The Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld the state’s $5 million cap on liability damages in a case brought by a 13-year-old Ohio girl who was hurt when a stage collapsed at the Indiana State Fair. A three-judge panel on …
The renaming of the renovated Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum comes with a fat cat on the building’s roof. Officials announced Tuesday that the arena will be known as Indiana Farmers Coliseum after Carmel-based Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. signed a …
The company that owned the stage involved in the deadly 2011 Indiana State Fair rigging collapse has agreed to pay a $50,000 fine for safety violations. The Indiana Department of Labor says Mid-America Sound Corp. of Greenfield also has agreed …
A comprehensive safety guide for outdoor concerts that was spurred by the 2011 Indiana State Fair stage collapse will now bring lessons from that tragedy to venues worldwide. The Event Safety Alliance announced the release of the first guide in …
Two years after the deadly Indiana State Fair stage collapse, new legal disputes are cropping up and victims are still working to recover. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. and subsidiary AGCS Marine, which insured equipment used by Sugarland and Sara Bareilles, …
A spokesman says the Indiana attorney general’s office has no immediate comment on a new lawsuit filed in connection with the Indiana State Fair’s deadly stage collapse two years ago. The suit was filed Friday by the company that insured …
Indiana lawmakers are finalizing their proposal for new rules governing temporary stages in an effort to prevent a repeat of last year’s deadly Indiana State Fair stage collapse. A legislative committee met at the Statehouse on Tuesday to firm up …
The architect of compensation for victims of last year’s deadly Indiana State Fair stage collapse says he believes the state was “exceedingly fair” with victims. Victims’ compensation specialist Kenneth Feinberg tells The Associated Press that officials had limited resources to …
Authorities say several people have been hurt after a stagecoach overturned at the Indiana State Fair. Fair spokesman Andy Klotz says five people were transported to Methodist Hospital with non-life threatening injuries after the accident Sunday afternoon. WISH-TV quotes Indiana …
Indiana State Fair officials say they’re happy with the first real test of their new emergency plan implemented after a stage collapse amid high winds killed seven people and injured dozens of others a year ago. WISH-TV and WTHR-TV reports …