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CSX Railroad says it will appeal a Savannah, GA, jury verdict of $11.2 million rendered after a six-day trial stemming from the fatal train accident on the set of the film Midnight Rider of which CSX Railroad is required to pay $3.9 million according to the jury's apportionment.
Sarah Jones, a 27-year-old camera assistant, was struck and killed on the Doctortown, GA, trestle when a CSX train hit the movie set where she was working on Feb. 20, 2014, according to the lawsuit. Midnight Rider was to be a biopic based on musician Gregg Allman's autobiography My Cross to Bear.
Richard and Elizabeth Jones, Sarah's parents, sued a dozen defendants, including CSX, and the movie's director and producers. The Jones family reached confidential settlements with 11 defendants in 2014. CSX is the only one that went to trial.
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