Entries by Attorney Gordon Johnson

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Missouri Couple Dies Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

A eldery couple in Missouri died of carbon monoxide poisoning last Sunday, a tragedy that authorities are blaming on recent odd weather patterns, according to KRVI-TV onlone. http://fox2now.com/2012/04/04/firefighters-warn-residents-after-couple-dies-from-carbon-monoxide-poisoning/ The married couple, whose names had not been released,  were discovered in their home in Florissant by a neighbor. Police and firefighters blamed the deaths on carbon monoxide poisoning. According […]

Sister Of Man Killed By Carbon Monoxide In W.Va. Hotel Lauds State’s New Law

Laurie Pendergast is taking action to ensure that her brother’s death wasn’t in vain. The Rhode Island woman is pushing for legislation across many states to mandate that hotels have carbon monoxide detectors, according to a story posted online by the TV station WPRI. http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_news/providence/ri-woman-initiates-life-saving-law-carbon-monoxide-bill-moran-laurie-pendergast Pendergast’s brother, Bill Moran, earlier this year died of carbon […]

Carbon Monoxide, Not Homicide, Blamed For The 2006 Deaths Of Three Men

A 5-year-old triple-homicide case in Pennsylvania has apparently been solved: The murderer was carbon monoxide. The case involved suspicious deaths that were initially considered murders by authorities. But recent scientific tests, prompted by a story by the Associated Press, now seem to confirm the the deaths were most likely caused by accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. […]

Five Hospitalized Following Carbon Monoxide Leak In California Home

Five people from a home in Santa Maria, Calif., Sunday morning were taken to hospitals for treatment for carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the Santa Maria Times. http://santamariatimes.com/news/local/people-taken-to-hospitals-for-carbon-monoxide-poisoning/article_9938e56e-7117-11e1-a7e4-001871e3ce6c.html The Santa Maria Fire Department responded to a report of a gas leak at roughly 4 a.m. at a single-family home on East Alvin Avenue, the local […]

Three Painters Die Of Apparent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In California Home

Three painters died of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning in a Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., home Friday, according to The Press-Enterprise. http://www.pe.com/local-news/breaking-news-headlines/20120317-rancho-cucamonga-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-possible-in-painters-deaths.ece The three victims had been doing work, painting, for the owner of a home located on Autumn Leaf Drive, the newspaper quoted from a sheriff’s department press release. The homeowner found the bodies of the […]