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Entertainment & Sports,
Civil Litigation

Nov. 19, 2021

Debate errupts over whether ‘Rust’ lawsuit is ‘frivolous’

Responding to criticism started by a TV legal commentator, plaintiffs attorney Gary Dordick said there was a "complete lack of understanding of PTSD [post traumatic stress syndrome]."

A lawyer representing "Rust"-gaffer Serge Svetnoy, the first person to sue over Alec Baldwin's on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, pushed back against critics' assertion that the lawsuit is edging on "frivolous."

After filing the first civil lawsuit over the on-set killing of Hutchins, Beverly Hills attorney Gary Dordick of the Dordick Law Corporation, who represents Svetnoy, faced heavy criticism last week from legal commen...

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