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…

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…

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…

Landlord Set To Stand Trial On Criminal Charges In The Carbon Monoxide Deaths Of Three Tenants

 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

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

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…

Three Maryland Men Killed By Carbon Monoxide From Gas Generator

No matter how many stories appear in newspapers on the topic, people obviously still don't seem to understand the danger of using gas-fueled generators indoors to heat their home. Or maybe they're so cold, they don't care and put on the generators. In…

Carbon Monoxide From Dryer Poisons 10 At A New York People Inc. Home

 One person was sent to the hospital and nine others were treated at the scene for carbon monoxide poisoning at a People Inc. home Monday in New York State. http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=77218&catid=13 The incident…

Carbon Monoxide From Generator Sickens Family Of 11 In New York State

When you don't have any electricity, I guess you don't think about the potential danger of using a portable generator in your home. But you should, as a family in the Mohawk Valley area of New York found out last week. Some 11 family members were sent…

Wisconsin Couple Killed By Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Two people died of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning last Saturday afternoon in their condominium in the city of Milton, Wis., the Rock County Sheriff’s Department reported. http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/92024159.html Joan Leith,…