Entries by Attorney Gordon Johnson

California Truckers Sue Over Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

 A California couple, long-distance truckers who allege they suffered carbon monoxide poisoning, are suing five companies that they blame their illness on. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700070937/California-couple-files-suit-in-carbon-monoxide-poisoning.html M. Jeffrey Barger and Martha Cervantes allege negligence, claiming that four Salt Lake City and one Colorado company failed to properly fix the rig they were driving. They filed suit in the 3rd District Court in Salt Lake City […]

October 4, 2010/0 Comments/by

Soldier, Woman Die Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Kansas Duplex

 A 25-year-old soldier and a woman died of carbon monoxide poisoning last Sunday at his duplex in Manhattan, Kan., according to the Army Times. http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/09/ap-soldier-is-carbon-monoxide-victim-093010/  Specialist Jamie Elliott of Columbia, Md., a solider at Fort Riley, and Lashawn Michael Veal, a 22-year-old civilian, were killed Sunday by the dangerous gas.  Another soldier, Corporal Maria Hightower, 22, of Chicago was rescued from the […]

October 1, 2010/0 Comments/by

Carbon Monoxide Threat Still Plagues Rupert Murdoch’s New York TV Station

The carbon monoxide problems involving media baron Rupert Murdoch’s TV station in New York City, WNYW, are far from over, according to the New York Daily News. On Tuesday a correspondent for WNYW, Antwan Lewis, and a photographer were sent to the hospital with suspected carbon monoxide poisoning after working in a remote truck. In recent weeks several […]

October 1, 2010/0 Comments/by

New York TV Station Reporters Suffer Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Remote Trucks

It’s not often that you hear of carbon monoxide poisoning in relation to newsgathering, but that has been the situation at a TV station in New York City, according to the Daily News. Four on-air reporters for WNYW-TV, the Fox outlet owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., and some other staton employees during the past few weeks had to go […]

September 18, 2010/0 Comments/by

Two Men Killed By Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Arizona Mine

 Two men died of carbon monoxide poisoning this weekend in a mine in northeastern Arizona, in the town of  Show Low, according to published reports. http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/30/arizona.mine.deaths/ Rescuers spent all of Sunday trying to recover the bodies of a 77-year-old miner and his 25-year-old son-in-law. The two men had set off an explosive in the privately owned mine […]

August 30, 2010/0 Comments/by

Missouri Teenager Dies Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Two Others Hurt

A 17-year-old girl died of carbon monoxide poisoning last Monday in Oak Grove, Mo., with two others overcome by the noxious fume.  http://www.kansascity.com/2010/08/19/2161986/teen-who-died-in-apparent-carbon.html Authorities found the body of Megan Wyatt in a fourplex unit when they responded to a call about a noxious odor. There were also two others found in the unit who are recovering now, namely […]

August 23, 2010/0 Comments/by

Texas EMT Killed, Two Hospitalized, In Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

An emergency medical technician died of carbon monoxide poisoning and two of her co-workers were hospitalized last Friday in White Oak, a town in east Texas.   http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9HISE7O2.html# Co-workers found the three victims Friday morning during a shift change, according to the Associated Press. The carbon monoxide that felled them came from a generator that was left on in […]

August 16, 2010/0 Comments/by

Baltimore Jury Awards $34.3 Million To 23 Injured From Carbon Monoxide Exposure At Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse

In one of the largest verdicts ever in Baltimore, a jury awarded $34.3 million in damages to 23 people who were permanently injured from carbon monoxide poisoning when the toxic gas was released at a Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse in 2008. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jury-awards-34333-million-verdict-in-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-case-99492874.html The verdict followed a 13-week trial and two days of deliberations by the jury, which awarded damages for […]

July 29, 2010/1 Comment/by

Pandacide In China: Quan Quan Dies Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

This isn’t the typical fatal carbon monoxide poisoning that I usually blog about, but I thought it was worth noting. Quan Quan, the fertile Chinese zoo panda who gave birth to seven cubs, has died after inhaling a deadly mix of carbon monoxide and chlorine fumes. http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/revered-chinese-panda-quan-quan-dies-from-gas-poisoning/19571855 I guess this sad accidental death is a reminder […]

July 28, 2010/2 Comments/by

Florida Couple Killed By Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Their 29-Foot Cabin Cruiser

In the winter, there are always carbon monoxide fatalities when people use gas generators to warm their homes. In the summer, gas generators used to run air conditioning are often to blame for giving off deadly fumes that kill. Over the Fourth of July weekend a married couple was found dead inside their 29-foot cabin cruiser in New Smyrna Beach, […]

July 6, 2010/0 Comments/by