A lawsuit for more than $1 million has been filed after a young mother was left paralyzed from the neck down when a tree suddenly fell on top of her SUV last month in East Dallas .

Court records say 32-year-old Maisie Marsau was pinned under the 30-foot-tall tree for over an hour and ultimately left with a severe spinal cord injury.

"She did not lose consciousness. Instead, she suffered alone and in excruciating pain and terror, believing that she would die and would never again be able to hold her baby or tell her family she loved them," the lawsuit states.

She is now suing the property owner, David Patterson, who is also the chairman of the Texas Trees Foundation.

The lawsuit claims the homeowner failed to maintain the tree, which leaned heavily over the roadway and had long shown

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