Entries by Attorney Gordon Johnson

Vermont Students Striken By Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Eleven students and a staff member at a Vermont school were hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning Thursday, according to the Associated Press.  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/06/AR2011010603080.html The poisoning took place at a school in Putney, Vt., which was evacuated. The sick students were taken to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, with some already released and the rest expected to be released. According to AP, 25 […]

January 7, 2011/0 Comments/by

Five Teens Die Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Hialeah Motel

Five teenagers were found dead in a Hialeah, Fla., motel, the apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, according to several press reports. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/12/27/1990337/five-men-found-dead-inside-hialeah.html# One of the youths, Juchen Martial, had wanted to go to the motel,  the Hotel Presidente, Sunday to celebrate his 19th birthday. But the car the group had driven, a Kia Optima, had been […]

December 28, 2010/0 Comments/by

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 […]

December 14, 2010/0 Comments/by

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 […]

November 26, 2010/0 Comments/by

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 […]

November 26, 2010/0 Comments/by

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 […]

November 19, 2010/0 Comments/by

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 […]

November 16, 2010/1 Comment/by

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., […]

November 8, 2010/2 Comments/by

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 […]

November 5, 2010/0 Comments/by