Missing Carbon Monoxide Alarm Results in $3.25 Million Judgment

Tenant Awarded $3.25 Million for Carbon Monoxide Alarm Violation Failure to Install a carbon monoxide alarm in a rental property has resulted in a $3.25 Judgment against a Stevens Point Landlord, Pamalla Schneider in a March jury trial in Portage…

Two Bronx Girls Almost Killed By Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Due To Snow-Clogged Tailpipe

The snow storms that have blanketed the New York metro area indirectly almost killed two young girls in the Bronx, N.Y., last week. They came close to dying of carbon monoxide poisoning. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/nyregion/28carbon.html?scp=1&sq=bronix%20girls%20collapse&st=cse Sisters…

New Wisconsin Carbon Monoxide Law Is Too Late To Save Elderly Man

If  Wisconsin's law mandating carbon monoxide detectors had taken effect Jan. 1, instead of Feb, 1, maybe an 88-year-old man and his dog would be alive today. This week Stanley Neckuty of Auburn, Wis., was found in his home Monday by one of…

Toddler Dies From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Her Family's Van

Here's a frightening and tragic lesson for parents: Your own vehicle, especially if it's an older model, can expose yout young children to carbon monoxide poisoning. That's what happened last Friday in Kentucky. A 15-month-old died of carbon…

Four Family Members Killed By Carbon Monoxide In Their California Home

Here's a scene that will be played out again and again during the winter when poor people's electricity is turned off. Four family members were found dead in their Oakhurst, Calif., home Sunday, victims of carbon monoxide poisoning.  http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_17122304?nclick_check=1  The…

Veteran Surgeon Dies Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Hunting Club

A elderly surgeon died of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning in an Arkansas hunting club last weekend.  http://www.baxterbulletin.com/article/20110112/NEWS01/101120337 Dr. Tom Bell of Harrison, Ark., and William Hicks of Yellville, Ark.,…

Vermont Students Striken By Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Eleven students and a staff member at a Vermont school were hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning Thursday, according to the Associated Press.  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/06/AR2011010603080.html The…