Ok. Perhaps an apology to FReepers for believing CNN without checking the facts.
Do we know call cajuncow on the carpet for posting a news item from CNN?
How's this, from FOX-7 in Austin.
The widow of IRS worker Vernon Hunter has sued Sheryl Mann Stack, the widow of Joe Stack. Authorities say Stack killed Hunter last Thursday when he flew his single engine plane into Hunter’s office building on HWY 183.
Sheryl lived with her husband and 12-year-old daughter in a home in northwest Austin. She and her daughter had spent the night at a hotel the night before the attack. Investigators say that Joe Stack burned the home down while they were away before he launched his plane attack. According to the lawsuit, Valerie Hunter claims that Sheryl Stack felt threatened enough by Joe 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 rush of injury to others including Vernon Hunter.' Sheryl Stack breached her duty to inform others which resulted in the death of Vernon Hunter. Valerie Hunter is asking for actual damages, exemplary damages, interest and court costs.
An attorney for Hunter told FOX 7 that the lawsuit will also seek to block the public release of Vernon Hunter's autopsy records.
Last week Sheryl Stack released a brief statement through a spokesperson. In the statement, Sheryl Stack thanked her friends and family and offers her "sincerest sympathy" for the victims and their families. She also said she will not comment further.
So, the wrongful death suit is in addition to the suit to prevent release of the autopsy details. Details, I might add, that are part of the public record.
It seems very clear that the widow Hunter holds the widow Stack responsible for her dead husband's actions. As stated in the FOX-7 story:
According to the lawsuit, Valerie Hunter claims that Sheryl Stack felt threatened enough by Joe 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 rush of injury to others including Vernon Hunter.' Sheryl Stack breached her duty to inform others which resulted in the death of Vernon Hunter. Valerie Hunter is asking for actual damages, exemplary damages, interest and court costs.
As clearly stated in the wrongful death suit and according to the Hunter lawyer.