The UK court ruled against the producers of Fast and furious 9 pay a fine of 1 million dollars, almost R$ 5 million. They were found guilty of a serious accident with a stuntman during the filming of the film.
FF9 Pictures Limited, a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, has pleaded guilty to breaching the UK’s Health and Safety at Work Act.
According to the indictment, stuntman Joe Watts, who worked on films such as Han Solo: A Stars Wars Story AND Detective Pikachuhe was seriously injured in 2019. On that occasion a maneuver went wrong and he ended up falling from a height of 7.5 metres.
Watts suffered a skull fracture and traumatic brain injury. An investigation determined that the stunt vest line came loose during filming.
The worker is still suing the manufacturers for $1.2 million in personal damages. According to the text “he will not be able to return to the job he did before the accident as a stuntman. If he can work, he will suffer a permanent disadvantage in the job market.” The information comes from Omelette.
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