Entries by Attorney Gordon Johnson

Ky. legal experts mull reopening deadly 1977 fire

Date: 10/28/2008 By ROGER ALFORDAssociated Press WriterFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) _ Gov. Steve Beshear said Tuesday he has asked legal experts to determine whether new evidence warrants reopening an investigation into one of the nation’s deadliest fires, a nightclub blaze that killed 165 people more than 30 years ago. Survivors of the 1977 fire at the […]

Five Students Sickened by Aerosol Product

Date: 10/24/2008METAMORA, Ill. (AP) — Five students needed hospital treatment for breathing problems after someone sprayed an aerosol product on a school bus. Officials said 63 students were on the bus heading to a grade school in Metamora. Four boys and a girl, ages 7 to 13, were affected by the spray. Metamora Superintendent Trish […]

FEMA disputes formaldehyde study of Iowa trailers

Date: 10/21/2008 10:44 PM By NIGEL DUARAAssociated Press Writer IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) _ The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday questioned a TV station’s findings of high formaldehyde levels in agency-issued trailers and said the lifestyles and habits of the flood victims living in the trailers may be to blame. Government tests have shown […]

Another Murray mine fined for safety violations

Date: 10/8/2008 2:28 PM By TIM HUBERAP Business Writer CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A coal company belonging to Bob Murray, the mine owner who entered the national spotlight last year when nine people died in a Utah mine, was fined $1.46 million Wednesday by federal regulators for safety violations at an Illinois operation. Murray Energy’s Galatia […]

Carbon Monoxide: The statistical data

Facts about carbon monoxide poisoning: Most signs and symptoms of CO exposure are nonspecific (e.g., headache or nausea) and can be mistakenly attributed to other causes, such as viral illnesses. Undetected or unsuspected CO exposure can result in death. – Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report The true incidence of CO poisoning is not known, since […]

Islanders who insisted on staying died in Ike

Date: 10/4/2008 1:58 PM By MONICA RHORAssociated Press Writer GALVESTON, Texas (AP) _ The final hours brought the awful realization to victims of Hurricane Ike that they had waited too long. This storm wasn’t like the others, the ones that left nothing worse than a harrowing tale to tell. George Helmond, a hardy Galveston salt, […]