Overview
- Judge Maurice Leiter of Los Angeles Superior Court, in a Friday ruling, set a jury trial for Oct. 12, 2026 and refused further delays.
- He allowed claims for negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and punitive damages to proceed, and he dismissed assault.
- The court rejected arguments that Baldwin and Rust Movie Productions had no duty for on‑set safety, and it denied a workers’ compensation bid for lack of an employer–employee relationship.
- Plaintiff Serge Svetnoy, the set’s gaffer, says the shooting caused severe emotional distress even though he was not physically hurt.
- Baldwin says he did not pull the trigger or know a live round was in the gun, yet the judge wrote a juror could still find he acted recklessly by pointing the weapon with a finger on the trigger.