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Widow of Austin plane crash victim sues pilot's wife
CNN ^ | 2-24-10

Posted on 02/24/2010 6:31:54 PM PST by cajuncow

(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.

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To: cajuncow
"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.

I don't think we have enough law enforcement to handle every domestic tiff.

301 posted on 02/24/2010 8:28:49 PM PST by Razz Barry (Round'em up, send'em home.)
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To: ColdWater

We haven’t seen details of the autopsy.
How hard it to keep that info out of public record for grandchildren to see?

I didn’t read my own Fathers. The reasoning sounds very unclear. Why would children be concerned with this level of macabre detail?


302 posted on 02/24/2010 8:30:28 PM PST by mylife (Opinions: $1.00 Halfbaked: 50c)
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To: Thumper1960

I apologize. Heat of the battle when one speculates what I might do.


303 posted on 02/24/2010 8:32:12 PM PST by ColdWater ("The theory of evolution really has no bearing on what I'm trying to accomplish with FR anyway. ")
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To: mylife
We haven’t seen details of the autopsy.

That is why she filed the suit. To keep it private.

304 posted on 02/24/2010 8:33:08 PM PST by ColdWater ("The theory of evolution really has no bearing on what I'm trying to accomplish with FR anyway. ")
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To: OldDeckHand
Suing the attacker's estate would be the normal and proper course. But, it's clear that won't bear fruit, so the blood-suckers pick another victim.

They sued the estate.

305 posted on 02/24/2010 8:34:43 PM PST by ColdWater ("The theory of evolution really has no bearing on what I'm trying to accomplish with FR anyway. ")
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To: brytlea
True, it’s about filling the pockets of lawyers.

I see you have no knowledge on this issue.

306 posted on 02/24/2010 8:35:32 PM PST by ColdWater ("The theory of evolution really has no bearing on what I'm trying to accomplish with FR anyway. ")
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To: OldDeckHand

“The guy was already deeply in debt and owed the IRS, who - by law - gets first crack at any estate money.”

Kind of Ironic isn’t it? All parties involved end up feeding money to the IRS.


307 posted on 02/24/2010 8:36:07 PM PST by BlessingsofLiberty (Obama, YOU LIE!!)
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To: ColdWater

Sure I am speculating. But if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it ain’t a pig. Or maybe I should say if it waddles like a pig and oinks like a pig, it ain’t a duck.

:-)


308 posted on 02/24/2010 8:36:48 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: pnh102

I seriously doubt that Sheryl Stack had any clue that her husband was about to do something as drastic and deadly as flying a plane into a building.


309 posted on 02/24/2010 8:37:53 PM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: packrat35
No I have you pegged as do most others on this thread. Your main supporter is ColdWater, who is a vulture lawyer. Great company you got there.

You know nothing. Keep your lies to yourself.

310 posted on 02/24/2010 8:37:58 PM PST by ColdWater ("The theory of evolution really has no bearing on what I'm trying to accomplish with FR anyway. ")
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To: christianhomeschoolmommaof3

Suicide is Biblically wrong. It’s playing god. He wasn’t afraid of living through the pain of terminal illness, nor was he distraught over the loss of a loved one and couldn’t deal with the pain. He lost it, and took it out on what he perceived to be his tormentor(s).

He played god in more ways than just taking his own life. Lashing out like that is many things, as I’ve mentioned, it’s crazy and murderous. But cowardly it was not. That was not some quiet, personal hell leading to death at his own hands. He no doubt thought he would be regarded as something of a martyr.

He now has an eternity to rue his actions.


311 posted on 02/24/2010 8:41:28 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights
Sure I am speculating.

Then don't post your speculation as fact.

312 posted on 02/24/2010 8:41:44 PM PST by ColdWater ("The theory of evolution really has no bearing on what I'm trying to accomplish with FR anyway. ")
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To: ColdWater

And cited the grandkids.

When my Dad died his grandchild was told that Grandpa had a heart attack.
The boy didn’t ask to see an autopsy report or photos.

My Grandfather died in a horrible gas tanker fire. When I was a little kid I didn’t ask details. I just knew that I never knew him.

Children dont delve into this level of detail. The Idea that they do and the knowledge revealed could shock them somehow is bizarre.


313 posted on 02/24/2010 8:42:32 PM PST by mylife (Opinions: $1.00 Halfbaked: 50c)
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To: mylife

Did your grandfather’s death make national headlines?


314 posted on 02/24/2010 8:47:00 PM PST by ColdWater ("The theory of evolution really has no bearing on what I'm trying to accomplish with FR anyway. ")
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To: mylife
I don’t understand the rush to lawyers.

Do you now that you have been presented with the facts?

315 posted on 02/24/2010 8:49:23 PM PST by ColdWater ("The theory of evolution really has no bearing on what I'm trying to accomplish with FR anyway. ")
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To: ColdWater

What difference does it make? The notion that these kids need Court protection from the truth is bizarre.

No lunatic supporter of Stack is going to taunt these children. It’s just human decency.

No law suit is required here.


316 posted on 02/24/2010 8:50:35 PM PST by mylife (Opinions: $1.00 Halfbaked: 50c)
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To: ColdWater

Struck a nerve there, did I?


317 posted on 02/24/2010 8:50:46 PM PST by packrat35 (Democrat Healthcare is a 9-11 Attack on the Constitution)
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To: ColdWater
Legally, there could have been no temporary restraining order without a lawsuit. That's why the wrongful death lawsuit was filed against the estate of Joe Stack.

In light of that I would say the system needs to be fixed. Why the requirement to have a wrongful death suit filed just to prevent the public release of an autopsy? It does not make sense to my non-legal mind.

Does that mean every autopsy in Texas is fair game unless the family of the deceased hires an attorney to file a wrongful death suit?

Seriously trying to figure this out. What if Joe Stack went into his bedroom and put a bullet in his brain? Would Mrs. Stack have to file a wrongful death case to keep the autopsy private? If so, the suit woud be filed against whom?

318 posted on 02/24/2010 8:51:14 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: mylife
Yes, I find the rational of this lawsuit very challenging.

Do you still hold this opinion now that I have presented you with the facts?

319 posted on 02/24/2010 8:51:45 PM PST by ColdWater ("The theory of evolution really has no bearing on what I'm trying to accomplish with FR anyway. ")
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To: calex59
The wife did nothing to be sued for. This is totally out of line.

She is the legal executer of the estate. Legally, her name has to be on the suit.

320 posted on 02/24/2010 8:52:50 PM PST by ColdWater ("The theory of evolution really has no bearing on what I'm trying to accomplish with FR anyway. ")
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