Lawsuits seeking to assign civil liability in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins would be most likely to name the"Rust" crew member who inspected the gun, the assistant director who handed it to actor Alec Baldwin and possibly others in the production company, experts said on Wednesday.
The criminal investigation will likely focus instead on how the gun came to be loaded."I think having live ballistic rounds on a movie set is inexcusable and rises to the level of gross negligence that you see in a criminal charge," said lawyer Jeff Harris of Harris Lowry Manton.Hutchins' family and Souza could file civil lawsuits for financial damages, legal experts said.
"It's pretty obvious; somebody had to be negligent," said University of Southern California law professor Gregory Keating.Harris, who represented the family of a stuntman on AMC's"The Walking Dead" in a wrongful death case, said both Gutierrez and Halls could be sued. Bryan Sullivan of Early Sullivan, a Los Angeles entertainment attorney, agreed.
"It's very common to have multiple defendants whose negligence intermingles with each other," Harris said.
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