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Missing Carbon Monoxide Alarm Results in $3.25 Million Judgment

Tenant 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…

Minneapolis Condo Building Evacuated After Carbon Monoxide Leak

About 100 people were rousted from a large Minneapolis condominium building Monday night after a carbon monoxide scare. Better safe than sorry, despite the inconvenience, as far as this attorney is concerned.    http://www.startribune.com/local/104338633.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUg7Kk8P3iUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU7DYaGEP7vDEh7P:DiUs# Firefighters…

Four Men Discovered Dead In Van From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

This is the most deadly carbon monoxide case I've heard of recently.  Four men were found dead Tuesday morning in a van outside Wichita, Kan., apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning. http://www.kansas.com/2010/10/05/1527852/four-men-found-dead-at-santa-fe.html The…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…