Judge: 'Corrupt' health chief Lyon heads to trial on Flint crisis manslaughter charges

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Judge: 'Corrupt' health chief Lyon heads to trial on Flint crisis manslaughter charges
Leonard N. Fleming, The Detroit News Published 4:03 p.m. ET Aug. 20, 2018 | Updated 5:25 p.m. ET Aug. 20,


Flint — Michigan health and welfare chief Nick Lyon was "corrupt" in his handling of the Flint area Legionnaires' disease outbreak and will stand trial on felony charges including involuntary manslaughter, a judge ruled Monday.

67th District Court Judge David Goggins made the announcement in a nearly 160-minute ruling from the bench after delaying the decision more than three weeks in the most anticipated Flint water prosecution case. Lyon shook his head as the judge read his ruling.

"I find this behavior" of Lyon "corrupt," Goggins said, as some courtroom attendees quietly whispered "Yes, yes, yes."

The state's health chief is the highest-ranking official of Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's administration who has been charged with felonies by Attorney General Bill Schuette's office concerning the Flint lead-contaminated water crisis.

Lyon is set to go to trial on two counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of misconduct in office connected to the Flint region's 2014-2015 Legionnaires' disease outbreak that killed 12 people and sickened another 79 people. There was no public notice about the outbreak until a Snyder mid-January 2016 press conference in Detroit.

Lyon "had the ability" to know how many Legionnaires' disease deaths there were in the Flint area and has the "power" as the state's health chief to protect lives and "enforce laws" to that end, the judge ruled, citing prosecution witnesses including retired state epidemiologist Corinne Miller.

Goggins found that Lyon knew about the outbreak in 2015.

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https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2018/08/20/judge-nick-lyon-flint-goes-trial/1042322002/

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