Missing Carbon Monoxide Alarm Results in $3.25 Million Judgment
In The NewsTenant Awarded $3.25 Million for Carbon Monoxide Alarm Violation
Failure to Install a carbon monoxide alarm in a rental property has resulted in a $3.25 Judgment against a Stevens Point Landlord, Pamalla Schneider in a March jury trial in Portage…
New York TV Station Reporters Suffer Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Remote Trucks
In The News
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…
Two Men Killed By Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Arizona Mine
In The News
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…
Missouri Teenager Dies Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Two Others Hurt
In The News
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…
Texas EMT Killed, Two Hospitalized, In Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
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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…
Baltimore Jury Awards $34.3 Million To 23 Injured From Carbon Monoxide Exposure At Ruth's Chris Steakhouse
In The News
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…
Pandacide In China: Quan Quan Dies Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
In The News
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…
Florida Couple Killed By Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Their 29-Foot Cabin Cruiser
In The News
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…
Landlord Set To Stand Trial On Criminal Charges In The Carbon Monoxide Deaths Of Three Tenants
In The News
In an unusual case, a landlord in Long Island, N.Y., is about to stand trial for criminally negligent homicide in the deaths of three tenants who succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning.
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/landlord-charged-in-deaths-may-have-to-defend-himself-1.1989666
It's…
Ohio Couple Killed By Carbon Monoxide From SUV Left Running In Garage
In The News
Here are two more tragic carbon monoxide poisoning deaths.
Last Saturday a married couple, Brian and Shirley Sterling, 52 and 47, respectively, were found dead around noon in their home in Austintown, Ohio, by their daughter.
http://www.vindy.com/news/2010/jun/06/couple-found-dead-in-home/
She…
Forklifts Emitting Carbon Monoxide Sicken 40 Employees At Texas, North Carolina Plants
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Not only gas-generated heaters, but now forklifts, are causing carbon monoxide poisoning.
There were two incidents Tuesday involving factories, a fish-packing operation and a blueberry plant. In both cases roughly 20 employees got carbon…