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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Ross said while money is not the motivating factor behind this civil suit, it is his job to find out if the Stack estate has anything left.
But it's not about the money.
Not my call
As for the autopsy results, I'm not a TX attorney, but I assume that TX, like the other states in which I'm familiar, makes autopsy results public records. This is especially true when those results are for the victims of criminal acts - most state Supreme Courts have held that the public has a more than prurient interest in the facts surrounding criminal acts involving death. The photos may, or may not, be withheld, but the coroner's report, to include the autopsy report will surely be made public.
Only speculating (hehehe) but perhaps the autopsy angle is meant to be cover.
We are so glad you enlightened us as to the facts.
I'm not sure what has fundamentally changed in the rank and file of FR, but it's disturbing, to say the least.
How much is keeping an autopsy private going to cost Mrs. Stack?
It's entirely out of the hands of Mrs. Stack with respect to the autopsy results becoming public. The fact of the matter is that they are public records as they are records and evidence in a law enforcement investigation.
If Mrs. Hunter decides to drop the lawsuit will the autopsy be available to the public?
They'll be made available - at some point (sooner rather than later) - irrespective of the outcome of this suit.
Do they need to see the wrongful death case through to the end to keep the autopsy private?
The chances of these records remaining "private" are slim and none. Any person, to include countless media organizations, will be able to sue for these records under whatever the name of the Texas sunshine law is.
Just because the woman was afraid of her husband doesn’t at imply that she might see him as a threat to others.
Besides, we know how it works, unless he made an explicit threat calling the cops a saying “my husband’s nuts, I think he might do something bad” would not have resulted in any police action.
I also don’t see how seeking damages from the killer’s widow and prevent the autopsy being released can be put in the same action. But I suppose that is just more shoddy work from the MSM.
Lol! I wasn’t actually commenting on the lawsuit. I was commenting on ColdWater’s change of tone after cynwoody posted that information.
Now that was really dishonest of you? You cut off part of my reply to make it mean something else and then throw in some lies about a Communist which I have never mentioned?
You sir, are a truly despicable individual (I won’t use man as that gives you too much credit). Throwing out wild insinuations and insults is your forte however.
I've learned that when a lawyer is involved, there's money to be had.
Isn't that the truth.
What does drive me insane is that news organizations RARELY ever post a link to the litigation or court rulings that they're describing. National and local media outlets almost NEVER provide such a link. It drives me insane. They expect us - their readers - to take their word for what they claim is in the document that they're describing.
There might have been 250 stories today on the Supreme Court ruling that amended the Miranda decision from the past three decades. But I didn't see a single story that actually posted the Court's decision in its entirety. It's aggravating beyond belief.
You must hate yourself then and you continue to lie all through this thread.
As far as the media is concerned, we are too stupid to understand much of anything beyond that which consumes our petty little lives.
I don’t have a problem with lawyers.
I have a problem with lawyers making the law SO complex they they lead folks around by the nose.
This case clearly needs honest mediation.
Either can I, and I've been doing this for 25 years. But, I've seen it reported in too many outlets for it to be inaccurate. I think a more likely scenario is that the family of the victim picked the wrong counsel.
:-)
Most life insurance will pay out on suicides after the policy has been in effect for a certain number of years.
Not true...I see no one on here saying the guy was a hero.
It seems to me that the law stopped being the law and was replaced by the lawyers determining the law to be themselves.
Justice is not blind. That is a lie made so by the lawyers determining themselves to be advocates not of the law but of clients, no matter who or what the clients may be.
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