(2017) Tags: Columbia
LAUREN S HARPER v. Tibernia Productions
Plaintiff Lauren Harper was a stunt performer on the set of the movie ‘Rough Night’. The stunt required Lauren Harper to crash a jet-ski into a beach, be propelled off of the jet-ski, and land on the beach.
Defendants allegedly failed to install pads underneath the top layer of sand to minimize LAUREN SINGER HARPER’s impact to ground to prevent injury; in that defendants failed to install safeguards below the surface of the sand to prevent injury; in that defendants instructed LAUREN SINGER HARPER to perform a stunt without confirming the landing spot had been properly set up; in that the defendants instructed and/or ordered LAUREN SINGER HARPER to crash the jet-ski into the beach at a speed of 28 miles per hour when the industry standard for motor vehicle impacts is to operate a motor vehicle at 18 miles per hour at moment of impact; in that defendants placed LAUREN SINGER HARPER in circumstances hazardous and/or dangerous to her; in that defendants failed to engage and have present an individual qualified by training and/or experience in the planning, setting up, and/or performing of the type of stunt involved; in that defendants failed to comply with all of LAUREN SINGER HARPER’s reasonable requests and requirements for safety equipment in connection with the performance of her stunt; in that defendants failed to have present or readily available a person qualified under the circumstances to administer medical assistance on an emergency basis during a performance which had hazardous actions or work under hazardous conditions planned; in that defendants failed to call an ambulance for LAUREN SINGER HARPER after she was injured on the set; in that defendants failed to comply with Industry-wide Labor/Management Safety Committee guidelines before, during, and after the performance of Lauren Singer Harper’s stunt.
LAUREN SINGER HARPER was seriously injured from the stunt and the defendants used that footage of her injury in the movie ‘Rough Night’.