IRS worker's widow sues pilot's wife

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The widow of an Internal Revenue Service employee killed when Andrew Joseph Stack III flew his plane into an office building has sued Stack's wife, saying she should have warned others about her husband.

According to the seven-page lawsuit filed in state District Court in Travis County, Sheryl Mann Stack had a duty to "avoid a foreseeable risk of injury to others," including 68-year-old Vernon Hunter, who was killed Thursday.

"Stack was threatened enough by Joseph Stack that she took her daughter and stayed at a hotel the night before the plane crash," the suit said.

Sheryl Stack has declined to comment on the incident, other than a written statement that said she was grief-stricken.

Dan Ross, an attorney representing Valerie Hunter, said the Hunter family wanted to file a lawsuit early, but he declined to elaborate about why.

Ross said that his client is interested to know whether any insurance proceeds might be available that the Hunter family could be awarded.

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http://www.statesman.com/news/local/irs-workers-widow-sues-pilots-wife-273334.html

My initial response is ugh.