INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Attorneys for a 13-year-old victim of the 2011 Indiana State Fair stage collapse are arguing the state's cap on liability damages is unconstitutional and should be thrown out by the Indiana Court of Appeals.
Jordyn Polet of Cincinnati, Ohio, was 10 when high winds blew down the rigging before a concert by the country duo Sugarland, killing seven people and injuring more than 100 others.
WIBC Radio and WISH-TV report her attorney, Robert Peck, said in oral arguments Monday that the $5 million cap in total damages from a single incident means people are unconstitutionally denied equal treatment. He said if Jordyn had suffered the same injury but had been the only casualty, she could have sought up to the $700,000 in damages. Instead, the state offered her $1,690.
