Entries by Attorney Gordon Johnson

Texas Couple Found Dead Of Apparent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

An East Texas couple found dead in their home Tuesday were apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/12/18/4494525/east-texas-couple-found-dead-carbon.html The victims, Cynthia Pettigrew, 50, and Johnathan Lydia, who was about to celebrate his 49th birthday, had a gasoline-powered generator running inside their house in Tyler, Texas, according to authorities. Tyler […]

December 19, 2012/0 Comments/by

Carbon Monoxide Makes 30 Ill At Boston Spa

One can’t help but marvel at the irony: 30 people suffered carbon monoxide poisoning Saturday at a place in Boston named the Exhale Spa. The ill, who displayed symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, were treated at the scene at the spa in the Back Bay section of Boston, according to WHDH.com. http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/12009270643270/30-treated-after-carbon-monoxide-leak-at-boston-spa/ Firefighters responded to […]

December 10, 2012/0 Comments/by

New Washington Law Requires Carbon Monoxide Detectors In All Residences

Washington state has a new law mandating the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in homes that goes into effect Jan. 1, according to the Associated Press and other media reports. http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-12-05/wash-dot-carbon-monoxide-alarm-condition-added-jan-dot-1 The genesis of the new, broader law is pretty interesting. The Legislature amended the state building code when there was a bad windstorm in […]

December 6, 2012/0 Comments/by

About 50 Atlanta Students, Staffers Suffer Carbon Monoxide Poisoning At School

In a panic-filled scene after several kids passed out, more than 40 elementary school students and six adults in Atlanta Monday morning were rushed to a local hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning, various press accounts reported. According to the story in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, children at the Finch Elementary School started to report that they […]

December 4, 2012/0 Comments/by

Two Wilmington Apt. Dwellers Sickened By Carbon Monoxide

A carbon monoxide leak sickened two people in apartments in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday, sending them to the hospital, according to Delaware Online. http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012311260057&gcheck=1&nclick_check=1 Right before 10 a.m. an ambulance responded to the building on North Harrison Street, where EMTs initially found one person had been overcome by carbon monoxide, Delaware Online reported. Firefighters were called […]

November 29, 2012/0 Comments/by

Carbon Monoxide Makes 49 Inmates Ill In Pennsylvania

Carbon monoxide sickened 49 inmates at a jail in York, Pa., with five having to be hospitalized overnight, CNN reported. http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/22/us/pennsylvania-jail-illnesses/index.html Authorities believe that the heating and ventilation system in the county jail’s wing for women was the source of the deadly gas, according to CNN. Female inmates began to feel ill and developed symptoms […]

November 24, 2012/0 Comments/by

Marine Dies Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Idaho

Here’s another tragedy that could have been avoided: A young Marine died of carbon monoxide poisoning in his girlfriend’s apartment, which had a carbon monoxide detector with no batteries in it. McQuen Forbush, 18, was on leave and staying in Meridian, Idaho. He was discovered dead Saturday, from what a coroner determined was carbon monoxide […]

November 15, 2012/0 Comments/by