Widow of Austin plane crash victim sues pilot's wife

[midcan5]

Interesting but admittedly complex. Weren't those aware of McVeigh's or other criminal's actions prosecuted? The church calls it sins of omission. But surely the wife has suffered enough.

 

[Yurt]

Interesting but admittedly complex. Weren't those aware of McVeigh's or other criminal's actions prosecuted? The church calls it sins of omission. But surely the wife has suffered enough.

what the heck are you talking about and what does the church have to do with any of this?

 

[goldcatt]

Prosecution (the government pursuing criminal charges) and filing a lawsuit (asshole looking to score some cash) are two very different things, midcan.

 

[Barb]

The attorney that took this case should be disbarred. Ambulance chasing motherfuckers.

CNN) -- The widow of an Internal Revenue Service employee killed when a disgruntled taxpayer flew his plane into a seven-story building in Austin, Texas, last week is suing the pilot's wife, according to court documents.

Valerie Hunter, the wife of Vernon Hunter, is accusing Sheryl Stack, wife of Andrew Joseph "Joe" Stack III, of negligence, alleging she she knew or should have known that her husband was a threat to others and, thus, could have prevented the attack, according to the lawsuit filed Monday in Travis County District Court.

Widow of Austin plane crash victim sues pilot's wife - CNN.com

"Stack was threatened enough by Joseph Stack that she took her daughter and stayed at a hotel the night before the plane crash. [She] owed a duty to exercise reasonable care to avoid a foreseeable risk of injury to others including [Vernon Hunter]," the suit says.

Because every woman who flees home with her kid puts out a press release and notifies the FBI...they would SO listen to her, too.

 

[mightypeon]

On a unrelated sidenote, I would be dismayed if Southpark does not feature Osama Bin Laden suing the suidicers wife for Copyright infrictions soon.
Which is then either averted by the Japanese sueing Bin Laden (We were first!) or by the kids moving Bin Laden to tears with a plea that everyone should have the right to blow up Tax offices.

 

[Dr Gregg]

yeah, like she is responsible for her husband. They need to do something about these absurd lawsuits. what next, sue the plane maker

 

[goldcatt]

She's where the cash is, it's that simple.

Normally a wrongful death suit would be filed against the pilot's estate. I'm making an educated guess here, but Texas is a community property state and I'll bet ten bucks the main assets the pilot's widow has left are in the form of insurance payments. Which means she might, maybe, be left with a pot to piss in but that pot won't be going to go into an estate for an ambulance chaser to get his paws on.