Actress hurt in Transformers 3 stunt wins $18MILLION payout for permanent brain injury after being hit by flying cable


*Gabriella Cedillo injured while working as an extra in September 2010
*Lawyers said Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Studios 'did everything they could' to avoid paying the young woman's medical bills

A young woman who was left with a permanent brain injury while working as an extra on the movie Transformers 3 received an $18.5 million settlement today.


Gabriella Cedillo, then 24, was airlifted to hospital after being hit in the head as she drove a car during a stunt in September 2010.
A cable under tension snapped and smashed through the windshield of the Toyota driven by Miss Cedillo on location in Hammond, Indiana.

The young woman was taken by helicopter to a nearby hospital and underwent emergency surgery for serious head injuries. The 26-year-old suffered irreversible damage following the incident.
Her attorneys said a 'completely inadequate superficial weld had been applied in a failed effort to secure the bracket to the [stunt] car' according to NBC.



Miss Cedillo's lawyers added that Paramount Pictures and DreamWork’s Studios did everything they could avoid paying their employee's medical bills and had brought several lawsuit to avoid paying the young woman compensation, according to NBC.
A Cook County judge approved the multi-million dollar settlement today.
At the time of the accident in 2010, a witness said: 'The cable snapped, and the cable went into the westbound lane where we were at and hit the girl’s car, smashed the windshield.
'From the way it looked, I don’t know if she was knocked out immediately or not but the... vehicle just went, it just kept going.'

Culled from DAILY MAIL

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2148950/Transformers-3-Gabriella-Cedillo-receives-18m-head-injuries-stunt.html


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