Originally Posted by Kevsh

If anything, the valuable lesson in all this is not that reform is needed to protect the lives of people like Terri Shiavo, but rather that the legal system needs to be reformed to avoid abuse. 30+ appeals, all paid for by the taxpayers - mostly in Florida - is ridiculous.

The reform should be that people who file petitions and appeals are financially liable for court costs when they lose. That way, people like the Shiavos will think twice before taking their case to any and every court that is required to listen to them, with absolutely no consideration to the time and (other people's) money they are needlessly wasting.

There's was a lost case about 25 appeals ago but they exploited every loophole they could and exhausted every legal avenue open to them and now the people of Florida are on the hook for the massive bill. Is that justice?