AT&T Faces Suit After FiberOptic Cable Kills Texas Woman

By Jared Foretek ( August 8, 2025, 8:10 PM EDT) -- The family of a Texas woman who died in May after a low-hanging fiber optic line struck her in the head is suing AT&T and its cable maintenance contractor, claiming that the cable hung below required safety code heights and that the companies failed to follow proper installation procedures....

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