U.K.-based stuntwoman 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.
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