Angela Skudin alleges that when she and her husband, Casey Skudin, were celebrating Casey’s birthday at the estate on June 17 with their two children, a rotting tree fell on their car, fatally breaking Casey’s neck and inflicting multiple spinal fractures on their 10-year-old son, according to the suit filed in Buncombe County, North Carolina last week. Casey Skudin was a 16-year veteran of the New York City Fire Department and a recipient of an FDNY Medal, according to the suit. In a statement to CNN, the department called his death a “terrible tragedy and loss to his family and the FDNY.” PHOTO credit: CNN
