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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…

Carbon Monoxide Detectors A Must For Elderly Loved Ones, Neighbors

Let's hope a life lesson, about how to look out for your elders, is learned from this tragedy. An 82-year-old Wyckoff, N.J., woman last week died of carbon monoxide in her bedroom, which was located  above the garage where she had left her…

Three Die In Jeep Of Apparent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Maine

Three people, apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, were found dead Saturday in a Jeep that got stuck in a Maine bog, according to The Portland Press Herald. http://www.pressherald.com/news/Three-die-of-carbon-monoxide-poisoning.html The…

Connecticut Mandated Carbon Monoxide Detectors In Homes Under Renovation

Connecticut Wednesday passed a bill that mandates carbon monoxide detectors be installed temporarily at homes undergoing alterations if they have a fireplace, fuel-burning appliance or attached garage, according to the Associated Press. http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/481404268ff645c3b71da0226381e48a/CT--Smoke-Detectors/ The…

Wyoming Woman, With TBI After Carbon Monoxide Leak, Sues Landlord

A Wyoming woman has filed a federal lawsuit against the owner of an apartment complex, claiming she suffered traumatic brain injury following a carbon monoxide leak last year, according to the Casper Star-Tribune. http://trib.com/news/local/casper/casper-woman-sues-apartment-owner-operator-for-carbon-monoxide-poisoning/article_1245d238-2834-5697-a8cb-a9801477ba6e.html Amber…

Carbon Monoxide Leak At Arena Sends 50 To Hospital

Roughly 50 people were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning following a hockey game in an arena in Canada, according to CTV News. http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20120507/carbon-monoxide-poisoning-bc-arena-120507/ The incident happened Saturday…

Wisconsin Woman Died Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Trailer Fire ppe

A Chippewa Falls, Wis., woman died following a trailer home fire last week was killed by carbon monoxide poisoning, according to a report released Wednesday by the local fire department. The victim was Kathleen Lindsey, who apparently was overcome…

Five Die Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Washington, D.C., Suburb

Five Salvadoran immigrants died of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning Tuesday in a home in Oxon Hill, Md., according to The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/five-killed-in-oxon-hill-home-by-apparent-carbon-monoxide-poisoning/2012/04/24/gIQArPHefT_story.html The…

West Virginia Hotel Faces Third Lawsuit Over Fatal Carbon Monoxide Leak

A third lawsuit has been filed over a carbon monoxide leak at a Charleston, W.Va., hotel that killed one guest and injured other lodgers. The newest suit was filed April 10 by Shirley and Tony Linn, who live in Patterson, La., according to…

Carbon Monoxide Sends Seven To Pennsylvania Hospital

Seven people in Westtown, Pa., were taken to the hospital Saturday night after being exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide at a home, according to the Mainline Media News. http://mainlinemedianews.com/articles/2012/04/15/main_line_suburban_life/news/doc4f8abafe5e95c227565971.txt The…

Tennessee Requires Rental RVs To Have Carbon Monoxide Detectors

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam last week signed into a law a bill that mandates that all lease or rental recreational vehicles in the state have working carbon monoxide detectors, according to Clarksville Online. http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2012/04/13/tennessee-governor-bill-haslam-signs-carbon-monoxide-protection-bill-sponsored-by-montgomery-county-delegation/ The…