Entries by Attorney Gordon Johnson

South Chicago Man Dies From Accidental Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

A South Chicago man was killed by carbon monoxide poisoning at his home Saturday night, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/2815002-418/carbon-monoxide-according-charles-died.html The victim, 45-year-old Leroy Charles, was found by a member of his family at roughly 8 p.m. on South Merrill Avenue. The city fire department was called in to conduct a carbon monoxide test […]

Faulty Boiler, And Foolish Homeowners, Add Up To Two Carbon Monoxide Deaths In Chicago

 There was a senseless double tragedy in Chicago this week, as two people were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning on separate days in the same home in the West Englewood neighborhood, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.  The second death was caused because a faulty boiler wasn’t repaired after the first death.  http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/2923890,CST-NWS-monoxide1126.article# Both Edward Henderson, 52, and […]

Rochester Nursing Home Evacuated, Three Sickened By Carbon Monoxide

 A nursing home in suburban Rochester, N.Y., had to be evacuated due to high levels of carbon monoxide, which made three residents ill early Thanksgiving Day, according to the Associated Press.  http://online.wsj.com/article/AP045c152fbb704503bbd9396601fc7234.html# Firefighters responded to the Latta Road Nursing home in Greece, N.Y., right before dawn Thanksgiving. They found potentially deadly carbon monoxide in one […]

Police Are Investigating Carbon Monoxide Deaths Of Colorado Mother, Daughter

The death of a woman and her daughter, apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, are under investigation in Colorado, according to the Denver Post.  http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_16653435 The bodies of the woman, Patrice Clark, and the 9-year-old, Nicole, were found in the garage of the woman’s home on Lafayette, Colo. The Denver Post story quoted the employer of the […]

Carbon Monoxide Leak Sends Four Green Bay Apartment Dwellers To The Hospital

Four people were hospitalized Monday following a carbon monoxide leak in a Green Bay,  Wis., apartment building, according to the Green Bay Press Gazette.   http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20101115/GPG0101/101115011/4-hospitalized-after-carbon-monoxide-leak-at-west-side-apartment-building?GID=1J2vVsSUrLwpSZrHMcsk7+uSsMoV+9sLWlVplzyJJ9A%3D After getting a call for help, firefighters came to the building on Shawano Avenue on Green Bay’s west side about 5 a.m. They smelled the odor of natural gas, and found a dangerous level […]

New York Suit Blames ‘Keyless’ Lexus For Carbon Monoxide Death Of Lawyer

 Toyota is being sued in a case where a lawyer was killed, and his companion rendered brain damaged, from carbon monoxide poisoning from a luxury Lexus, according to the New York Daily News.   http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010/11/07/2010-11-07_keyless_ignition_deadly_exclusive_toyota_sued_in_carbon_monoxide_tragedy_that_ki.html The wrongful death lawsuit blames the keyless feature that was part of the Lexus sedan for causing the death in Queens of attorney Ernest Codelia Jr., […]

Two Found Dead Of Suspected Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Wisconsin

Two people were discovered dead Thursday inside a Walmouth County, Wis., home of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning.   http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/106740908.html The electricty inside the house in the village of Darien had been disconnected and there was a gas generator found by police. Police came to the house Thursday afternoon and found the two bodies as well as those […]

Carbon Monoxide Scare Sends 18 To Hospital In Richfield, Wis.

After emergency crews were called to the scene Thursday 18 people were hospitalized after being exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide at the Arrow Carton Co. in Richfield, Wis. http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-110410-co-incident-richfield,0,3948402.photogallery Workers were complaining of headaches and were taken to a local hospital as a precautionary measure. According to press reports, the carbon monoxide level at the Arrow facility […]

Father Kills Two Daughters, Self Through Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

A Pennsylvania man killed his two young daughters through carbon monoxide poisoning and then committed suicide by the same means, according to the Associated Press. http://www.ldnews.com/news/ci_16491488 The bodies of all three were discovered in a vehicle that was parked on a mountain road in Chambersburg, Pa.  Conway Ashley Weller, 24, apparently took his own life […]