New York Marine on Friday responded to the producers’ lawsuit seeking to recover losses after the film shut down following a Feb. 20 train accident that killed camera assistant Sarah Jones and injured eight others. The movie was to have depicted the life of singer Gregg Allman.
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There is no denying that the production company for midnight rider operated in complete negligence and there for I understand why the insurance company is denying the pay out. Insurance policies are based on the act of an ACCIDENT and I fully feel that the tragedy that happened with midnight rider was in fact not an accident. It was group of people willing putting an entire production team directly in the line of danger blatantly ignoring safety protocols and common sense. Every dime to recover for this incident I feel should come out of the pocket of those responsible and the film should be put to rest, not a revised script or what ever excuse. This film should stop production entirely.
This is what insurance if for! Of course it was negligence, but most accidents are caused by negligence, and insurance is supposed to pay claims for accidents like this.
I’m not a lawyer, and I’m sure legally I’m wrong, but it’s ridiculous that the insurance company wont pay for this.
On the other hand, the claim is for the costs to restart production. I’m not sure that the production should just be allowed to restart without any financial setback. They really messed up. Insurance should cover all the expenses from the accident, but they shouldn’t give the producers a free pass to just start up like nothing happened.
It’s a tricky situation. I understand both sides.
This company is absolutely right. The producers of Midnight Rider acted completely negligently and as a result were complicit in the deaths and injuries that took place as well as any resulting cost. They should not be paid for all of the trouble they have brought upon themselves and they should not be allowed to just start back up production as though nothing went wrong the first time. I'm not even sure they should be allowed to oversee this project any longer. The fact that they knowingly put all of those people's lives in danger should be evidence enough that they are incapable of doing their jobs.
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