‘Resident Evil’ Stunt woman Wins South African Court Ruling Following Horrific On-Set Accident

‘Resident Evil’ Stunt woman Wins South African Court Ruling Following Horrific On-Set Accident
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 18:51 IST
By Santa Banta News Network
U.K.-based stunt woman Olivia Jackson has won the latest stage in a long battle for damages following life-changing injuries she sustained during the filming of `Resident Evil: The Final Chapter` in 2015.

Standing in for Milla Jovovich, Jackson was driving a motorcycle that collided head-on with a camera attached to a boom that extended from a motor vehicle during the shoot in South Africa. The camera was supposed to swoop up over her, but the camera rig was not lifted in time.

Jackson was in a coma for 17 days and her left arm was amputated. She suffered numerous other injuries, including spinal fractures and bleeding on the brain.

Following a hearing on March 5-6, the High Court in South Africa ruled that the stunt was negligently planned and executed by the South African company operating the camera and filming vehicle. The judgment also dismissed the defendants' allegations that Jackson's motorbike riding was at fault.

The vehicle and the camera were operated by driver Roland Melville and boom operator Gustav Marais of Bickers Action South Africa.

Last September, Jackson's attorneys sued producer Jeremy Bolt and writer-director Jeremy Anderson in Los Angeles. The defendants argued that the Los Angeles court had no jurisdiction over the case, and the suit was withdrawn in November.

In a press statement, Jackson said: `I miss my old face. I miss my old body. I miss my old life. At least I now finally have a court judgment that proves this stunt was badly planned and that it was not my fault.



`But it really hurts that I have to live with the aftermath of other people's mistakes, when, aside from a short period of my hospitalization in South Africa, none of the people who made those mistakes or profited from this film that made $312 million have actually supported me financially.`
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