Crime & Safety
Family Of Man Killed By Fallen Tree Seeks Trial In Suit Against Burlingame Property Owner, Landscapers
The lawsuit alleges the lab's property owner let the tree remain in a hazardous condition on its property until it fell on and killed Gay.
April 7, 2022
The family of Kahlil Gay, a young physics researcher killed last year by a falling tree at his workplace in Burlingame has asked a judge to set a date for trial in a wrongful death lawsuit against the property owner and other parties that performed landscaping work on the property.
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On February 26, 2021, Gay was walking on the grounds of a COVID-19 testing lab where he worked when he was struck by the tree. Gay had just graduated from Cal State East Bay in December.
The lawsuit alleges the lab’s property owner, a subsidiary of real estate investment trust Alexandria Real Estate (ARE), allowed the tree to remain in a hazardous condition on its property until it fell on and killed Gay.
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