Entries by Attorney Gordon Johnson

Carbon Monoxide Leak Forces Evacuation Of Eight In Connecticut

Eight people were evacuated from their home in Connecticut Saturday night for apparent carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the local NBC station.   http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Eight-People-Exposed-to-Carbon-Monoxide-Poisoning-in-New-Haven-139660543.html   Fire and gas company officials responded to the home on Ferry Street in New Haven around 11 p.m. They determined that there were dangerous levels of the potentially lethal gas […]

February 21, 2012/0 Comments/by

Why Is There No National Law Requiring Hotels To Install Carbon Monoxide Detectors?

A guest at a West Virginia hotel died of carbon monoxide poisoning this week, and his demise has prompted the local mayor to try to take action. He wants to require that all lodgings in his city install carbon monoxide detectors. But this tragedy is not only a lesson for him, but for states across the nation.  Tuesday construction worker William Moran, a […]

February 2, 2012/0 Comments/by

Carbon Monoxide Leak In Baltimore Apartment Sends Seven To Hospital

A carbon monoxide leak in a Baltimore apartment resulted in seven people being sent to the hospital Sunday, according to The Baltimore Sun. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/breaking/bs-md-carbon-monoxide-20120129,0,6184580.story The Baltimore Fire Department was called to the scene, an apartment on Edgewood Road, when someone reported an odor in the building. Residents said they had headaches, and authorities determined that the carbon […]

January 30, 2012/0 Comments/by

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Sends 13 To The Hospital In Wisconsin

A leak  from a forklift Thursday led to 13 employees at Chippewa Bi Products in Wisconsin being sent to the hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning, according to WQOW-TV. The incident took place at the rendering facility near Alma Center. http://www.wqow.com/story/16609083/10-employees-hospitalized-following-possible-co-poisoning The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release that said it got a call asking that […]

January 28, 2012/0 Comments/by

Boston Mother And Three Children Hospitalized For Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

A Boston mother and her three sons, suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning, were hospitalized Monday morning, according to The Boston Globe. http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/01/23/four-hyde-park-residents-taken-hospital-suffering-from-carbon-monoxide-exposure/ECAeoiyfWFieW7n6g7CBnM/story.html The four victims, who live in the Hyde Park section, had to be transported from their home at Warren Avenue to Massachusetts General Hospital at roughly 8 a.m., The Globe reported. Two of the victims […]

January 24, 2012/0 Comments/by

Carbon Monoxide Sickens 42 Midshipmen At Long Island Merchant Marine Academy

In one of the largest cases of carbon monoxide poisoning that we recall, 42 students at the Merchant Marine Academy on Long Island, N.Y., this weekend were hospitalized following a leak of the lethal gas, according to The Los Angeles Times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2012/01/carbon-monoxide-leak-sickens-42-midshipmen-on-long-island.html A spokewoman for North Shore University Hospital told The Times that eight of the […]

January 10, 2012/0 Comments/by

Green Bay Hotel Had Lethal Carbon Monoxide Levels In Leak That Sent 16 To The Hospital

The Hilton Garden Inn in Green Bay is apparently still keeping mum about a carbon monoxide leak a week ago that lead to about 16 people going to the hospital. At least, that what the Green Bay Press-Gazette reported Friday. http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012201060552 The newspaper did a follow-up story that published information from the Green Bay Fire Department’s report […]

January 7, 2012/0 Comments/by

New Hampshire Target Store Evacuated For High Carbon Monoxide Levels, 17 Employees Treated

A Target store in Keene, N.H., had to be evacuated Tuesday due to high levels of carbon monoxide, and 17 employees were taken to local hospitals, according to the Keene Sentinel. http://www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/carbon-monoxide-detected-at-keene-department-store/article_b3ecb24d-fd45-5d78-9cea-fb74f1762fdf.html Fire officials came to the Target after getting a call from an employee, who was complaining of smelling an odd odor, at about 12:40 p.m. Firefighters measured a high level […]

January 5, 2012/0 Comments/by

Four Hospitalized For Suspected Carbon Monoxide Poisoning At Green Bay Hotel

In the second unfortunate case of this type I’ve seen recently, four guests — including two children — at the Hilton Garden Inn  in Green Bay were hospitalized for apparent carbon monoxide poisoning Friday, according to the Green Bay Press Gazette. http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20111231/GPG0101/111231024/4-taken-hospital-after-suspected-carbon-monoxide-leak-Lambeau-area-hotel The incident happened at the hotel near Lambeau Field at 1015 Lombardi Ave. And this isn’t the first near-tragedy of […]

January 3, 2012/0 Comments/by

Will Consumers Find Out About The Navien Heater Recall, Due To Carbon Monoxide Risk?

Earlier this week the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced the voluntary recall of 13,000 tankless waters heaters. These heaters pose a threat of leaking carbon monoxide, a lethal colorless, odorless gas. But we have to wonder, how many people are aware of this recall? And how many people could be victims of  carbon monoxide poisoning from these Korean-made […]

December 31, 2011/0 Comments/by