Entries by Attorney Gordon Johnson

Seven Suffer Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Michigan

Seven people in West Bloomfield, Mich., were hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning after running a generator in their home’s garage, according to the Daily Tribune. http://www.dailytribune.com/article/20120706/NEWS01/120709720/seven-hospitalized-with-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-%28with-video%29 The incident happened last Tuesday afternoon, when responders were called to a home on Norma Lee Drive, which is near Maple and Drake roads. When firefighters tested inside the […]

July 8, 2012/0 Comments/by

Bill Would Mandate Standards For Carbon Monoxide Detectors

Two U.S. Senators last week introduced legislation that would give the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) the power to impose stricter standards for carbon monoxide detectors, according to the Echo Press of Alexandria, Minn. http://www.echopress.com/event/article/id/95738/group/homepage/ Amy Klobucher, D-Minn., and Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, are pushing for passage of the Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide […]

July 1, 2012/0 Comments/by

Nine Hospitalized In Chicago For Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Last week in Chicago nine family members were hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning after the water heater in their Far South Side home apparently leaked the potentially fatal gas, according to The Chicago Tribune. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-multiple-victims-sickened-by-carbon-monoxide-in-south-deering-20120616,0,2803753.story On June 16 five ambulances responded to the single-family house on South Hoxie Avenue in the South Deering section of […]

June 26, 2012/0 Comments/by

Married Couple Die Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Virginia

A married couple was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning last Thursday in their apartment in a public housing complex in Portsmouth, Va., according to The Pilot. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/06/couple-dead-portsmouth-carbon-monoxide-may-be-cause The deaths of Leroy and Inez Stith, both 65, was perplexing because each unit in their Swanson Homes apartment complex has carbon monoxide detectors, the Portsmouth Redevelopment […]

June 24, 2012/0 Comments/by

Two Boaters Dead Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In South Dakota

A man and woman found dead in a boat Tuesday on the Missouri River were apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, according to published reports. The unidentified man, 61, and woman, 63, were in a large boat located at Dock 44 Marina Bay in South Dakota, according to The Daily Republic. http://www.mitchellrepublic.com/event/article/id/66499/group/homepage/ The boat was […]

June 14, 2012/0 Comments/by

UCA To Install Carbon Monoxide Detectors After Incident

The University of Central Arkansas (UCA) will be installing carbon monoxide detectors in one of its buildings next week after an incident where nearly a dozen people, including five students,  became ill. http://thecabin.net/news/2012-06-08/uca-install-carbon-monoxide-detectors-test-burdick-hall-again#.T9PFMZixc-0 Last Thursday Burdick Hall on the school’s campus in Conway, Ark., was evacuated after some students became ill. They complained of nausea […]

June 9, 2012/0 Comments/by

Scottsdale Carbon Monoxide Leak Forces Evacuation Of Nearly 100

A Scottsdale, Ariz., rehabilitation facility remained closed Wednesday in the wake of almost 100 people being  evacuated following a carbon monoxide leak, according to The Arizona Republic. http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/2012/06/06/20120606scottsdale-rehab-center-remains-closed-after-carbon-monoxide-leak-abrk.html Sixteen victims were actually taken to the hospital for treatment after the incident Tuesday morning, and they were all released by that night. On Tuesday clients were […]

June 6, 2012/0 Comments/by

$2 Million Settlement Reached In Wisconsin Carbon Monoxide Case

A man who was permanently disabled after suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning while in a recreational vehicle in Wisconsin has accepted a $2 million settlement, according to The Daily Telegram of Adrian, Mich. http://www.lenconnect.com/news/x1898610278/-2M-accepted-in-carbon-monoxide-case-that-left-Riga-man-permanently-disabled The plaintiff, 60-year-old Larry Brenke of Riga, Mich., will be getting payments from four defendants in the case, which stems from […]

May 24, 2012/0 Comments/by

Carbon Monoxide Detectors A Must For Elderly Loved Ones, Neighbors

Let’s hope a life lesson, about how to look out for your elders, is learned from this tragedy. An 82-year-old Wyckoff, N.J., woman last week died of carbon monoxide in her bedroom, which was located  above the garage where she had left her car running,  The Record of North Jersey reported. http://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen/bergen_safety/051812_Wyckoff_woman_dies_of_carbon_monoxide_poisoning_after_car_left_running_in_garage.html The victim as […]

May 20, 2012/0 Comments/by