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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…

Four Family Members Killed By Carbon Monoxide In Their California Home

Here's a scene that will be played out again and again during the winter when poor people's electricity is turned off. Four family members were found dead in their Oakhurst, Calif., home Sunday, victims of carbon monoxide poisoning.  http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_17122304?nclick_check=1  The…

Veteran Surgeon Dies Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Hunting Club

A elderly surgeon died of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning in an Arkansas hunting club last weekend.  http://www.baxterbulletin.com/article/20110112/NEWS01/101120337 Dr. Tom Bell of Harrison, Ark., and William Hicks of Yellville, Ark.,…

Vermont Students Striken By Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Eleven students and a staff member at a Vermont school were hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning Thursday, according to the Associated Press.  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/06/AR2011010603080.html The…

Five Teens Die Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Hialeah Motel

Five teenagers were found dead in a Hialeah, Fla., motel, the apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, according to several press reports. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/12/27/1990337/five-men-found-dead-inside-hialeah.html# One of the…

South Chicago Man Dies From Accidental Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

A South Chicago man was killed by carbon monoxide poisoning at his home Saturday night, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/2815002-418/carbon-monoxide-according-charles-died.html The victim, 45-year-old Leroy…

Faulty Boiler, And Foolish Homeowners, Add Up To Two Carbon Monoxide Deaths In Chicago

 There was a senseless double tragedy in Chicago this week, as two people were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning on separate days in the same home in the West Englewood neighborhood, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.  The second death…

Rochester Nursing Home Evacuated, Three Sickened By Carbon Monoxide

 A nursing home in suburban Rochester, N.Y., had to be evacuated due to high levels of carbon monoxide, which made three residents ill early Thanksgiving Day, according to the Associated Press.  http://online.wsj.com/article/AP045c152fbb704503bbd9396601fc7234.html# Firefighters…

Police Are Investigating Carbon Monoxide Deaths Of Colorado Mother, Daughter

The death of a woman and her daughter, apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, are under investigation in Colorado, according to the Denver Post.  http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_16653435 The bodies of the woman, Patrice Clark, and…

Carbon Monoxide Leak Sends Four Green Bay Apartment Dwellers To The Hospital

Four people were hospitalized Monday following a carbon monoxide leak in a Green Bay,  Wis., apartment building, according to the Green Bay Press Gazette.   http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20101115/GPG0101/101115011/4-hospitalized-after-carbon-monoxide-leak-at-west-side-apartment-building?GID=1J2vVsSUrLwpSZrHMcsk7+uSsMoV+9sLWlVplzyJJ9A%3D After…

Aspen To Pay $50,000 For Defense Fund For City Employees Charged In Carbon Monoxide Death Of Family

Here is a horrendous case of carbon monoxide poisoning: A family from Denver wins a holiday stay in Aspen in a charity auction, and all four family members die on Thanksgiving 2008 from the lethal fumes at the vacation home. Parker Lofgren,…