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WLS 890AM out of Chicago is reporting that the extra injured while filming Transformers 3 in the Chicago area is suing the film makers for her injury and claiming permenant brain damage.

A lawsuit filed Tuesday claims a 24-year-old Chicago woman injured during filming of the "Transformers 3" movie last month in northwest Indiana has suffered serious, permanent brain damage.
The accident happened Sept. 1 on a vacated portion of Cline Avenue in Hammond, Ind. Filming was being done with stunt vehicles in some of lanes of traffic while extras were driving their own cars in other lanes, a release from the law firm of Power Rogers & Smith said.

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Can't say I didn't see that coming.

The question is, wouldn't a movie studio make an extra sign a waiver if they were going to be involved in a sequence where there might be stunts?

Other than her medical bills and time off work paid, I hope she gets nothing more. Sorry if that sounds cruel, but there's an inherit risk when being an extra when vehicles and debris are flying around you.

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I'm a horrible person for finding that hilarious.

This happens all the time thats why they have insurance companies.Insurance will pay most the cost.People sign waiver but doesn't seem to mean anything if you can hire a lawyer these days.

I don't remember all the wording in the paperwork from the Milwaukee casting call I went to, but I do remember that driving your own vehicle in a scene was definitely an opt in or out option.

My one Concern would be the extent of brain damage she suffered.

I don`t personaly care about the monitary loses of dreakworks or paramount.
i certainly hope the damage is not severe.

my thoughts go with her.

She needs to muscle up.
Everyone is out for a dollar, i'd like to say i'm surprised this happened, but i'm not.

if she has brain damage. how can she file a law suit?

NuclearConvoy wrote:The question is, wouldn't a movie studio make an extra sign a waiver if they were going to be involved in a sequence where there might be stunts?

That's exactly the issue. She wasn't suppose to be involved in the stunt. She was in a car. If she was injured by like, another extra in a running crowd scene. Too bad, that's what the waiver covers. You were well aware you would be running in a crowd next to other people. You can't sue the guy that knocked you over, or the studio.
It might say "even if you die, you agree not to sue"
It's obvious something went wrong and things did not go as planned. She was not suppose to be involved in the stunt.
We'd have to see what the waiver actually says. Regardless, this isn't a frivolous lawsuit.

One thing she wont be able to do, is stop the scene from being used. A lawsuit with a waiver is going to be about negligence. It happens. However, if they want to used the shoot, which contains her injury. Good luck stopping that. Paramont could have had all kinds of waivers, but the release form an extra signs. You sign over it all to the studio. Any funny little thing you do in the background, any involvement, you get your 1 time paycheck, that's it.

She wasnt directly involved in the stunt so wouldnt expect to be in harms way. Of course accidents do happen and I feel sorry for her.

Even if she had filled in some form signing away all her rights and claims then I would still expect the studio/production to support her with everything she needs to have as normal a life as possible after a life changing event that was in no way her fault.

Jap wrote:She needs to muscle up.
Everyone is out for a dollar, i'd like to say i'm surprised this happened, but i'm not.

But she wasn't supposed to be involved in the stunt. It was a terrible accident, but I don't think she should be blamed for suing them.

i dont feel sorry for her hope she reads the forums at seibertron.com thats the price she pays for being an extra i dont feel one bit of sympathy

I am AMAZED at the serious asshattery going on here. I don't believe the studio should be entirely liable, but not feeling sympathy for someone who was hurt in a horrible accident is a serious act of douchebaggery. Id like to assert that I have NOTHING to do with these people.

NuclearConvoy wrote:I am AMAZED at the serious asshattery going on here. I don't believe the studio should be entirely liable, but not feeling sympathy for someone who was hurt in a horrible accident is a serious act of douchebaggery. Id like to assert that I have NOTHING to do with these people.

Indeed. I have a motto I usually abide to, "Forums are the Devil, stay away from them at all costs." This just shows me that it holds true.

griftimus prime wrote:if she has brain damage. how can she file a law suit?

If her brain damage isnt crippling she could file, and if it is crippling, whoever has her Power of Attourney can file on her behalf

NuclearConvoy wrote:I am AMAZED at the serious asshattery going on here. I don't believe the studio should be entirely liable, but not feeling sympathy for someone who was hurt in a horrible accident is a serious act of douchebaggery. Id like to assert that I have NOTHING to do with these people.

QFT. And I wanna add, I bet if this were any other flick, everyone would be screamin' "SUE,SUE,SUE!, F@#$ HOLLYWOOD!" But being that it's Transformers, they all turn into ignorant douche canoes. The extra's doin' what she feels she needs to do. Yeah, it was a freak accident, but she wasn't supposed to be directly involved in the stunt. Someone's gotta be liable.

dont need to ses spychic to see that coming, i dont know how story ended but someone died on batman darknight set not sue if they got sued but moslty when i hear people sueing i hate it you look at my car funny im suing you most of these sueing cases happen on judge judy that should not even be considerd taking sue action against this one i dont know

Lord Grimlock wrote:i dont feel sorry for her hope she reads the forums at seibertron.com thats the price she pays for being an extra i dont feel one bit of sympathy

You... don't feel sympathy for a woman who didn't sign up to have her life put in danger and who's still in hospital with serious, permanent brain damage due to the seeming negligence of the movie studio?

I'd suggest you see a psychiatrist. And any other person who's claiming she somehow deserved it or it's her fault. Those are some serious sociopathic issues you have.

Not to mention utterly dispicable. My God.

Novawave wrote:My one Concern would be the extent of brain damage she suffered.

I don`t personaly care about the monitary loses of dreakworks or paramount.
i certainly hope the damage is not severe.

my thoughts go with her.

Same here.

Too bad that so many people in today's society have lost the ability to sympathize with other human beings.

I think she's definitely entitled to monetary compensation. But everyone seems to be a much better expert on what actually happened than I am. What I read sounded like a technical mishap and at that point you have several people to look at. First of all, Michale Bay has no idea what cable they're rigging cars up with because a film shoot has department heads to run that. Now, has anyone here ever bought something and surprise surprise, it breaks without you providing unreasonable wear and tear? Well that happens all the time and if QC missed a flaw in whatever cable they were using, or whatever it was rigged to, it's kind of hard to foresee that on the production team's end. So quit exploiting Ms. Cedillo's injury to grind your axe about the movie not having boxy robots and Stan Busch songs. And to the other side, quit the crap about her being some spotlight desperate girl who got what she had coming. This shouldn't have happened and was not a risk presented to her beforehand. I think it's completely fair that she's suing Paramount, just as I think it'd be fair for Paramount to sue "Rick's Towing Cables" or wherever the hell they got their equipment from.

I hope she recovers soon.

There are too many posers out there who think it's cool to come across as ruthless. Others think they're better or smarter than everyone else.

These misguided individuals need to learn that compassion is not a weakness. It is in fact our greatest strength.

Again, all the best to the girl involved.