Widow of Austin plane crash victim sues pilot's wife

CNN ^ | 2-24-10

[pray4liberty]

'She owed a duty to exercise reasonable care to avoid a foreseeable rush of injury to others including Vernon Hunter.'

Nonsense. I for one fail to see how Mrs. Stack had any "duty" other than to protect herself and her daughter from Mr. Stack, who was at that point in time, a violent husband. She had no reason to believe that violence would extend elsewhere.

This lawsuit is in essence, claiming she should have likewise been able to predict the future and specifically, the death of Mr. Hunter, someone she did not know. This lawsuit is implying that she knew the crazy loon's plans without any proof whatsoever.

None of us knows if something bad is going to happen tomorrow. Should we be held liable for our lack of knowledge and inability to predict the future? Guess so.

Hey battered women of America, listen up. If you don't report your husband to the cops, you will get sued for whoever he attacks next!

[pray4liberty]

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.

Tell that to the jury. You ought to be on Mrs. Stack's defense team. It may be a civil suit, but the way I read it, she is being treated like a criminal.

I have sympathy for both widows, but some John Edwards-esqe lawyer is trying to get blood out of a stone.

[Thumper1960]

Agreed.