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Indiana Appeals Court Upholds $5 Million Liability Cap

Indiana Appeals Court Upholds $5 Million Liability Cap

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Tort Claims Act, which limited the state’s liability to $5 million in the wake of the Aug. 13, 2011 collapse of the temporary staging structure at the Indiana State Fair, survived a challenge brought by lawyers for a 13-year-old girl from Ohio who was among the scores injured in the storm-related collapse, which killed seven.

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Separate Rigging Accidents Claim Two Lives

GLENDALE, AZ and TACLOBAN, The Philippines — Separate accidents linked with the setup for the NFL’s Super Bowl in the U.S. and Pope Francis’ visit to the Philippines claimed the lives of Ryan “Scrappy” Lipman, 31, on Jan. 14 and Kristel Mae Padasas, 27, on Jan. 17.

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