A Savannah jury returned a verdict of $11.2 million late Monday after a six-day trial stemming from a fatal train accident on the set of “Midnight Rider”—of which CSX Railroad is required to pay $3.9 million according to the jury’s apportionment, though it has promised to appeal.
Sarah Jones, a 27-year-old camera assistant, was struck and killed on the Doctortown, Georgia, trestle when a CSX train hit the movie set where she was working on Feb. 20, 2014, according to the lawsuit.
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