A Florida widow is getting ready to go to trial this week in a civil battle against a local sheriff's office, claiming it is "vicariously liable" for a deputy -involved crash that killed her 74-year-old husband . Her lawsuit alleges that the cop was driving 97 mph in a 50 mph zone around 7:30 a.m. without his emergency lights or sirens on while responding to a school bus fight.

"This was not a life-threatening situation," attorney John Castro, who represents widow Pamela Martin, told local ABC affiliate WFTS . "Do you think most people would have gotten away with that had they hit somebody at 97 miles an hour?" Castro asked.

Martin, who is suing the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, told WFTS that her husband Michael Keen — a Vietnam War veteran and retired commercial truck driver —

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