INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Indiana's $5 million cap on liability in accidents is far too low for the number of deaths and injuries involved in last Saturday's deadly stage collapse at the state fair, personal-injury lawyers say.
The Indianapolis Business Journal reported that Indiana law limits individual damage claims against the state to $700,000 and overall claims to $5 million per event.
Legal experts said that could result in several other entities aside from the state fair becoming targets of negligence lawsuits, including the designer and builder of the stage and the promoter of the Sugarland concert.
“I think there will probably be a large number of defendants listed, just because there's a limited pot of money,” attorney Tom Schultz said.
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