Posted on 10/26/2021 4:01:29 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
Halyna Hutchins' family is almost certainly gearing up for a wrongful death lawsuit -- in the wake of her death on the set of the movie "Rust" -- and TMZ has learned the insurance policy that covered the production is limited to $6 million.
We obtained the face sheet of the insurance policy written by Front Row Insurance Brokers. General liability coverage is limited to $1 million per occurrence.
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typically there are numerous requirements insurance companies impose and violations of those requirements could allow the company to deny coverage. For instance, given this was a policy to cover a western with various gun scenes, there may be an exclusion if there was live ammo on the set.
(Excerpt) Read more at tmz.com ...
Even if the company covers, I would think that $6 million might not be enough compensation for wrongful death.
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I suspect the crew wasn’t behind ballistic shields because they weren’t filming, Baldwin was doing his own thing.
Loose Cannon.
What’s the deductible?
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Original Source https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/6316385/alec-baldwin-net-worth/
Incredibly low coverage for a business like that. They went on the cheap and were lax on safety and will pay a big price.
Specifically the life of Alec Baldwin - producer - will never be the same before and after this mess is settled.
“And, as we reported several days ago, some members of the crew were using that gun for target practice — with real bullets. And, someone may have been doing just that hours before the shooting on the set.”
I am guessing Gutierrez-Reed was using that gun. Her first reaction was to remove the casing from the pistol.
Evidence tampering.
If he’’s smart he’s gonna shield that money much like OJ has.
“Specifically the life of Alec Baldwin - producer - will never be the same...”
This would have been a good Johnny Dollar serial.
and when safety rules and hiring practices were criminally negligent?
Well that goes without saying. She is dead.
While the insurance is limited to 6 million, what it means in practice is that the insurance company will pay up to 6 million to defend the insured against any action.
What you want is for your lawyers to show up and get paid. That is what the insurance guarantees. More important that indemnifying a judgement.
Generally, wrongful death damages are the pecuniary losses suffered by dependants. There is no recovery for the suffering of the decedent, unless that is allowed by the statute. Each state is different. $6M is more than amply in most cases. The decedent here is a high income earner, so the case is pretty juicy.
This is liability coverage that covers negligence. The Accord Certificate TMZ published does not describe any self insured retention - where the insured pays the first dollars of the settlement or verdict and then insurance indemnity kicks in. So no deductible most likely
Not really that low in terms of liability coverage. Typical really.
I don’t think Alec has a lot of money as I’m sure as a socialist he gives most of it away.
It’s not enough. For the dramatic MULTIPLE LEVELS of negligence, the injury to the director, PLUS the horrific wrongful death of the cinematographer, $6 mil is low.
He just may get wiped out as he was the producer. Hey maybe Trump can offer him a loan. Bwa ha ha ha ha
It depends first on whether the prosecutor has a hard on for the negligent person. Santa Fe County went 76% Biden, so don’t hold your breath about charges being filed.
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