Entries by Attorney Gordon Johnson

Three In Falls Church Hospitalized For Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Three people in Falls Church, Va., had to be hospitalized Wednesday for carbon monoxide poisoning after a faulty furnace leaked the lethal gas, according to WTOP-TV. Their apartment building was evacuated. http://www.wtop.com/149/3398640/Carbon-monoxide-poisoning-in-Falls-Church-sends-3-to-hospital Fairfax County EMTs were called to the Baileys Crossroads apartment building at Malibu Circle at 2:30 a.m., the TV station reported. Several of […]

July 25, 2013/0 Comments/by

Indiana Couple Died Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

A coroner confirmed Monday that a young Indiana couple found in their house on the Fourth of July died of carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the Associated Press. http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/70141831ccec41f9b419ee4d0fa10ed9/IN–Couple-Found-Dead Mitchell Rider, 28, and Jamie Hooker, 28, were found by Rider’s father, who also discovered that there was a car left running in their garage, AP […]

July 16, 2013/0 Comments/by

Elderly Penn. Man Killed In Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

A 95-year-old Pennsylvania man was found dead, and his sister was rendered unconscious, due to carbon monoxide fumes from a car left running in their garage, according to KDKA. http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/07/13/elderly-man-found-dead-in-apparent-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-incident The tragedy happened Saturday night in Baldwin, Pa., in a home that the elderly brother and sister shared. The body of the victim, Jack Skerba, […]

July 15, 2013/0 Comments/by

North Carolina Law Would Mandate Hotel Carbon Monoxide Alarms

After the senseless deaths of three people, it looks like North Carolina will be passing legislation that would require hotels to put carbon monoxide detectors next to fuel-burning appliances, the Charlotte News & Observer reported Wednesday. http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/07/10/3022424/nc-bill-require-co-detectors-in.html The proposal has been added to a bill that was approved by a House committee this week, and […]

July 11, 2013/0 Comments/by

Police Widen Probe In N.C. Hotel Carbon Monoxide Deaths

Police in North Carolina have broadened their investigation the deaths of  three guests of carbon monoxide poisoning at a hotel, now looking at two additional hotels owned by the same company, according to WRAL. http://www.wral.com/boone-hotel-carbon-monoxide-death-probe-continues/12634505/ Authorities in Boone, N.C., said that their probe of the April 16 deaths of Daryl Jenkins and his wife Shirley […]

July 9, 2013/0 Comments/by

Dog Saves Family From Carbon Monoxide In Virginia

I love hearing these kinds of stories. A pet once again saved its human family from certain death from carbon monoxide poisoning. This incident happened Thursday night in Bristol, Va., where the dog Buster Brown came to the rescue, according to WBIR-TV. http://www.wbir.com/news/article/279456/2/Family-says-dog-saved-them-from-carbon-monoxide-poisoning The dog came into the room of his owner, Michael Carr, and […]

July 6, 2013/0 Comments/by

Carpet Installers Rescue Couple From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Why don’t folks just buy carbon monoxide detectors? An elderly couple in Overisel Township, Mich., was likely saved from death by carbon monoxide poisoning Wednesday by  carpet installers, according to the Holland Sentinel. The residents didn’t have a working carbon monoxide detector. http://www.hollandsentinel.com/newsnow/x208439622/Carpet-workers-save-couple-from-carbon-monoxide-poisoning#axzz2XOKIg54M Four people — the two residents of the house and two workers […]

June 27, 2013/0 Comments/by

Carbon Monoxide Strikes At Wisconsin Dells Hotel

By Attorney Gordon Johnson Call me at 800-992-9447 https://carbonmonoxide-poisoning.com/ Carbon monoxide poisoning has ruined another summer weekend, this time at the  Travel Lodge Hotel in Lake Delton, Wisconsin.  Carbon monoxide was discovered at the hotel when an employee at the hotel was taken ill. At the hospital, it was determined that carbon monoxide was the […]

June 15, 2013/0 Comments/by