By: Jim Bleeke
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Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller (presumably in close consultation with the Governor’s office) correctly decided to avoid a long litigation fight against its injured citizens by announcing that the State would not oppose recovery of the full $5 million under the Indiana Tort Claims Statute. Indiana also is following the lead of the United States government after the 9/11 tragedy by seeking assistance from John Feingold to help decide how to most fairly allocate the available funds under the Tort Claims Statute, as well as the growing charitable contributions to assist the victims.
These initial steps by Indiana State government, within three weeks of the state fair tragedy, are the right initial step toward using State Funds to help the victims, and not wasting State assets battling lawsuits by the victims. Some discussion also has begun regarding whether the Indiana legislature might make additional funds available beyond the $5 million cap to aid the victims.
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