Atlanta costume designer sues 'Miami Vice' production company

<p>Colin Farrell's personal dresser on the "Miami Vice" movie set sued the film's production company and Universal Studios for damages after she fractured her jaw while shooting the movie, the lawsuit said.</p><p>Joulles Wright, 35, of Atlanta, was riding on a speed boat when an improperly secured bumper broke off and struck her in the face, according to the lawsuit filed Thursday in circuit court in Miami-Dade County.</p><p>Wright, who had been hired as Farrell's dresser during the filming of the movie in Miami, needed surgery and had to have her jaw wired after the August 2005 incident, said Tonya Meister, her attorney.</p><p>"She continues to have significant pain and continues to seek medical treatment," Meister said.</p><p>The defendants named in the lawsuit were MV Film Productions L.L.C., Entertainment Partners Inc., EPSG Management Services and GE/NBC Universal.</p><p>The lawsuit claims that the speedboat was unsafe and the defendants did not give Wright adequate medical care, which aggravated her injuries and caused additional pain.</p><p>The defendants and the film's director, Michael Mann, did not return phone calls to The Associated Press.</p><p>"Miami Vice," starring Farrell and Academy-Award winner Jamie Foxx, is an update of the TV police series that helped define '80s pop culture. It opens July 28.</p>

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