Entries by Attorney Gordon Johnson

Four Family Members In Wisconsin Are Treated For Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Four family members, one found semi-conscious,  were hospitalized in Neenah, Wis., Tuesday for carbon monoxide poisoning. One of the family’s cats was killed by the lethal gas. http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20110308/APC0101/110308032/4-hospitalized-1-cat-dead-after-carbon-monoxide-poisoning?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|APC-News The victims were exposed to the potentially lethal carbon monoxide gas in their home in the 200 block of Grant Street. The four, whose identities weren’t immediately known, were […]

March 8, 2011/0 Comments/by

Snow Can Be Carbon Monoxide’s Accomplice In Poisoning People

With Americans from Dallas to Milwaukee to Boston enduring record snowfalls, here’s a word to the wise: Clear out all the snow from your car tailpipe and from the vents of your home furnaces.    http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-20110203-carbon-monoxide,0,1929248.story There was recently a case in New York City where a mother left her two daughters in her car, which was running, while […]

February 7, 2011/0 Comments/by

Three Dozen People Fall Ill From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning At Banquet Hall

Roughly three dozen people became sick at a banquet hall in Upstate New York from carbon monoxide poisoning this weekend. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wbfo/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1759157/WBFO.News/Carbon.monoxide.at.banquet.hall.sickens.three.dozen.people The incident took place at the Masonic Community Center on Union Road in Cheektowaga, N.Y., during a fundraising dinner that more than 150 people attended Saturday night. The hall’s carbon monoxide detector went off, […]

February 7, 2011/0 Comments/by

Wisconsin Woman In Madison Suffers Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

 A Madison, Wis., woman was hospitalized and treated for carbon monoxide poisoning Thursday. http://www.channel3000.com/news/26731016/detail.html# Firefighters and paramedics were called to an East Side Madison duplex, address 1027 Jana Lane, at roughly 11 a.m. A neighbor, an Madison Gas & Electric worker,  had detected high carbon monoxide levels. A carbon monoxide detector in one unit  went off, but […]

February 4, 2011/0 Comments/by

Two Bronx Girls Almost Killed By Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Due To Snow-Clogged Tailpipe

The snow storms that have blanketed the New York metro area indirectly almost killed two young girls in the Bronx, N.Y., last week. They came close to dying of carbon monoxide poisoning. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/nyregion/28carbon.html?scp=1&sq=bronix%20girls%20collapse&st=cse Sisters Brianna Valverde, 4, and Ashlyn Valverde, 7, last Thursday were in their mother’s idling Nissan when they were overcome by carbon monoxide, which came […]

January 31, 2011/0 Comments/by

Toddler Dies From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Her Family’s Van

Here’s a frightening and tragic lesson for parents: Your own vehicle, especially if it’s an older model, can expose yout young children to carbon monoxide poisoning. That’s what happened last Friday in Kentucky. A 15-month-old died of carbon monoxide poisoning, and her two siblings became sick, while on a trip in their family’s minivan, according to the […]

January 25, 2011/0 Comments/by

Four Family Members Killed By Carbon Monoxide In Their California Home

Here’s a scene that will be played out again and again during the winter when poor people’s electricity is turned off. Four family members were found dead in their Oakhurst, Calif., home Sunday, victims of carbon monoxide poisoning.  http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_17122304?nclick_check=1  The victims were Diana Montoya, 60; Bruce John Frederick Hargett, 35; Alexis Montoya, 10; and Jayden Montoya, […]

January 18, 2011/0 Comments/by

Veteran Surgeon Dies Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Hunting Club

A elderly surgeon died of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning in an Arkansas hunting club last weekend.  http://www.baxterbulletin.com/article/20110112/NEWS01/101120337 Dr. Tom Bell of Harrison, Ark., and William Hicks of Yellville, Ark., were found unconscious Saturday morning in a duck club. Bell, 75, died and Hicks was brought to a Little Rock hospital, where he was in serious condition, according […]

January 13, 2011/0 Comments/by