Man get prison in Michigan crash that killed fire chief
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A 24-year-old man who pleaded guilty to reckless driving in connection with a freeway crash that killed a fire chief in southern Michigan has been sentenced to 3½ to 15 years in prison.
Brandon Clevenger of Battle Creek learned his punishment Monday in a Kalamazoo courtroom and said he accepted "full responsibility."
Investigators say Clevenger was driving nearly 90 mph (145 kph) and was distracted by his cellphone just before striking a median wall last June. His vehicle crossed lanes of Interstate 94 in Comstock Township, 135 miles (220 kilometers) west of Detroit.
Comstock Township Fire Chief Edward Switalski died after being struck as he responded to another crash.
Switalski worked for more than three decades at Pleasantview Fire District in suburban Chicago before becoming Comstock Township chief in 2013.
Matching cash grants of $600K awarded to 13 Detroit businesses
DETROIT (AP) — A matching grants program that boosts retail in neighborhood commercial corridors has awarded $600,000 to 13 businesses in Detroit.
The shops include restaurants, a boutique, a bridal and dress shop, and a kayak tour company. Grants range from $10,000 to $65,000.
Detroit River Sports was approved for a $65,000 award. Cooking with Que and Mac Galleries each were approved for $60,000.
The Detroit Economic Growth Corp. Motor City Match says 90 percent of the businesses are minority-owned and more than half are owned by Detroit residents.
The program has awarded $5 million in matching cash grants to 113 Detroit-based businesses and building owners since 2015. Three dozen businesses have opened after receiving grants or other assistance and 33 more are under construction.
Community block grants partially fund the program.
New ABA book a must-read for aviation litigators and experts
A new American Bar Association book titled, “A Handbook on Aviation Law,” covers a broad spectrum of real-life, aviation-liability cases with relevant legal principles.
From hot coffee spills on board the aircraft to major commercial airline crashes, this handbook addresses a variety of cases involving both domestic and international flights.
One-third of the book is devoted to the Warsaw and Montreal Conventions, the two prominent, international treaties that govern compensation for passenger injury, delay and lost or damaged luggage or cargo. The treaties provide the legal framework for compensation to passengers who are injured while traveling internationally.
The book is replete with provocative accident accounts and liability outcomes of cases involving acts of terrorism, flight cancellation and delay, deep vein thrombosis and communicable diseases.
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