Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark' Stuntman Sues For $6 Million Over Injuries

"Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" stuntman Richard Kobak is suing the company responsible for maintaining the flying equipment for injuries sustained on set.

Every superhero needs a suit, but not the kind that beleaguered Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is attracting. A former stuntman on the production is the latest to take legal action, filing a $6m (£3.9m) lawsuit over injuries incurred on the production.

Richard Kobak, who replaced another stuntman, Christopher Tierney, after the latter's 30-foot fall in the "hero flyer" role, is suing the companies responsible for providing and maintaining equipment used in the production's flying sequences. Though the suit doesn't list the injuries he incurred, Kobak has previously claimed to have suffered concussion, whiplash and two herniated discs, as well as two holes in his knees while working on the Spider-Man musical.