The Legal Examiner Affiliate Network The Legal Examiner The Legal Examiner The Legal Examiner search instagram avvo phone envelope checkmark mail-reply spinner error close The Legal Examiner The Legal Examiner The Legal Examiner
Skip to main content

The first two of what will surely be many lawsuits over the tragedy that occurred at the Indiana State Fair have been filed. Six people died and another is still on life support due to injuries suffered when the stage scaffolding came crashing down as high winds swept across the area. Read the CMT.com story here.

The first suits were filed on Friday by an attorney who is representing Janeen Beth Urschel, a survivor of the collapse, and the estate of her partner Tammy VanDam, who died in the tragedy.

The defendants named in the suits include the owners of the stage rigging, Mid-America Sound Corp. of Greenville, Ind; concert promoter, Live 360 Group, and ticketmaster owners, Live Nation Entertainment.

The plaintiffs are seeking damages of $50 million for VanDam’s estate and $10 million plus punitive damages for Urschel.

According to the Indianapolis Star the preliminary steps for filing a potential lawsuit on behalf of security guard Glenn Goodrich, who was crush to death by the falling scaffolding, have been taken.

This is a tragedy that will not soon be forgotten and through the use of the legal system hopefully a message can be sent that will ensure that another tragedy of this nature will not happen again.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of this terrible tragedy.

Comments for this article are closed.