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…

Detroit Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Hospitalizes Eight

Detroit Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Sends Family to Hospital The ambiguous nature of carbon monoxide poisoning resulted in not just one, but 8 hospitalized on the west side of Detroit today. One child was sick when the grandmother called the…

San Antonio Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Hospitalizes Five

Five people were hospitalized in a San Antonio carbon monoxide poisoning on Sunday, March 11, 2018. The carbon monoxide poisoning occurred at an apartment complex. Apparently stemmed from a hot water heater from a broken or blocked exhaust vent.…

Winter Storm Quinn Carbon Monoxide Hazard Requires Extension Cord

Yesterday my news feed flashed with the story of 10 hospitalized because of a Winter Storm Quinn carbon monoxide hazard. For yesterday's blog about the Quinn carbon monoxide poisoning in North White Plains, New York, click here. At the center…

Power Outages and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

I haven't blogged about power outages and carbon monoxide poisoning in too long. It is winter here. The perceived risks comes from malfunctioning furnaces, not power outages and carbon monoxide. But I live in Wisconsin and Chicago. We get typical…

Perth Amboy Carbon Monoxide Death - No Lithium Batteries

Another horrific carbon monoxide detector story - the Perth Amboy carbon monoxide death was so easily avoidable. All that was needed was working carbon monoxide detectors. Blame the occupants? No. Blame the manufacturers of these detectors who…