Saturday, January 26, 2013
Indiana State Fair Roof Collapse Victims Receive $6M More from State
PLSN: The state of Indiana distributed an additional $6 million in payments to victims affected by the collapse of the roof structure in high winds at the Indiana State Fair on Aug. 13, 2011. The additional funds brings the total paid by the state in the aftermath of the collapse to $11 million. Indianapolis’ General Assembly approved the additional funding, which goes beyond the state’s $5 million limit in tort claims cases.
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Wow. I have to say that the amount of money Indiana is paying for this damage seems a little excessive. I'm not sure expensive it is to prepare for a family member's final rights, but I'm sure it can't be that much. It's not that I have a problem with families and victims being reimbursed, as they obviously are coping with something terrible, but it makes me wonder how the state is spending the rest of their funds and how every other state spends funds of that amount. I'd be curious to know how much money was put into the state school system this year and could any of that money for the accident been used for other purposes.
I don't know if I'd say that the payment is excessive, like Jacquelyn stated above. This stuff is pretty scary. Could you imagine walking into Purnell to go to class, or walking into a theater to see a show, and have the building fall around you? The state is not just paying for the costs that the families had to pay after the death of their loved one, but they are also paying for the cost of a life. If you think about it, if those people had lived, they could have gone on to successful careers. Now, their families or future families are left with nothing, not to mention the loss of their loved one. In these cases, the state definitely needs to take responsibility for their mistakes, as the cost of life is something that even a $6 million check cannot remedy.
What might be a little misleading is that this article is telling about giving an additional 6 million to all of the victims. not 6million each. to put in perspective for why so much is being paid to the victims is the indiana state fair is a put on by the state (duh) and the state pays the companies that come out and set up the event. Now as for the amount, The victims of this event besides those who were killed are potentially un able to work or atleast to their full capacity. So say a stage hand is working on a show and gets injured due to faulty rigging that a company made them use regardless of it being faulty. That stagehand who makes X amount a year now can not make that because he cant work to his full capabilities. so that company pays for the amount of money that he cant make now due to his injuries
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