Entries by Attorney Gordon Johnson

Connecticut Mandated Carbon Monoxide Detectors In Homes Under Renovation

Connecticut Wednesday passed a bill that mandates carbon monoxide detectors be installed temporarily at homes undergoing alterations if they have a fireplace, fuel-burning appliance or attached garage, according to the Associated Press. http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/481404268ff645c3b71da0226381e48a/CT–Smoke-Detectors/ The bill, which also requires that smoke detectors be installed in homes undergoing additions or other work, has  been passed by both […]

May 10, 2012/0 Comments/by

Wyoming Woman, With TBI After Carbon Monoxide Leak, Sues Landlord

A Wyoming woman has filed a federal lawsuit against the owner of an apartment complex, claiming she suffered traumatic brain injury following a carbon monoxide leak last year, according to the Casper Star-Tribune. http://trib.com/news/local/casper/casper-woman-sues-apartment-owner-operator-for-carbon-monoxide-poisoning/article_1245d238-2834-5697-a8cb-a9801477ba6e.html Amber Nicole Lompe alleges that she sustained permanent injuries from carbon monoxide poisoning in her apartment at Sunridge Apartments in Casper. […]

May 10, 2012/0 Comments/by

Carbon Monoxide Leak At Arena Sends 50 To Hospital

Roughly 50 people were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning following a hockey game in an arena in Canada, according to CTV News. http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20120507/carbon-monoxide-poisoning-bc-arena-120507/ The incident happened Saturday in Kamloops, British Columbia, and the carbon monoxide apparently came from a boiler. It was shut off and repairs are being made to it, CTV News reported. The […]

May 8, 2012/0 Comments/by

Five Die Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Washington, D.C., Suburb

Five Salvadoran immigrants died of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning Tuesday in a home in Oxon Hill, Md., according to The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/five-killed-in-oxon-hill-home-by-apparent-carbon-monoxide-poisoning/2012/04/24/gIQArPHefT_story.html The son of one of the five victims discovered their bodies in the brick house they dwelled in, which is located in a suburb of Washington, D.C. The bodies were strewn around […]

April 25, 2012/0 Comments/by

Carbon Monoxide Sends Seven To Pennsylvania Hospital

Seven people in Westtown, Pa., were taken to the hospital Saturday night after being exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide at a home, according to the Mainline Media News. http://mainlinemedianews.com/articles/2012/04/15/main_line_suburban_life/news/doc4f8abafe5e95c227565971.txt The incident happened at a house on Carroll Block Way. According to Goshen Fire Chief Grant Everhart, somebody had been using a gasoline-powered saw […]

April 15, 2012/0 Comments/by

Tennessee Requires Rental RVs To Have Carbon Monoxide Detectors

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam last week signed into a law a bill that mandates that all lease or rental recreational vehicles in the state have working carbon monoxide detectors, according to Clarksville Online. http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2012/04/13/tennessee-governor-bill-haslam-signs-carbon-monoxide-protection-bill-sponsored-by-montgomery-county-delegation/ The bill was prompted a horrendous accidental carbon-monoxide poisoning incident last year, when five people died in a  recreational vehicle while […]

April 15, 2012/0 Comments/by

Charleston Hotel Faces Second Suit Over Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites is facing a second lawsuit stemming from a carbon monoxide leak that killed one man and allegedly injured another in  South Charleston, W.Va., according to the Charleston Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.com/News/201204120100 Bain Edmondson, 49, was overcome by carbon monoxide and was found unresponsive in the hotel Jan. 31. He and […]

April 13, 2012/0 Comments/by

Four Treated For Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Caused By Water Heater

Four people, including two toddlers, in Antelope, Calif., were sent to the hospital Saturday morning for carbon monoxide poisoning, according to KRCA’s website. http://www.kcra.com/r/30853114/detail.html Firefighters were called to a home on Little Rock Drive, where a 23-year-old woman and 17-year-old female youth said that they were nauseous and had headaches, KCRA reported. There was also […]

April 8, 2012/0 Comments/by