The suit alleges that AMC put pressure on primary production company Stalwart Films to produce the show as cheaply as possible, which led to an “unreasonably low budget for stunt performances for Season 8 of The Walking Dead and Episode 807,” the episode being shot when Bernecker fell.
“The AMC Defendants orchestrated and enforced a pattern of filming and producing The Walking Dead cheaply, and, ultimately, unsafely,” the suit alleges.
AMC is currently embroiled in a separate Walking Dead-related suit from creator Frank Darabont over fees he claims he is owed.
The mother of the stunt performer who died after an accident on the set of The Walking Dead last summer has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against AMC and other parties involved in the production of the episode being shot when John Bernecker fatally fell, Deadline reports.