Variety: The family of Sarah Jones, the camera assistant killed on the set of “Midnight Rider” earlier this year, have agreed to settle their civil lawsuit with the film’s director and producers, a spokeswoman for the family’s law firm said on Wednesday.
The settlement was made with the filmmakers, including director Randall Miller, producer Jody Savin and executive producer Jay Sedrish, as well as a number of other defendants.
Jones was killed on Feb. 20 in a train accident on the set of the movie. Eight others were injured.
Terms of the settlement were confidential.
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What kind of settlement? I know no one has this information as the "terms are confidential" but there are a couple lawsuits like this every year, and I always wonder what the party suing is after. My assumption is a big sum of money, but I think there might be other terms in there too. If nothing in there pertains actually improving the situation then there does not seem to be much point besides vengeance. Not that they shouldn't get their pot of gold, just that I hope they are trying to also get some positive change out of it.
I would be interested to see what the terms of this settlement were. I can also see why they settled the case instead of continuing with it. Everyone in the entertainment industry today has heard about this incident. The tragedy has made its impact. It is probably extremely hard for the family to have to keep picking at their wounds in order to continue with this case. So, if they feel that the attention it has gotten has done its due diligence, I think it was smart of them to take a good offer and close it. That way, they can have time to heal privately. In the face of an example such as this, I think we at times forget that beyond the scope of the media there are real, grieving people who need time to mend from what they have lost.
Yeah I think. It's hard for the family to deal with the lost while the story has now become world known and everyone pays attention to all the updates of the case. Itmust be really hard. And I'm pretty sure there is a lot of pressures on them everyday from inside and out. Hearing this story makes me feel sad everytime. I would never risk my life with my career, no matter how important that job is it's not gonna worth it if something horrible happened to me. I constantly heard about how weird and crazy the film industry is and I never feel like I want to be part of that. That's why I like theatre, we care about people safety , like really take the safety kinda seriously. I do really want this to end in the most justice way possible but I think no matter how much they pay the family, it's not gonna covered the lost of their daughter, it's just a fact. I hope it will be a story that keeps reminding people from now on to be more careful of what they do and care more about safety of their tea, members apart from what's gonna look in the camera. Carmela and be retake, people's life can't.
After we had the film making guest in for professional prep and he mentioned the Sarah Jones incident almost in an offhanded way I have been interested in trying to learn more about it. I know all the details won't be fully reported, due to the family and the companies wanting to save face, but I would like to get as much as I can. One thing that really stuck out to me about this article is the fact that the transportation company is a defendant. That is confusing, especially since the article already acknowledges in a previous paragraph that the transportation company did not allow the filmmakers to be on the tracks. Why are they being lumped in with the other parties when they forbade the activity in which Sarah was killed? I am not really understanding that, but perhaps in more articles under this topic, I will find my answer.
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