'Transformers 3' Stunt Victim Sues Studios

Bumblevivisector wrote:Yeah, what else can you say except...

GO-GO, POW-ER RO-GERS!!!

Yeah, sorry, I'll shut up now...

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?

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

dragons wrote: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

Windsweeper wrote: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.

Autobot032 wrote:Her one eye has been sewn shut.
She's slowly regaining use of her body and the left side is paralyzed.
She was involved in a stunt she wasn't supposed to be in.
They're only asking for $50,000.00

....they have every right to sue. Some of you are... Well, I can't say what I'd really like to say, but your little displays here are despicable.

I hope you lot and the Bay headhunters all pack up and leave the fandom. We're better off without you.

dragons wrote: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

I can't even read this. I've tried time and again to see if I could figure out what you're saying. Try again? O_o

Didn't need to be psychic to see that one coming. I don't know how the story ended, but someone died on the Batman:Dark Night set. Not sure if they got sued but mostly when I hear people suing I hate it. "You look at my car funny; I sue you!" Most of these suit cases happen on Judge Judy, that should not even be considered suit action. [As far as] taking suit action on this one I don't know.

Lord Grimlock wrote:first off if she didnt sign on to do the stunt what is she doing on the transformers set in the first place so no i dont feel sympathy and if she did sign on to be in the stunt scene she should have understood the consequences she should have understood the dangers

a metal object struck Gabriella Cedillo's personal 2006 Toyota. It went through the windshield and hit the 24-year-old driver who was not a stunt professional or member of the stunt personnel. The Toyota hit the inner median concrete barrier wall and had extensive damage to the driver's side. UPDATE: WLS-TV reports a similar tow-rig setup broke the day before.

Paramount just weighed in with me to say that the injured extra was not involved in the stunt, that her car was not involved in the stunt, that a "freak accident caused her injury", that she and her car were more than 500 feet from the stunt

Autobot032 wrote:

Lord Grimlock wrote:first off if she didnt sign on to do the stunt what is she doing on the transformers set in the first place so no i dont feel sympathy and if she did sign on to be in the stunt scene she should have understood the consequences she should have understood the dangers

Have you tried reading the story of what happened? At all?

She signed on to be an extra in a scene.
She was driving her own vehicle for that scene.
While this was going on, they were filming a stunt that had NOTHING TO DO WITH HER. NOTHING. That stunt failed, miserably, and she was badly hurt, through no fault of her own. She never signed off on a stunt that had nothing to do with her. She was hurt when it was least expected and completely out of her control. She did nothing wrong, she did what was asked of her and she was gravely injured for it.

A steel cable snapped through her windshield, slashed her head like the cable was a whip, and because of this she wrecked her car a mile down the road, into the median divider.

She's paralyzed on the left side, her eye is sewn shut so her eye doesn't dry out and fall out of her head, she has barely any motor function in a great deal of her body and she's slowly starting to regain bits and pieces of her day to day as she heals.

And all for a stunt that didn't involve her. She got hurt, it's their fault, not her's, and she deserves any compensation they give her.

So, let's try this one more time:

1.) She filmed her scene as she was asked to do.

2.) They were filming a stunt for another scene at the same time, and her driving scene and the stunt were not the same scene and had nothing to do with each other.

3.) The tow cable snapped, a cable they were to check and certify as being safe, and it cut through her windshield and her skull, leaving her potentially paralyzed for the rest of her life.

4.) She signed a waiver for being an extra in the scene she was meant to be in. She did not sign a waiver for stuntwork, nor was she to be involved in said stunt.

It's their fault, not her's.

Next time you want to pick on someone in her situation, you read the WHOLE story before you start rattling off your mouth. Making uninformed, ignorant posts such as these only make us, the fandom, look bad by association with you.

Why are you being so cruel to someone who did nothing wrong and isn't even suing? It's her family suing, not her. She's debilitated and most likely it'll be permanent and the fee that the family is asking for will cover only some of her medical bills. They're not in this to make money, they're not trying to rob anyone blind.

How dare you.

*shakes head in disgust*

EDIT: Need proof? Here you go.

a metal object struck Gabriella Cedillo's personal 2006 Toyota. It went through the windshield and hit the 24-year-old driver who was not a stunt professional or member of the stunt personnel. The Toyota hit the inner median concrete barrier wall and had extensive damage to the driver's side. UPDATE: WLS-TV reports a similar tow-rig setup broke the day before.

And this little gem, coming from Paramount itself:

Paramount just weighed in with me to say that the injured extra was not involved in the stunt, that her car was not involved in the stunt, that a "freak accident caused her injury", that she and her car were more than 500 feet from the stunt

So now, you tell me...how did an extra, 500 feet away bring this upon herself? The rig failed the night before, and it failed during her scene. She was FIVE HUNDRED FEET AWAY and the force of that metal coming at her, was enough to cut her windshield and her SKULL.

They clearly say she wasn't involved in the stunt, yet she still ended up getting hurt.

Are you getting the picture now? At all?

Albershide wrote:Producers cleared of all charges:

http://www.tmz.com/2010/10/12/transform ... -to-blame/

Thanks to TFW2005.

Autobot032 wrote:

Albershide wrote:Producers cleared of all charges:

http://www.tmz.com/2010/10/12/transform ... -to-blame/

Thanks to TFW2005.

Well, I didn't want Bay or the producers to suffer, but someone should be held accountable.

Paramount made a promise to compensate her, I hope they stand by it.

Regardless of whether or not it was a freak accident, she wasn't supposed to be a part of the stunt and they included her anyway.

That, to me, says liability.

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.

Blackstreak wrote:It's unfortunate she was paralyzed, unfortunate the accident happened at all. I would think at minimum her hospitalization and medical bills were already covered, if not by Paramount then by Workman's Comp.

The News Post wrote:Transformers 3: Paramount cleared of liability!