Adam Sandler is gonna have a lot more to worry about than his upcoming trainwreck film, "Grown Ups 2". As of last week, the actor may find himself caught up in a lawsuit regarding his eight-time Razzie-nominated film — and Sandler's second Worst Actor win in a row! — "That's My Boy".
Richard Houpert, a Boston carpenter who worked on the set of Sandler's 2012 movie, is suing for $1 million in damages after being injured on set. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Houpert has filed a lawsuit against Sony Pictures, Columbia Pictures and Sandler's Happy Madison Productions after sustaining fractures and losing several fingers on his right hand. (Ouch!)
Apparently, Houpert was working with a table saw that wasn't properly fitted with safety components, causing his hand to be "drawn into the saw." The injuries, which have reportedly caused loss of income, prompted Houpert to sue Happy Madison for gross negligence, claiming "willful,...
Richard Houpert, a Boston carpenter who worked on the set of Sandler's 2012 movie, is suing for $1 million in damages after being injured on set. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Houpert has filed a lawsuit against Sony Pictures, Columbia Pictures and Sandler's Happy Madison Productions after sustaining fractures and losing several fingers on his right hand. (Ouch!)
Apparently, Houpert was working with a table saw that wasn't properly fitted with safety components, causing his hand to be "drawn into the saw." The injuries, which have reportedly caused loss of income, prompted Houpert to sue Happy Madison for gross negligence, claiming "willful,...
- 7/8/2013
- by Jacqueline Lem
- NextMovie
The last two years haven't been incredibly kind to Adam Sandler in the live-action film world. While the actor's career was buoyed at the start of fall last year with the release of the animated Hotel Transylvania, he is coming off of two major box office disappointments in Jack and Jill and That's My Boy that have many people wondering how much longer the star's popularity will last in Hollywood. And as though those problems weren't bad enough, now another bad situation has been thrown on Sandler's plate. The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Sandler's Happy Madison production company, Sony Pictures, and Columbia Pictures are all now being sued by a carpenter named Richard Houpert who believes that somebody needs to be held responsible for an incident on the set of That's My Boy last year that led to Houpert losing part of his hand. The plaintiff was working with...
- 7/5/2013
- cinemablend.com
The 2011 Adam Sandler comedy That's My Boy tanked at the box office, but thanks to a new lawsuit, it might cost its studios even more. A Boston carpenter has sued Sony Pictures, subsidiary Columbia, and Sandler's Happy Madison Productions after suffering an injury building sets for That's My Boy in May 2011. Richard Houpert had several fingers partially cut off and sustained fractures on his right hand, and he seeks $1 million in damages. In his complaint, filed last week at the District Court in Boston, Houpert claims he was working with a table saw when his hand was
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- 7/4/2013
- by Austin Siegemund-Broka
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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