Entries by Attorney Gordon Johnson

Mom Rescues Family From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning With Call

A woman worried about the welfare of her husband and two sons when she didn’t hear from them may have saved their lives from carbon monoxide poisoning with a phone call, according to WSBT-TV. http://www.wsbt.com/news/wsbt-wife-saves-husband-and-sons-from-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-with-phone-call-20130415,0,7113130.story The woman, who was in Illinois, grew concerned Sunday when she had not heard from her family in Keeler Township, […]

Carbon Monoxide Sickens Dozens At Ohio Bowling Alley

Dozens of patrons at an Ohio bowling alley were evacuated and treated for carbon monoxide poisoning Thursday, according to The Akron Beacon Journal. http://www.firehouse.com/news/10915452/dozens-sickened-in-co-incident-at-ohio-bowling-alley Firefighters were called to Sto-Kent Family Entertainment, a bowling alley in Stow, Ohio, shortly before noon after a woman passed out there, the newspaper reported. She was a member of the […]

Getting The Word Out On CO Poisoning Via Gandee Death

My belief that MTV reality TV star Shain Gandee’s death may prove to be a teachable moment Wednesday got a boost, when The Huffington Post called to interview me about carbon monoxide fatalities. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/02/shain-gandee-death-mudding_n_3003390.html The Huffington Post asked me about the demise of Gandee, who was featured on “Buckwild,” and two other men when they […]

Carbon Monoxide Sends 15 Ala. Hotel Guests To Hospital

A carbon monoxide leak at a Birmingham, Ala., hotel sent 15 guests to the hospital for treatment Friday, according to WIAT-TV. http://www.cbs42.com/content/localnews/story/15-guests-at-Birmingham-hotel-treated-for-carbon/BDBQeW5_70mbg122MdCg5Q.cspx The incident happened at the Renaissance Birmingham Ross Bridge Golf Resort & Country Club at about 6:30 a.m. Firefighters were called to the scene when one of the hotel guests was found unconscious […]

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Sends 7 To Grand Rapids

Seven Lansing, Mich., residents suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning Wednesday were flown to Grand Rapids to undergo treatment in a hyperbaric chamber, according to The Grand Rapids Press. http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2013/03/lansing_residents_flown_to_gra.html Lansing firefighters were summoned to a house on Tenny Street early Wednesday morning after several residents said they felt sick. The responders found high levels of […]

Housekeepers Hospitalized After Hotel CO Leak

Two housekeepers at a Chattanooga, Tenn., hotel had to be hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning Friday, according to WDEF-TV. http://www.wdef.com/news/story/Carbon-Monoxide-Leak-Identified-at-Hixson-Motel/N4hnWcZvG0uY5Y7fGbSgoA.cspx The incident happened at the Hixson Holiday Inn Express, where the housekeepers where in the basement when they began to feel flu-like symptoms, according to the TV station. The local fire department blamed the carbon […]

Marine Carbon-Monoxide Death Sparks Suit

The family of a young Marine who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in his girlfriend’s apartment in Meridian, Idaho, has filed a lawsuit over his death, according to KTVB-TV. http://www.ktvb.com/home/Lawsuit-filed-on-behalf-of-Marine-who-died-at-Meridian-apartment-complex-196166001.html McQuen Forbush, 18, died in November of the lethal gas, which leaked from a water heater at the apartment complex. Now his family is suing […]

Illinois Family Overcome By Carbon Monoxide

Thank God for all the boyfriends and dogs that have saved their loved ones from perishing from carbon monoxide poisoning. In the latest example,  a young Illinois man saved his girlfriend, her family and her dog from certain death in Antioch early Monday morning, according to the Lake County News-Sun. http://newssun.suntimes.com/news/18467473-418/antioch-family-overcome-by-carbon-monoxide-poisoning.html Earlier in the night […]