Entries by Attorney Gordon Johnson

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 […]

March 24, 2013/0 Comments/by

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 […]

March 8, 2013/0 Comments/by

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 […]

February 26, 2013/0 Comments/by

Two Die Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Fresno

Last week two people died of carbon monoxide in Fresno, Calif., part of a surge of such poisoning cases during the cool weather in the valley, according to KFSN-TV. http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/health&id=8970131 Andre Benoit and Michal McClosky were carbon monoxide fatalities after they used a generator inside a warehouse, according to the TV station. Another woman was […]

February 24, 2013/0 Comments/by

Snow-Blocked Tailpipes Kill 2 With Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

After this weekend’s snow storm, the governor of Connecticut warned residents to be careful about unblocking vents on their houses and properly venting generators to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning. Too bad the governor of Massachusetts didn’t issue similar advisories. Two people in that state,  including an 11-year-old boy, died of carbon monoxide when snow covered […]

February 12, 2013/0 Comments/by

Brain-Damaged Man Sues Hotel Over Carbon Monoxide Leak

A former pilot, who suffered traumatic brain injury from carbon monoxide poisoning at an Embassy Suites hotel in California, has filed over the incident, according to Inside Bay Area’s website. http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_22397707/carbon-monoxide-leak-at-burlingame-hotel-caused-brain California has a carbon monoxide detector law that could have prevented the man’s injuries. But, after lobbying by the hotel industry,  that law won’t […]

February 10, 2013/0 Comments/by

Virginia Family Of Five Suffers Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Five members of a Virginia family suffered carbon monoxide poisoning when a damaged furnace leaked the gas into their home Sunday, according to WRIC.com. Two were hospitalized. http://www.wric.com/story/20947530/family-sicked-by The incident happened in Henrico, Va. The county fire department was called to the scene after a report of a fall in a residence on Croydon Road, […]

February 5, 2013/0 Comments/by

Two Women Die Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Chicago

Two women died of carbon monoxide poisoning Sunday after a leak of the lethal gas in their West Rogers Park apartment building in Chicago, according NBC. Authorities are blaming too few CO detectors for the tragedy. http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/2-Dead-After-Apparent-Carbon-Monoxide-Leak–188648511.html#ixzz2JIm3zI6i The victims were Rasheeda Akhter, 77, and Zanib Ahmed, 18. Firefighters responded to West North Shore Avenue at […]

January 29, 2013/0 Comments/by