A stuntwoman who says she was injured on the set of Justified during a late night shoot in 2011 today sued Sony Pictures and various individuals connected with the FX series. Citing “severe and permanent physical and mental injuries,” Lisa Hoyle and her husband Robert Jakubik have filed a suit (read it here) for Negligence, Premises Liability and Loss of Consortium for injuries the Stuntchicks employee suffered during a car crash stunt on February 3,
2011 at Santa Clarita Studios. While Hoyle and her husband don’t specify any dollar amount in their complaint, they are certainly looking for more than loose change. The nine-page filing seeks general damages “in an amount to be proven at trial” as well as loss of earnings, loss of earning capacity, legal fees, “medical and related expenses” and “other and further general and special damages in a sum according to proof at the time of trial” and further relief as the court “deems just and proper.” The plaintiffs are requesting a five-to-seven day jury trial in the matter. The defendants in the case are Sony Pictures Entertainment, Woodridge Productions, Santa Clarita Studios Corp, Don Kurt, Gary Lennon, Mark Glick, Susan Carpenter, Alison Try and over two dozen other unnamed individuals.
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Filed in LA Superior Court on Friday, the suit says that Hoyle and Allan Robinson, another stuntperson hired for the show, were standing next to a parked car that was supposed to be hit. Claiming that she was never invited to the on-set safety meeting and that other proper procedures were not followed, Hoyle says she did not know that the car she was standing next to was going to be directly impacted. The resulting crash pushed “the parked car into Hoyle running over Hoyle’s’ ankle and impacting Hoyle’s body and head, knocking her to the ground unconscious,” says the complaint. The stuntwoman was left with an open head fracture, soft tissue injuries as well as bruising and cuts. The accident also impacted her marriage to Jakubik, resulting in “temporary loss of aid, love, comfort and society” and eventually the couple separating. The plaintiffs are represented by Federico Sayre and Adam L. Salarnoff of Santa Anna firm Sayre & Levitt.
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A stuntwoman sueing a company when she receives injuries on a crash she has to do on purpose? Fucking logic.. americans.. pff
You got it all confused my friend..It’s funny how some people read things a misinterpret it.
If she wasn’t at the safety meeting then the stunt coordinator and assistant director should have definitely briefed her. If she wasn’t, and they didn’t, then it sounds like something that might have happened on an old Burt Reynolds movie.
I don’t know the stunt coordinator or the assistant directors on the show, but the few times the I’ve worked with Ms. Hoyle, she was the consumate professional on set.
Just read the suit and, according to that, the safety meeting was conducted over the phone (odd!) While the stunt person was at Crafty. Seems like a big oversight by the AD team and the stunt coordinator…but I’m baffled why an experienced stunt person would get in front of the camera without asking about the safety meeting or, at least, getting the details of the stunt that was about to take place.
Unless, Lisa was told that the car would be coming in close proximity, and not impacting the car…that possibly that was an accident?
This is Susan Carpenter the 1st AD named in this lawsuit… I was not the AD I was prepping the next episode and was not there when the incident happened. To be clear, I WAS NOT THERE and had nothing to do with it… I did not even know about this until a crew member sent me this article knowing that I was not the 1st AD on set….
it seems you need to get a lawyer …
And you’d better hire a lawyer to say just that.
Lawyer up, Susan, and let him or her do the legal advising and talking for you.
Have you contacted DGA legal? Can they be of help?
That show was done under AFTRA jurisdiction. Compared to SAG, AFTRA never worried as much about safety on set. All AFTRA really cared about was raiding SAG’s jurisdiction.
Susan Carpenter – you should demand an immediate retraction or counter sue her (since everyone is suing everyone). In this google-age, this could seriously affect your career.
while the company is responsible for safety, the stuntwoman is responsible for herself if she did not attend a safety meeting, why didn’t she demand one? and what kind of a stuntwoman stands anywhere on a set without knowing EXACTLY what the stunt is. Loss of earnings? I wouldn’t let her near a set because she doesn’t take responsibility for herself nor the people around her. and lastly, this is some coupole = whatever happened to “in sickness and in health”? Give her a little money and ask her to go away
Charlie, maybe you need to read the article again. She is claiming that she wasn’t informed by the people she worked for about EXACTLY what the stunt involved and that’s why the accident happened. And the company IS responsible for on set safety.
Also, you do not know anything about her relationship so perhaps you should refrain from commenting on that.
A B – maybe YOU don’t get it – she’s on a set — it is her respomnsibility as well as her co-workers to FIND OUT what the plan is. Ask questions and if those questions don’t bring forth answers then leave the set and report to those in charge. No one should be present, especially a stuntwoman, without asking exactly what’s expected of her and those around her Being ‘not informed’ is a poor excuse. I agree the company is also responsible but so tired of “I didn’t know” being used as a reason for anything.
I am simply trying to figure out how My name even was attached to this event as I was not there… I have been blindsided and am concerned that before I can prove I was not there I will lose jobs I am up for and was supposed to start next week! This is shocking to me and I have been bombarded with texts and emails ….
Susan I suggest you send that lawyer a copy of the Daily Production Report and call sheet for the day in question and point out there is a “prepping” AD and a “shooting AD” and to take your name off that law suit immediately as you were prepping. I’d also tell them if they don’t you will have an attorney sue them and their law firm for not doing due diligence before attaching people’s names!!
Charlie, you’re talking out of your a**. Lisa is a 20+ year veteran stuntwoman and Taurus Award winner (Google it, you idiot). I get it, it’s fun to troll the internet and comment on things you know zero about; people you know zero about. Sooner or later though, you’ll be faced with the reality of what a complete moron you are, maybe while your boss, who’s 10 years younger than you, is screaming ,”Fries are up Charlie!”. Or maybe it’s late at night when all your fake friends have logged of WoW and you waddle over to the mirror for an epic zit poppin’ sesh and you pause just long enough to look yourself in the eyes, maybe 2 seconds, and that’s all it takes for you to remember why you hate yourself. You’re a coward and a loser! Your parents were right. If had a shred of dignity you would apologize to Lisa in person. Cancel your internet, take a shower, get some sunlight on that greasy whimpy body of yours and quit being a dick on the internet.