PhreeZone 14 #1 April 1, 2015 http://www.lenconnect.com/article/20150331/NEWS/150339847 Parachutes will apparently not be opening in the sky over Tecumseh on Wednesday, April 1. The planned start of Skydive Tecumseh’s parachuting season is being delayed at least two weeks for a court hearing in a dispute between it and the owners of Al Meyers Airport. Owners of the parachute training business filed a lawsuit Feb. 28 after receiving notice from the airport in January that Skydive Tecumseh can no longer operate from the airport. Attorney David Stimpson of Tecumseh also requested a temporary court order to allow Skydive Tecumseh to use the airport while the case is in court. A hearing on the temporary order was delayed a week until Monday, then adjourned two weeks after an airport official showed up in court without an attorney. Andrew Aalto, president of Al Meyers Airport Corp., told the court he did not know he is ineligible to act as counsel for the corporation. Lenawee County Circuit Judge Anna Marie Anzalone declined to immediately issue a restraining order. “Time is of the essence in this particular matter,” Stimpson said. “Any adjournment would be to my client’s disadvantage.” A two-week delay could cost his client thousands or tens of thousands of dollars, he said. In his written motion, Stimpson said the airport in Tecumseh is critical to his client’s business. “Without the use of the airport, Skydive Tecumseh is effectively out of business,” he wrote. “There are no other locations from which plaintiff can operate its business, and plaintiff has invested a significant amount of time and money into building its customer base in Tecumseh.” If Skydive Tecumseh cannot operate from the airport in Tecumseh, he stated, it will suffer losses in its efforts to continue building its business as well as immediate monetary losses. The entire community will suffer from the loss of business, Stimpson argued in the motion. “Plaintiff’s business is an integral part of the community and contributes significantly to bringing in tourists to support local business,” he argued. Skydive Tecumseh has been owned since 2011 by Franz Gerschwiler through his corporation, Bad Ideaz Inc., according to the lawsuit. Aalto became head of Al Meyers Airport Corp. in 2014 after buying shares owned by Keith Diver.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adamgoodsell46 0 #2 April 2, 2015 Whats the airports problem with tecumseh? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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