The Csx defense rested late yesterday in the civil trial brought against them by the family of 27 year-old camera assistant Sarah Jones who died on live train tracks when her supervising crew placed her there knowing that they did not have permission. The crime took place in Georgia on the first day of shooting the Gregg Allman biopic Midnight Rider. As they presented their defense, Csx brought the film’s location manager Charles Baxter to the stand and entered into…...
- 7/16/2017
- Deadline
The hits keep coming for producers of Midnight Rider as makeup artist Antonyia Verna has become the latest to file a lawsuit over injuries connected to a train collision during the making of the movie about Gregg Allman. In a Georgia county court, Verna has added her complaint to ones previously filed by the parents of Sarah Jones, a camera assistant killed in that Feb. 20 incident, and hairstylist Joyce Gilliard. Just like the past two lawsuits, Verna is suing Allman himself, as well as Unclaimed Freight Productions, Open Road Films, location manager Charles Baxter and other supervising personnel on the
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- 6/17/2014
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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