Date: 6th September 2011

Hangover Part II stuntman sues over injury


An Australian stuntman who was left with brain damage when a car chase went wrong while filming The Hangover Part II is suing Warner Bros film studios.

Scott McLean was in a medically induced coma for two months after a high-speed, head-on crash on the set in Thailand.

Now living in a rehabilitation clinic, McLean is seeking unspecified financial damages for his injuries.

Warner Bros said it had been "working closely with Scott and his family throughout his treatment".

The stuntman, who worked as actor Ed Helms' double in the film, was a passenger in a car that was hit by another vehicle that skidded out of control.

According to legal papers filed in Los Angeles, McLean alleges stunt coordinator Russell Solberg ordered the driver of the car to increase his speed while the stunt was in progress.

The car, he claims, accelerated "significantly to a speed unsafe for the stunt, thus resulting in a major collision".

Source: Press Release


 

 

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