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Woman sues tree owner

By Michael Kelley GREAT BARRINGTON—A woman who was caught in the wrong place at the wrong time when a tree fell on top of her car during a violent thunderstorm last June is back home in Japan, now a quadriplegic, according to the lawsuit. She and her family are now suing the owner of property, Country Dining Room Antiques at 178 Main Street, where the tree was located. Michiyo Miuma, a citizen of Japan, but at the time of the accident a resident of Brookline, was driving southbound along Main Street mid-afternoon on June 20 when, after pulling over to the side of the road to wait out a thunderstorm, a large tree on the property fell on her car, crushing the vehicle and pulling powerlines down on top of it. full story