10\/03\/2012 . (TMZ) \"Grey's Anatomy\" star Eric Dane has declared legal war on his \"Smashing Pumpkins\" neighbor Billy Corgan, claiming a falling tree nearly KILLED Eric's pregnant wife ... and it's all Billy's fault -- but Billy tells TMZ, he's innocent. <\/p>\n
Eric and his wife Rebecca Gayheart filed the lawsuit in L.A. County Superior Court -- claiming one of Billy's trees came crashing through their Beverly Hills home during a nasty storm last year ... flooding the house ... and breaking a giant power line. <\/p>\n
Thanks to the fallen tree, Eric claims Rebecca -- nine months pregnant at the time -- had to evacuate a \"quickly flooding\" home while dodging live high-voltage wires. TMZ posted pics of the damage. <\/p>\n
Eric claims Billy had been warned about the dangerous eucalyptus trees on his property and failed to take action. <\/p>\n
But Billy tells TMZ, that's \"patently untrue\" ... insisting he was never warned about his dangerous trees and didn't realize they posed a threat until it was too late. <\/p>\n
Billy says, \"I was horrified when I learned about the tree falling during what was a massive storm, a storm with winds strong enough to uproot a 50 ft tree by its base! Thankfully no one was injured.\" <\/p>\n
As soon as the accident happened, Billy says he called an expert to have similarly dangerous trees removed from his property. Billy calls the lawsuit \"a shame ... because [Eric and Rebecca] are nice people.\" <\/p>\n
Eric and Rebecca are suing for nuisance, negligence, and injunctive relief -- demanding unspecified damages. more on this story <\/p>\n
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