{"id":84006,"date":"2026-06-29T08:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=84006"},"modified":"2026-06-29T08:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:02:12","slug":"austin-lawsuit-filed-after-tree-dubbed-widow-maker-fatally-crushes-man-at-texas-bbq-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/austin-lawsuit-filed-after-tree-dubbed-widow-maker-fatally-crushes-man-at-texas-bbq-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Lawsuit Filed After Tree Dubbed &#8216;Widow Maker&#8217; Fatally Crushes Man At Texas BBQ Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>Fox News:<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" data-layout-index=\"5\">The family of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southwest\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_1\">Texas father of four<\/a>\u00a0is suing after the man was allegedly &#8220;fatally crushed by the preventable falling&#8221; of a &#8220;diseased&#8221; pecan tree while he was eating at a BBQ restaurant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" data-layout-index=\"5\">Kirk Foyle, 64, died after a May 19 when a tree fell on him at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/austin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_2\">Green Mesquite BBQ in Austin<\/a>, according to the lawsuit, Fox 7 reported. The tree was hanging over an outdoor patio area where Foyle was eating as storms moved through the area.\u00a0The tree, which is referred to in the complaint as a &#8220;Widow Maker,&#8221; was located at 1410 Barton Springs Rd, but parts of the tree extended into Green Mesquite\u2019s outdoor patio area, where Foyle was seated, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Fox News: The family of a\u00a0Texas father of four\u00a0is suing after the man was allegedly &#8220;fatally crushed by the.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84006","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84006"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84007,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84006\/revisions\/84007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}