Transformers 3: Paramount cleared of liability!

Call me sentimental, but I really think that if she ends up needing help with medical bills and other things down the road (which Paramount should cover but I've dealt with workers' comp and they are a--holes and stall as much as possible) that we as a collector's community should put something together involving all of the fansites to help out. She's really kind of a part of Transformers lore now (for all the wrong reasons) and I think we should support her.

First-Aid to the rescue!

Sorry, that's good though. Your noble intentions wouldn't have anything to do with the fact she's cute, would it? No, just kidding, that's a really nice idea you have. The studio should handle things, but you never know, maybe if they don't step up.

First-Aid wrote:Call me sentimental, but I really think that if she ends up needing help with medical bills and other things down the road (which Paramount should cover but I've dealt with workers' comp and they are a--holes and stall as much as possible) that we as a collector's community should put something together involving all of the fansites to help out. She's really kind of a part of Transformers lore now (for all the wrong reasons) and I think we should support her.

That's actually a good idea, wouldn't be the first time we rooted together do do something similar.

Well, some of my faith in humanity just fucking died after reading some of the posts here. Have you no shame? Have you no empathy? Apparently not.

wowers
uhm

where do i starty marty

uhm i would feel bad if i were the producers


if i were bay i would give her a extra when the DVD/ Blu-ray comes out

or at least suck her in as sams sick aunt and the go visit her?

idk but i would feel bad and do that

even if im a decepticon lover >.<

BUNNIES RULE

Cleared!?

It's things like this that make me think the word 'justice' was invented solely to have a reference for what there seems to be a severe lack of in situations like this.

Poor girl.

Some of you though...are just...HORRID! But to those who aren't...well...good. ^^;

I hope she can make a full recovery.

First-Aid wrote:

Liftgate wrote:First-Aid to the rescue!

Sorry, that's good though. Your noble intentions wouldn't have anything to do with the fact she's cute, would it?

She's cute? Seriously? I've never seen a pic of her...that would just be a plus.

Actually my intentions are more related to my careers in health care and caring for other human beings more than anything. it just sounded like a good idea to me.

Look folks...if you want to play the blame game, fine. Accidents really do happen...believe me, running ambulances for 5 years and 15 years overall in health care have proven that. Blame really doesn't matter at this point...all that does matter is that she gets better. It would be HORRIBLE PR for Paramount to not take care of her...they'll do something, for sure. But I think it would help to keep an eye on things regarding her, and maybe jump in when we can to help out.

Good post. It is always good for the public to stay attentive to the situation and then come in to help steer corporations back to where things need to be when they stray off course.

Something's bugging me here. (I apologize for changing the course of the topic, but I need to get this out.)

The state cleared them, said the welds, plates, bolts, whatever were fine and up to standards, etc.

Basically, a freak accident.

I don't buy that. I just don't. The rig failed the night before her accident, why shouldn't they have assumed it could do so again? Obviously, something wasn't right with it to begin with.

Something in the setup was flawed.

A bolt would break under extreme pressure.
A weld would snap under extreme pressure.

On their own, they do not just blow up in your face.

A bolt, sitting on a shelf does not just instantly explode. It's impossible, it just doesn't happen.

A weld, holding two things together, sitting idle and not in use, doesn't just break apart for the hell of it.

Somewhere, there was either an operator mistake or the stuff used was flawed from the getgo, which would be the manufacturer's fault, either way, none of these items just fail by being in existence.

They failed during use, in the function they were meant to be used for. Human interaction caused these things to go from harmless inanimate objects to death traps.

It absolutely defies logic when they say it's a freak accident and no one's to blame.

I will say it again. Inanimate objects do not just fail for the sake of doing so. It is impossible.

Humans are clearly at fault here.

Prime Riblet wrote:I am not seeing where the article states that the equipment failed, only that the "stunt" failed. It is not stated that the rigging was what was at fault. That being said, I do believe that it was human involvement that caused this mishap (as it usually is), but it is possible that tolerances of the rigging used was not taken into account by the person/people in charge of the stunt. And this could be said about two completely different types of rigging rated for whatever uses which happened to both be used for something they can't handle.

Kind of like a 300 lb man stepping on a ladder rated at a max capacity of 50 lbs. It breaks. He then tries to step on a ladder rated to hold a maximum of 250 lbs. The second ladder breaks as well. The man clearly is not using the proper tool for the job.

Good point. One must remember this was a stunt. That being said, one can't always take into acount every tolerance that comes about.

Now, i think we need to step back and really take a look at what this judement really means. now while they were cleared off all charges and fault, that doesn't mean that the producers still aren't going to help her out. it just means that they weren't found neglagent and at this point, no additional law suits can be filed for this accident. And i still believe this was an accident. Nothing more. I remember reading somewhere that the movie was going to assist her in paying for her medical bills. Granted this was before the ruling, but i haven't read anywhere that they were going to back out helping now that they were found clear of any neglagence. If they did in fact say they would help her, i hope they keep their word.