Indiana's attorney general says 24 more tort claims have been filed alerting the state of possible lawsuits in the wake
of last month's deadly State Fair stage collapse.
Attorney General Greg Zoeller's office says the new notices boost to 45 the total number of tort claims received to date.
Some include multiple claimants from the same family, while other family members filed their tort claims separately.
The filings are required before a lawsuit can be filed seeking a share of the $5 million available to victims under Indiana
law.
More than 40 people were injured Aug. 13 when stage rigging collapsed in high winds before a scheduled State Fair concert
by country duo Sugarland. Four people died immediately and three others later died from their injuries.
Some victims have filed suit against the state, saying the $5 million cap violates
state and U.S. law.
State officials have already outlined a plan to distribute a separate fund of donations
to victims.
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Thank you for pointing out the absurdity of having The Naked Cowboy at Zoobilation. For the life of me, I don’t know why anyone would want a picture with that guy, but there were plenty of folks lined up to get a shot with him. The event could have used more restrooms out on the bridge, more photo booths and vendors offering something besides meat. There were a few more veg-friendly options this year than last, but it has a long way to go.
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Went to Zoobilation Friday night and had a great time. The weather was super nice and the food was very good, for the most part. Lots of sliders this year at many different tents. The slider from Alexander's was inedible, all four in my group ended up tossing it after one bite. Some tents were out of food by 8:30 and one bar area was out of cups at 8:30, not sure how that can happen. Great event in Indy and I look forward to it each year.
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Many of the small community hospitals are now owned by the "cash-strapped" Indy biggies, with more coming. The doctor-practise buying has been done precisely to sidestep tiered payments for out-of-hospital procedures. These are no better done, or safer, because someone administers a pain shot or snaps an x-ray in a doctor's office. And the non-payment issue is resolved next year when we all have insurance, even though many still think paying private insurers an extra 10-20% is what makes our system "world-class".
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I'd love to see this rendering put into the context of the surrounding neighborhood/area to get a better feel for the surrounding scale. However, just by the looks of it, it appears to be an excellent project. I'm pretty sure that if Scott Olson had said nothing regarding Chicago or Wrigleyville, Mr. "Horrible" would have found nothing bad to say. I'd love to know how Indy is becoming "Chicagofied"...
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Truly great and funny play. Vocalists were Broadway caliber and stage settings ideal for small stage. Would go again!
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This tragedy happened on August 13th.
This incident took seconds to happen.
It took the media a week to uncover short comings in evacuation procedures and the stage, along with identifying those most likely responsible.
It took two weeks to complete interviews of people in authority, hire public relations/engineering/policy experts and have analysis completed.
Everything has been done except to have the state's written investigative report released to the public.
The reports will not be unveiling anything we don't already know or suspect.
It is now 47 days later and the investigation results have not been released.
Get on with it and lets get the victims compensated and avoid the vulture lawyers and experts hired to cover the butts of those most responsible from preying upon the survivors and us taxpayers a second time.