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Lawsuit filed after tree dubbed 'Widow Maker' fatally crushes man at Texas BBQ restaurant

A Texas father of four was fatally crushed by a pecan tree on a restaurant patio, and his family accuses the restaurant of failing to maintain it.

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The family of a Texas father of four has filed a lawsuit against an Austin barbecue restaurant after he was killed when a giant pecan tree fell on him while he was eating outside during a storm. The lawsuit claims that the tree — nicknamed the “Widow Maker” — had been in an advanced state of decay and had shown obvious signs of disease for a long time, but the restaurant’s owners and neighboring property owners failed to inspect it, remove it or…

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