15:427-453.

New, Elaine- Pinellas County Court Counsel; involved in Phone Hearing March 18, 2005.
Nicholson, Marianne - She worked at Prudential with Terri.
Nilssen, Stephen - Schiavo attorney in case no. 90-2908-GD, 1993.
Navinsky, Dan -Court Monitor (Reported Michael Schiavo should be removed as Terri‘s guardian)


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Oldallie, Betty - SD, For Aids Care Today, Inc. (1999); where Mary Labyak is President.

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Paris, John J. Father - Walsh Professor of Bioethics, Boston College. He ridiculed the Schindlers for their ties to “the radical, antiabortion, right-to-life Christian right.” He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Pascual,- cardiopulmonary-Humana. Deacon took his depo for 1992 medical malpractice case.
Pearse, Richard - Attorney, appointed as a Guardian Ad Litem to conduct an investigation to determine if Michael Schiavo had grounds to petition the court to have Terri’s feeding terminated. In his report to the court, he found that Schiavo’s sole account of Terri’s wishes to die were not credible.

The only consistent responses related to the undersigned guardian ad litem is that the ward will respond to a deep pain stimulus by moaning and will open her eyes in response to noise. [Pearse’s Report]

Pecarek, John H.- Court appointed Guardian ad Litem. He submitted his report to the Pinellas County probate court on March 1, 1994.
Pellan, Bill - chief investigator for the medical examiner’s office.
Penick, Thomas - The judge who signed the order approving the $250,000 settlement, policy limit of Dr. Joel S. Prawer’s liability insurance, on July 1, 1992..
Note: He was the judge in the Estelle Browning case who denied Felos’ petition to withdraw her feeding tube, on October 11, 1988.
Perenich, Mark H. - Schiavo attorney; In August 2005 Perenich filed a one page petition asking for a 90-day extention of the statute of limitations to investigate a possible malpractice incident occuring around August 14, 2003.
Perez, Paul I. - U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida, Orlando,FL;[2005]
Perlin, Terry M. - Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Research Fellow, Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University, Ohio. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Perrelli, Thomas J. - Jenner & Block, LLC, 601 13th Street, NW, Suite 1200, Washington, DC; Schiavo attorney [2005]
Peterman Frank Rep. , D-St. Petersburg, voted for bill aimed at blocking the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. The bill passed 78-37.
Phillips, Lloyd W. – He incorporated Woodside Hospice, Inc. on March 27, 2005, 14220 SW 29th Court, Davie, FL 33330 [PO5000045652]. For Sec of State: D Brown
Piper, Jan Jerome - Schiavo attorney who sent 1992 Civil Law Suit threat to Schindlers. He also signed William F. Schiavo’s will, as one of the witnesses, on April 13, 1993.
Portman, Robert M. - - Jenner & Block, LLC, 601 13th Street, NW,Suite 1200, Washington, DC; Schiavo attorney [2005]
Prawer, Joel S. - Was sued by Michael Schiavo for medical malpractice on February 20, 1992.On July 1, 1992, the court approved a settlement on the part of Dr. Prawer, in the amount of $250,000.
Price, Tom- (R-GA. ) Physician-congressman. He supported the law because there was “no living will in place” and the family and experts disagreed.
Pruitt, Marci - VCD (1999), For Aids Care Today, Inc.. Where Mary Labyak is President.

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Quartetti, Mary Ann - Before Jay Wolfson was appointed Terri’s guardian ad Litem, Attorney Pam Campbell suggested Ms Quartetti , a local professional guardian.
Quesada, Frank - Circuit Court Judge.; Master of Bench, American Inns of Court. He was president ,Barney Masterson Inn Court in 1997. He granted Schindlers a temporary injunction, and had Terri ‘s feeding tube unclamped, on April 26, 2001.
Quill, Timothy - Director of Palliative Care Programs, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry and Medical Humanities. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.

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Radjewski, Jan - one of the firefighter/paramedics who responded to the scene on February 25, 1990.
Rahdert, George -
Reagan Ron Rep., R-Bradenton;voted for bill aimed at blocking the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. The bill passed 78-37.
Rice, Everett - Sheriff of Pinellas County. According to public records, he hired Michael Schiavo to work at the jail on or about Oct. 11, 2004, a few weeks before Rice left his post as sheriff to represent District 54 in Florida’s House of Representatives. Rice, R-Treasure Island; Rice voted against bill aimed at blocking the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. The bill passed 78-37.
Rich, Ben A. - Associate Professor of Bioethics, University of California, Davis Medical Center. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Ridenour, David E. - Attorney for The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, Inc.
Director Hospice Care, Inc. 1998.[Where Mary Labyak is President.] [ Hospice Care was incorporated on November 20, 1991.]

Rodriguez, Raquel A. - This name appears on memorandum for Florida Governor Jeb Bush that was filed in October 2003.

Terri does not have a terminal illness, is not brain dead, and is not comatose. Other than some future intervening illness or accident, it is only lack of food and water that would cause her death. She is in a persistent vegetative state (“PVS”), which in itself will not cause her death. Florida law defines PVS separately from terminal illness, and employs the term as a separate concept in the procedural requirements to withdraw life-prolonging procedures. Section 765.101(17), Florida Statutes (2003) (defining “terminal condition” and including an expectation of death as a result of the condition); Section 765.101(12), Florida Statutes (2003) (defining “persistent vegetative state” and omitting any expectation of death as a result of the condition); Section 744.305(2), Florida Statutes (2003) (requiring one of three conditions before a surrogate can exercise the incompetent patient’s right to forego treatment: that the patient have an “end-stage condition,” or be in a persistent vegetative state, “or the patient’s physical condition is terminal.” (Emphasis added.) PVS is clearly not the same as a terminal illness. However, the state court inexplicably concluded that Terri is “terminal.” Schindler v. Schiavo (In re Guardianship of Schiavo), 792 So. 2d 551, 560 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001) (Schiavo II). The fact that she is unable to give herself nourishment is not a symptom of a dying body; it is the result of severe injury and disability.

[MEMORANDUM OF AMICUS CURIAE JEB BUSH,
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION -UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION
Civil Action No. 8:03-CV-1860-T-26-TGW

Rosecrans, Robert D. - Vice president of National Bank of California, which was to handle Robert Herring’s $1 million transaction.
Ross Dennis Rep., R-Lakeland;voted for bill aimed at blocking the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. The bill passed 78-37.
Ross [Friedman] , Lainie - Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Assistant Director, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago. She was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Rubin, Susan B. - The Ethics Practice, ethics consultation firm in Berkeley, California. She was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Russell David Rep., R-Spring Hill; voted against bill aimed at blocking the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. The bill passed 78-37.
Russell, Terry- Administrator at Sabal Palms
Ryun, Jim - US Rep. R-Kan

"Now, he has had her feeding tube removed and sentenced her to a most excruciating death, citing Terri's own wishes as the rationale ...Michael did not remember this supposed request until years after Terri's initial injuries when a cash settlement was awarded to her, a settlement he would stand to inherit.''

Congress votes to give Schiavo's parents access to federal court (3/21/05 AP) By Mary Dairymple

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Santorum, Rick -
Schiavo, Brian J. -
Schiavo, Clara Marie -
Schiavo, Joan -
Schiavo, Karen - Scott Schiavo’s wife Her grandmother lived in Clearwater, Florida.
Schiavo, Michael Richard - Terri Schiavo’s husband.

1. His Sept 5, 1990 address on record: 2630 Vina Del Mar Blvd, St. Petersburg Beach, FL33706
Schiavo, Pamela ‘Pam’ -
Schiavo, Scott -Michael’s brother. In a ten year period, Scott Schiavo saw Terri one time, after her collapse in 1990.

11 [The] reason why I was out here for and I saw Terri is
12 that my sister-in-law was diagnosed with
13 inoperable brain cancer. This is my wife's
14 sister. Her last wish was for my wife's whole
15 family to go to Disney World. When we came out
16 here, my wife's grandmother had lived in
17 Clearwater, so we stayed here a couple of days.

In the 2000 trial he testified that Terri told him years earlier that she wouldn’t won’t to live hooked to tubes.

4 Q How did you -- how did it come about
5 that you mentioned that you remembered this event
6 at your grandmother's funeral?
7 A It was something that -- we all talked
8 about it that day. It was like we all went home,
9 grieved, and had to pretty much go on with our
10 lives. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever see
11 this happening to Terri, but when this was all
12 coming about --
13 Q When you say this was all coming about,
14 like when? The last couple of years or -
15 A No. No. It came up when I spoke to
16 Mike's lawyer about if I had ever heard Terri
17 mention this or that. If she ever came to me, sat
18 down and talked to me about something. This and
19 that. I had mentioned that on this date that at
20 my grandmother's funeral we talked about this as a
21 family. As all the kids in the family.
22 And Terri was sitting with us and Terri
23 made the mention that she would never want to be
24 kept alive like that. You know, if it is her time
25 to go, it's her time to go.

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1 Q Do you remember approximately when that
2 was when you talked to -- it was Mr. Felos, I
3 presume?
4 A He called me on a Sunday morning.
5 Q Within the last year?
6 A Yes. It was either September or
7 October. [1999]

After Terri died he said:
“This isn’t over by a long shot. We’re going to get our name right. The world is going to know who Mike was, they’re going to know Mike wasn’t a beast.” [U.S.news, MSNBC, Terri Schiavo dies, but battle continues, March 31, 2005]
Schiavo, Steven -
Schiavo [Schindler], Theresa Marie 'Terry'’Terri’  -
Schiavo, William Frances - Michael Schiavo’s father.
Schiavo, William Frances Jr. - Michael’s oldest brother.
Schindler, Fred - Bob Schindler's brother. Terri Schiavo's uncle.
Schindler, Marry Lee - Terri Schiavo’s mother.
Schindler, Robert S. ‘Bob’ -
Schindler, Robert Jr. - Terri Schiavo’s brother.

. "To have to see my parents go through this is absolutely barbaric. I'd love for these judges to sit in a room and see this happening as well."
[Judge won't order Schiavo tube reinserted (3/22/05 AP) By Vickie Chachere ]

Schneiderman, Lawrence - University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Schroeder, Veronica - notary
Schumer, Charles E. -
Schultz-Wasserman, Debbie- Debbie Wasserman grew up on Long Island. Her father, Larry, was chief financial officer of Roanna Togs, Inc., a children’s clothing manufacturer in Manhattan, and her mother, Ann, managed a plant nursery. Her brother Steven, 39, is a lawyer in the U.S. Attorney’s office in Washington, DC. Her strong support for the gay community and for abortion rights helped to cement her reputation as one of the most liberal members of the legislature. But she reached across the aisle to win passage of a swimming pool safety bill and appealed to a broader constituency with her dogged fight for smaller class sizes. In 1996, she and other south Florida Jewish leaders successfully lobbied Governor Lawton Chiles to veto an education bill that would have allowed voluntary student-led prayer at graduations, assemblies and sporting events.
She is the first Jewish congresswoman from Florida. She drafted talking points for opponents of the GOP measure to save Terri Schiavo and challenged those she believed were misstating the facts surrounding Schiavo’s prognosis. She helped lead the Democratic counter-attack, arguing that Congress was overstepping its authority.
Example:

“It literally rips the hinges off the door of every family home in America and allows Congress to insert itself into any family dispute that it doesn’t agree with. It’s just absolutely unconscionable,” she said. “And the point is that I don’t know Terri. I’m not a doctor. I’m not a bioethicist. I don’t have any medical expertise, and neither does Congressman [Roy] Blunt.”

[Scott Greenberger was a staff writer for the Boston Globe and the Austin American-Statesman. He is co-author, with former Senator Tom Daschle, of Critical: What We Can Do About the Health Care Crisis. He has contributed articles to The Washington Post, GQ and Glamour. http://www.momentmag.com/Exclusive/2009/2009-06/200906-Debbie_Wasserman_Schultz.html ]

“I knew it was a risk to get involved in that kind of high-profile way, and nobody asked me to. I set out to educate my colleagues on the details and be the person who could debunk the garbage that was coming from the other side. They were just making stuff up, and I knew the facts.” -Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Schwarz, Joe- Physician-Congressman [a head and neck surgeon for 27 yrs]
“How many other patients are there with feeding tubes? Should they be removed too?” [Annas’ article]
Sekulow, Jay - Chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice. He was one of the Schindlers’ attorneys in the ‘Terri’s Law’ litigation.
“We are asking the appeals court to permit Terri’s parents to take a direct and active role in defending the state law that is the only thing keeping their daughter alive.”

Sensenbrenner, James Jr. - US House Judiciary Committee Chairman

“Congress in a bipartisan fashion took up Terri’s cause and met in extraordinary sesion to provide Terri with an opportunity for a new, full, and fresh review in federal court of her right to receive life-sustaining treatment. Regrettably, this effort did not receive the court review the law requires.” [USA TODAY]

Shah, - primary care physician-Humana. Ken Deacon took his depo for 1992 medical malpractice case.
Shames, Mark I. -He was chairman of the probate and guardianship committee of the St. Petersburg Bar Association, 1993-1994. When Shames become judge, Pamela Campbell bought his law practice. As an Attorney Shames discussed the Schindlers’ potential case with them, before becoming a judge. Attorney-Judge. Approved George Felos as Michael Schiavo’s attorney (1997). Originally, Terri’s case started with Judge Shames in south Pinellas County (St. Petersburg).At some point in 1998- 1999, Felos filed with Judge Boyer or Caddell to have Terri’s case moved to the north county (Clearwater)

The petition was accepted into the court’s docket by Judge Mark Shames. This judge was previously attorney Mark Shames who had briefly counseled the parents of Terri Schiavo (Robert and Mary Schindler) in their efforts to remove Michael Schiavo as their daughter’s guardian.

Should Shames have recused himself entirely? Practical ethics say you can bet your backside on that. Should he have entertained Schiavo’s petition in 1998? Considering the law of the day, one can only conclude that the answer is no.

Shannon, Thomas - Professor of Religion and Social Ethics, Department of Humanities and Arts, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts. . He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf.
Sheehan, James A. - He represented the Schindlers in their initial [1993] unsuccessful attempt to have Michael Schiavo removed as Terri’s guardian. In a letter written by Mr. Sheehan, Let Schiavo case focus on issue of guardianship, published in SPTIMES, September 27, 2003, he writes:

The case today [September 27, 2003] has been presented as a debate over whether Terri Schiavo will ever recover or not and, therefore, whether her feeding tube should be removed. I believe it should still be about who should be the guardian. If Michael Schiavo is not interested in whatever money is left from the malpractice case and if he plans to get married after his wife has died, why doesn’t the court just remove him as the guardian? He can get a divorce and get on with his life. The Schindlers can then take care of their daughter for as long as they see fit. The court would then not be in the position of trying to determine the past (Did Terri want to live like this?) and predicting the future (Will Terri ever recover?)

Interesting connections Ronald Cranford had:

"The Appleton Consensus" was originally published in the Journal of the. Danish Medical Association (Ugeskr Laeger) 1989; 151, 11:700-706; it was reprinted in the Journal of Medical Ethics 1989; 15:129-136 and in the Icelandic Medical Journal (Laeknabladid) 1989; 75: 303-311. As the introduction to the original statement indicates, it was the work of thirty-three physicians, ethicists, and medical economists meeting during two conferences and corresponding over a period of two years. In the last plenary session of the second conference, the delegates committed themselves to convene in their local communities discussion groups in which they would promulgate and discuss the guidelines they had just created. They voted that a study edition be produced by the editor that would capture in study notes the important points of agreements and disagreements articulated on the way to consensus and any particularly important insights that did not find their way into the published statement.

AUTHORS OF "THE APPLETON CONSENSUS: SUGGESTED INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR DECISIONS TO FORGO MEDICAL TREATMENT"

John M. Stanley, Ph.D. (editor) *
Fredrick Abrams, M.D.
Pieter V. Admiraal, M.D.
Clark H. Boren, M.D.
Howard Brody, M.D., Ph.D.
A.G.M. Campbell, M.B., F.R.C.P. (Edin.) *
Ronald E. Cranford, M.D.
Gunnar Dahlstrom, M.D.
John Dawson, M.D., M.R.C.G.P.
Nancy W. Dickey, M.D.
Heleen M. Dupuis, Ph.D.
Merton D. Finkler, Ph.D.
Grant Gillett, M.B., Ch.B., D.Phil., F.R.A.C.S.
Raanan Gillon, B.A., M.B., B.S., F.R.C.P. *
Shimon Glick, M.D.
Nancy Homburg, M.D.
Joanne Lynn, M.D. *
Terrence Meece, M.D.
John E. Mielke, M.D.
Thomas H. Murray, Ph.D.
John J. Paris, S.J., Ph.D., Ph.L.
Povl Riis, M.D. *
George S. Robertson, M.D.
Arnold J. Rosin, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.P.
David Schiedermayer, M.D.
Dale Anne Singer, M.D.
James V. Snyder, M.D.
Avraham Steinberg, M.D.
Knut Erik Tranoy, Ph.D.
Cees van der Meer, M.D.
Margaret Wallace, R.N., LL.B.
Susan Wolf, J.D.
Stuart J. Youngner, M.D.
* Indicates member of the drafting committee for the Study Edition of "The Appleton Consensus."


Sherman, -Michael Schiavo’s psychiatrist. Deacon took his depo for 1992 medical malpractice case.
Siebert, Charles- Pinellas County Medical Examiner
Simon, Howard - executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida

"What this judge did is protect the freedom of people to make their own end-of-life decisions without the intrusion of politicians." (Judge won't order Schiavo tube reinserted (3/22/05 AP) By Vickie Chachere )

Sisti, Dominic A. - Center for Bioethics ,University of Pennsylvania; Holy Redeemer Health System. )He is a research associate at the University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics. He is coeditor with Arthur L. Caplan and James J. McCartney of Case of Terri Schiavo: Ethics at the End of Life. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf
Slyter, Howard - M.D., Chair of Bioethics Committee, Kaises Hospital, Sacramento, California. He was among the fifty-five [55] bioethicists who petitioned the Court on Michael Schiavo’s behalf
Smith-Lima, Jennifer -Attorney, DCF Region Counsel
Greer asked DCF attorney Jennifer Lima-Smith whether she could guarantee Schiavo would not be taken into state custody.
``I can't tell you that won't be done. We have that capability. The statute is clear,'' Lima- Smith told Greer. http://www.tampatrib.com/MGBAFWSIO6E.html

Smith, Rod - Florida Senator
Solkoff, Scott M. - Chair, Elder Law Section of the Florida Bar Florida Bar Number: 0038271, 1901 South Congress Avenue, Suite 350 Boynton Beach, FL 33426-6586; Filed AMICUS BRIEF OF THE THE ELDER LAW SECTION OF THE FLORIDA BAR-CASE NUMBER: SCO04-925, July 2004.
Sparklin, Rex - an attorney with the law firm representing Terri Schiavo's parents
Stanley, Erik W. - For Liberty Counsel, Inc. Amicus [2005]; Liberty Counsel, Longwood, Florida.
Stanley, Gyneth S.- Schiavo Attorney
Stargel, John K. -
Steele, Rebecca H. - Schiavo attorney [2005]ACLU Foundation of Florida, Inc., West Central Florida Office, Tampa, FL;
Stepaniak, John - His name is on Jodi Centonze’s application for Approval for Sale, Bradford Acres Condominium Association, Inc., July 1, 1996, along with Scott Blough’s [Jodi’s ex-husband’s] and Mike Schiavo’s names, as “personal references.”
Stringer, Thomas Sr. - Judge; He was among the three judges [Altenbernd, Fulmer, Stringer] who handed down the decision concurring with Greer’s original order of February 11, 2000, that Terri Schiavo must die, on June 6.

Suksanong, - infectious diseases-Humana. Deacon took her depo for 1992 medical malpractice case.

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Terry, Randall - The anti-abortion activist who helped the Schindlers organize their campaign to save their daughter.

"The conservative people of this country did not work their tails off for the past 10 years to get conservatives in both houses so they could give us a song and dance. We put you in power so you can deliver. Here's an opportunity for you to deliver on the life of an innocent woman."

Thogmartin, Jon-Medical Examiner, Jon Thogmartin, is the chief medical
Examiner for Pinellas and Pasco counties.
Tower, R.- - One of the two police officers, St Petersburg Police Department, who responded to the scene on February 25, 1990.
Tragos, George E. - Law Office of George E. Tragos, Clearwater, FL; For Theresa Marie Schindler Schiavo, incapacitated ex rel, Robert Schindler and Mary Schindler
Traviesa Trey Rep., R-Tampa. voted for bill aimed at blocking the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. The bill passed 78-37.

Tyler, Beverly - Executive Director of Georgia Health Decisions. She testified [2002] thatTerri’s casual death wish comments are a normal way to make oral living wills.

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Vail, Jay - Office of the Attorney General, PL-01, The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida 32399;
Vitadamo, Michael - Suzanne Schindler’s second husband. They married on March 5, 2004.
Vitadamo (Carr) (Schindler), Suzanne - Terri Schiavo’s sister.


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Wakeman, Mary L. - Florida Bar Number: 694703; Elder Law Section of the Florida Bar. Post Office Drawer 229, Tallahassee, FL 32302-0229; Filed AMICUS BRIEF OF THE THE ELDER LAW SECTION OF THE FLORIDA BAR-CASE NUMBER: SCO04-925, July 2004.
Waldoch, Lauchlin T. - Florida Bar Number: 262749, Law Section of the Florida Bar, Post Office Drawer 229, Tallahassee, FL 32302-0229; Filed AMICUS BRIEF OF THE THE ELDER LAW SECTION OF THE FLORIDA BAR-CASE NUMBER: SCO04-925, July 2004.

Walker, W. Campbell- Dr. Walker, Manatee Memorial Hospital, conducted the bone scan, on March 5, 1991..
Wallace, Bob - Director (1999),For Aids Care Today, Inc. Where Mary Labyak is the President.
Waters Leslie Rep. , R-Seminole, voted against bill aimed at blocking the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. The bill passed 78-37.
Watts, Gordon Wayne - Interested Party, Pro se, Lakeland, FL [2005]
Weaver, Mike - one of the firefighter/paramedics who responded to the scene on February 25, 1990.
Webster, Daniel - Florida Senator; unsuccessfully sought support for a bill written to keep Schiavo alive.
Wecht Cyril- forensic pathologist, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania. Thogmartin refused to allow him to observe the Schiavo autopsy.
Weldon, Dave-(R-Fla.) remarked that based on his 16 years of medical practice that Terri Schiavo is” not in a persistent vegetative state.”
On March 7, 2005, US Representative David Weldon of Florida introduced in the US House of Representatives H.R. 1151, the Incapacitated Person’s Legal Protection Act,20 which would allow federal judicial review of state court orders to withdraw or withhold AFN, with similar legislation also introduced in the US Senate. On March 20, with a voice vote of only 3 members present, the bill was passed in the Senate. The House bill, by a vote of 203 to 58, was passed at 12:42 AM on March 21,2005. President George W. Bush had been vacationing but returned early to Washington, DC, on March 20 to be available to sign the bill once passed, and he signed the bill at 1:11 AM.

On March 22,2005 Federal Judge James Whittemore denied a request to overturn Judge Greer’s order. The following day, a 3-judge panel of the US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals reviewed and denied a similar request, and then the entire 12-judge court as a whole refused to hear the appeal. Governor Jeb Bush declared he wanted the Florida Department of Children and Families to take custody of Terri, but Judge Greer issued an order preventing this action.
On March 24, the US Supreme Court declined a request to hear the case and overrule the 11th Circuit Court’s decision. A federal judge in Tampa, Fla, and the Florida Supreme Court refused requests to intervene.
On March 30,2005 the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals was petitioned but rejected a request for a new hearing. Terri Schiavo died at age 41 years at 9:05 AM on March 31, 2005, at the Woodside Hospice, in Pinellas Park, where she had lived for the passed five years..

“Terri is not on life support. She is not dying of an underlying disease….”

Whittemore, James D.- U.S. District Court Judge
Will, Michael - Adult Protective Investigations Supervisor, Department of Children and Families, 400 W. Robinson St, Ste S-1114, Orlando, FL 32801
Wolfson, Jay- Terri Schiavo’s court appointed Guardian Ad Litem [2003] Wolfson's comment on the autopsy report [Keith Olbermann, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, MSNBC, June 15,2005. show]: what this report does is it helps us, I think, say we've learned as much as we can learn. We've learned as much about this tragic case, clinically, medically, scientifically, and legally, and it closes the door.

Dr. Jay Wolfson: I sincerely hope that this has provided a modest opportunity to shed some light on this most heart wrenching case. The best we can do is rely on good law, good science and good medicine - and do it honestly. the courts have done their jobs, and the rules of law and science have been applied as well as possible. there is no good or easy answer to this -- only the hope that the result will be in the best interests of Terri Schiavo. but there is no way to overcome the grief and dashed hopes of loving parents. but this is not about the parents, the family, the legislature, the governor, the congress or the president. it is only about terri.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57781-2005Mar22.html 

Woodruff, Alan P. - Attorney, 696 First Avenue N, St. Petersburg FL 33701
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Ironically, during that trial Michael’s attorney, Glenn Woodworth, showed a video of Terri, and argued that, even though she was in a "vegetative state," "you can tell she has some sense of her predicament." He also pointed out to the jury that "[on the film] she knows her husband and looks into his eyes."


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Zimmerman, Warren A. - U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida, Tampa, FL.



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