Entries by Attorney Gordon Johnson

Woman Dies After Suffering Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Boating

One of the two people who were hospitalized after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning Sunday while boating has died, according to the San Luis Obispo Tribune. http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2013/05/30/2527743/woman-dead-nacimiento-lake.html The victim was Sandy Valencia, 23, of Salinas, Calif., according to a press release from the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department. http://www.slosheriff.org/_Press/PRView.aspx The release said that Valencia was […]

May 31, 2013/0 Comments/by

Couple Gets Carbon Monoxide Poisoning While Boating

A couple that had been boating on Nacimiento Lake in San Luis Obispo County, Calif., was hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning Sunday, according to The Tribune News.  http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2013/05/28/2524836/nacimiento-lake-carbon-monoxide.html The man and woman were in their boat’s stern and apparently breathed in exhaust from its engine, the newspaper reported. Sheriff’s deputies were called over to the […]

May 29, 2013/0 Comments/by

Wisconsin Hotel Evacuted Due To Carbon Monoxide Leak

Dozens of guests at a hotel in Oshkosh, Wis., were evacuated Monday morning because of a carbon monoxide leak, according to The Oshkosh Northwestern. http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20130513/OSH0101/305130299/Oshkosh-hotel-evacuated-after-carbon-monoxide-leak?nclick_check=1 Oshkosh firefighters responded to the Hilton Garden Inn on West 20th Avenue shortly before 5 a.m. after a carbon monoxide detector went off, the local newspaper reported. The first responders […]

May 14, 2013/0 Comments/by

Reno Hotel Evacuated After Carbon Monoxide Leak

A Reno, Nev., hotel was evacuated Saturday after several guests got ill from carbon monoxide, according to KTVN-TV. http://www.ktvn.com/story/22226084/elevated-carbon-monoxide-levels-prompt-evacuation-in-downtown-reno The Reno Fire Department was called to the El Cortez Hotel after guests said they felt sick around 3:30 p.m., the TV station reported. The respondents detected high levels of carbon monoxide at the hotel, and […]

May 13, 2013/0 Comments/by

Carbon Monoxide Leak At Pa. Hotel Hospitalizes Two

Two guests were hospitalized Friday night after a carbon monoxide leak at a Lancaster, Pa., hotel, according to Fox 43. http://fox43.com/2013/05/11/carbon-monoxide-leak-at-heritage-hotel-linked-to-malfunctioning-boiler/#axzz2T32dJCDh The incident happened at the Heritage Hotel on Centerville Road. The hotel was evacuated after two guests got sick and had the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, Fox 43 said. The two ill guests […]

May 12, 2013/0 Comments/by

Army Sued For $124 Million In Clarksville Carbon Monoxide Deaths

The U.S. Army is being sued for $124 million by the families of five people who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a trailer at the Clarksville Speedway in Tennessee, according to The Tennessean.  http://www.theleafchronicle.com/viewart/20130501/NEWS01/305010019/ The victims had rented their trailer from an Army RV rental business on Sept. 16, 2011. The next night, the […]

May 2, 2013/0 Comments/by

Eau Claire Family Saved From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

A family in Eau Claire, Wis., was rescued from potentially fatal carbon monoxide poisoning Wednesday night, which came from a generator in their basement, according to WEAU-TV. http://www.weau.com/news/headlines/Family-rescued-from-Carbon-Monoxide-poisoning–203517181.html?ref=181 The local fire department was called to a home on Reserve Street, where two children had already exited and were standing with their grandmother, WEAU reported. The […]

April 19, 2013/0 Comments/by

Man Commits Suicide, Kills Family By Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

A Pennsylvania man apparently bent on committing suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning also managed to kill his wife and two daughters in the process Monday, according to Philly.com. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20130417_Four_dead_of_apparent_carbon_monoxide_poisoning_in_Bucks.html Gary Reitnauer, of the Bucks County town of Milford Township, killed himself by leaving his car running in the family’s garage. He broke the latch on […]

April 17, 2013/0 Comments/by