Years after the Game of Thrones aired the epic fight of Winterfell, the beloved series now face a legal battle after a stuntwoman who suffered an injury sued the makers of the show for $5 million or more. The case is directed at Fire & Blood Productions for the alleged flawed safety rig used in filming the particular scene.
Casey Michaels, a stuntwoman, brought forth the case versus Fire & Blood Productions for obtaining a “serious fracture dislocation” of her left ankle which happened when a stunt sequence for the Battle of Winterfell episode is being shot. Over two dozen stunt people were to play the “wights” and they have to fall off the castle rooftop. To pull this off, they have to be dropped to a safety rig.
Michaels landed on her feet which led to the injury she sustained, aggravated previous existing ones, and prohibited her from doing work for quite some time. This scene, allegedly, became the main reason for Michaels’ cause of action, saying that the safety rig is not safe at all because they were made to climb off cardboard boxes, walk like zombies, and fall as if unaware. They expected safety but Michaels, herself, suffered an injury.
Fire & Blood Productions is trying to counter the allegations of Michaels by claiming that their safety box rig is, indeed, safe, and that it was Michael’s fault that she landed on her feet by not following instructions from the directors. The production studio says that the stuntwoman did not perform the stunt properly with the right care that one in the industry should have practiced or it is something of a pure accident.
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Casey Michaels is known for being a famous stunt woman who already suffered a lot of injuries which include various foot surgeries which made her need plates and screws, physiotherapy, and mental health treatments. Other stunt people didn’t suffer the same injuries.
Both camps have a point. The accident happened on set which makes the production company possibly liable but they also have a point in saying that it could be a pure accident by failure to execute the stunt with the care of a reasonably competent stunt performer. Either way, the judgment is still not given.
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