>>> while riding his motorcycle bike, this man is now suing the county, his family is, that is. it happened in maryland in july of 2008. relatives of the 48-year-old, jones, said that the department of transportation was negligent for not cutting down the 19 foot teem limb that fell and -- foot tree limb that fell and hit him in the head. stkphr-t county has -- the county has a responsibility to safeguard and make sure that they are safe when they are driving along the county roads. and they didn't do that in this case. >> reporter: according to the police report, jones was not wearing a helmet. john cannon, who is riding his bicycle on the same stretch of road, says that probably it wouldn't have saved his life anyway. >> that's like, well, dropping a lead weight of several hundred pounds on your head. >> reporter: he leaves behind four children. >> the messages are accounting for two of the county to get out there and look at their roads. >> at the campus of university and maryland,...