In February 2014, shooting began for Midnight Rider, a film based on the lives of the Allman
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In February 2014, shooting began for Midnight Rider, a film based on the lives of the Allman brothers. The film was never completed. As the film crew set up to shoot a scene on an active train trestle owned by CSX Transportation, a freight train barreled through, killing a 27-year old camera assistant and seriously injuring several other film crew members. The director and producers in charge of the film knew that the railroad tracks were in active use and that CSX had refused permission to film on the tracks. Film crew and cast members were not informed that CSX would not be on site and would not be controlling train traffic while they were filming on the tracks. Did the film company violate the OSHA’s general duty clause? Why or why not? Were the director and producers criminally responsible? Why or why not? Film Allman, L.L.C. v. Sec’y of Labor, 682 Fed. Appx. 860 (11th Cir. 2017); Michael Cieply. “Midnight Rider’ Director Pleads Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter in Death on Set.” New York Times (March 10, 2015), B3.
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