Entries by Attorney Gordon Johnson

Chicago Thanksgiving Party Ends Up With 20 Ill From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

When are people going to learn this lesson: Don’t use a grill inside your home. On Thanksgiving night 20 people at a party in Chicago got carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the Chicago Tribune. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-11-24/news/chi-20-people-suffer-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-20111124_1_carbon-monoxide-poisoning-thanksgiving-party-area-hospitals And how did they get poisoned by that potentially lethal gas? Someone was using a grill inside a home on West […]

November 26, 2011/0 Comments/by

New Jersey Couple Dies Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Trying To Keep Warm After Freak Fall Snowstorm

Unfortunately, it’s no surprise that last weekend’s freak snowstorm in the Northeast, which knocked out power for days in New Jersey and Connecticut, would end up killing people. Or perhaps rather, that carbon monoxide would wind up killing people. And so it happened. An elderly couple, Robert Stephens, 84, and his wife Susanna, 79, were discovered dead […]

November 6, 2011/0 Comments/by

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Sends 11 To The Hospital In New London, Wis.

Here’s why you need carbon monoxide detectors in your dwelling. Nearly a dozen people in New London, Wis., were hospitalized and released Sunday for carbon monoxide poisoning after a leak of the deadly gas in their apartment building, according to The Post-Crescent of Appleton.  http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20111030/APC0101/111030012/Update-11-hospitalized-after-carbon-monoxide-leak-New-London?odyssey=tab|topnews|img|FRONTPAGE New London firefighters evacuated the 16-unit apartment building at 505 Oakridge […]

October 31, 2011/0 Comments/by

Pennsylvania Family Sickened From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

A Pennsylvania family got carbon monoxide poisoning last Thursday, the fifth such case in Allegheny County since the start of what local authorities call the heating season, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_764230.html?_s_icmp=NetworkHeadlines# On Thursday emergency personnel were called to a two-story duplex in Wilkinsburg, Pa., when there was a report that someone was suffering from abdominal […]

October 30, 2011/0 Comments/by

ADT Security Recalls 20,000 Carbon Monoxide Detectors

ADT Security Services Inc. has voluntarily recalled roughly 20,000 carbon monoxide detectors, according to an Oct. 20 press release from the  U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml12/12701.html The recalled carbon monoxide detectors fail to properly indicate the end of  their useful life, prompting the recall, which ADT voluntarily conducted in cooperation with the CPSC. The CPSC warned consumers to stop using the […]

October 23, 2011/0 Comments/by

Man, Granddaughter Die Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning While Camping

 A man and his granddaughter died of carbon monoxide poisoning last weekend while camping out at a rodeo in Clements, Calif.  http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110920/A_NEWS/109200312/-1/a_news02 Richard Kovacs, 56, and Jordan Kovacs, 14, were both from Copperopolis. They perished last Saturday night or Sunday morning while sleeping in an area they had marked off at the end of a horse […]

September 25, 2011/0 Comments/by

Elderly Couple Die Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning After Power Outage From Irene

Unfortunately, I expected to see more of these tragic cases in the wake of Hurricane Irene, which knocked out power last weekend in a swath from North Carolina to Maine.      An elderly couple died of carbon monoxide poisoning last Tuesday in their summer home in Raymond, Maine, with the lethal gas coming from an emergency generator, according […]

September 6, 2011/1 Comment/by

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Kills Nearly 500 Annually In U.S., CDC Report Says

Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is a leading cause of unintentional poisoning deaths in the United States, with nearly 500 people succombing to the odorless, colorless gas each year, according to a report issued earlier this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6030a2.htm?s_cid=mm6030a2_x In a comprehensive 10-year report issued Aug. 5, the […]

August 15, 2011/0 Comments/by

Carbon Monoxide Exposure After Car Accidentally Left Running In Garage

The CDC-Center for Disease Control and Prevention recently stated in their weekly report that Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning is a leading cause of unintentional poisoning deaths in the United States. CO poisoning is preventable, nonetheless, CO related poisoning is responsible for approximately 15,000 emergency department visits and nearly 500 deaths annually in the United States. […]

August 10, 2011/1 Comment/by