Valerie Hunter is suing Sheryl Stack in Austin, Texas in the US, for negligence. Hunter is the widow of Vernon Hunter and Stack is the widow of Joe Stack, who flew his small plane into the IRS tax offices where Vernon Hunter was working. Valerie Hunter’s lawsuit reportedly says Sheryl Stack, who spent the night before the murder-suicide at a hotel, should have tried to prevent her husband’s actions. But her lawyer poitns out that the action is not meant to be vindictive and that Texas law requires that a defendant be named.
Links to other sites: Daily Texan, Houston Chronicle
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News story, GenevaLunch, 25 February 2010.
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Tags: Austin, IRS, Joe Stack, murder, Sheryl Stack, small plane, suicide, Texas, Valerie Hunter, Vernon Hunter
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February 26th, 2010 at 10:26 am
how f- stupid. Only in America. Sue anybody over anything just for the sake of it.
February 26th, 2010 at 11:09 am
There are two victims here. I agree that it was a tragity, but sue the killers wife you got to be kidding. Any Lawyer that agrees to take on such a case should be disbard, and any judge that allows this case to proceed should be removed from the bench. The wife is not responsible for her husband actions
February 26th, 2010 at 11:38 am
Something called *depraved indifference* is how a widow can sue the killers wife…
Did she know about his mounting rage, did she do anything about it, tell anyone of authority about it? She stayed in a motel room the night before?? WHY? Was she afraid of his rage, afraid of what he might do? Then and possibly many times before she could have spoken up and told someone of this man’s RAGE before he went out and murdered innocent people THAT is why the lawsuit is justifiable. A man was murdered, no he did not just *die* he was murdered by Mr. Stack when he flew into that building. Will Mrs Hunter receive money from Mrs. Stack, probably not, there is no monetary award at the end of this type of lawsuit that is for sure.