Entries by Attorney Gordon Johnson

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

Water Heaters Recalled Because They Pose Carbon Monoxide Risk

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) this week announced the recall of an estimated 13,000 water heaters that have a defect that could lead to carbon monoxide poisoning. http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml12/12074.html The voluntary recall is being done in conjunction with the company that imported the “instantaneous” or tankless water heaters, Navien America Inc. of Irvine, Calif.  […]

December 29, 2011/0 Comments/by

Iowa Man Dies From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Wife Still Surviving

An Iowa man died Sunday after being hospitalized for nearly two weeks for carbon monoxide poisoning, while his wife remains a survivor of the lethal gas that filled their home, according to the Quad-Cities Times. http://qctimes.com/news/local/davenport-man-dies-from-carbon-monoxide-poisoning/article_c4000e3e-1ee3-11e1-a221-0019bb2963f4.html John Christiansen, a 59-year-old Davenport man, was at Trinity Pathway Hospice, Bettendorf, when he passed away Sunday. He and his wife Donna were discovered, […]

December 5, 2011/0 Comments/by

Nine People Get Carbon Monoxide Poisoning At Hackensack, N.J., Home

Sometimes it’s a good thing when relatives stop over, uninvited. Here’s a case in point. Three Hackensack, N.J., residents escaped death from carbon monoxide poisoning Monday when visiting relatives stopped by their house to pay a call on them, according to The Record. http://www.northjersey.com/news/9_treated_for_carbon_monoxide_poisoning_in_Hackensack.html A married couple and their 14-year-old son — after being made ill […]

November 29, 2011/0 Comments/by

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