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Two new separate lawsuits were filed Monday in connection with last August’s deadly stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair.Both lawsuits were filed by the same lawyer, personal injury attorney Kenneth Allen of Valparaiso, Indiana.The first suit, filed in Marion County Superior Court in Indianapoli

The first lawsuits filed over the Indiana State Fair stage collapse could challenge the state's rules on same sex marriage.Attorney Kenneth Allen said his clients were recently married in Hawaii, a state that allows same sex civil unions. Beth Urschel was injured in the stage collapse.