Posted on 29th July 2010 by Gordon Johnson in Uncategorized
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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 verdict followed a 13-week trial and two days of deliberations by the jury, which awarded damages for negligence, public nuisance and battery against two defendants. They were MJ Harbor Hotel LLC, which operates the hotel where the incident took place, the Pier V, and the hotel’s owner, TPOB Pier 5 LLC.
Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse wasn’t a defendant in the lawsuit.
In a press release plaintiffs’ attorney William Murphy, Jr., speaking on behalf of co-counsel, Mary McNamara-Koch, Richard Falcon and A. Donald Discepolo, said, “We are proud to have brought justice and compensation to our injured clients and their families with this verdict. This preventable tragedy will forever impact their lives but hopefully this award will help to ease the pain and lessen the burden on them as they try to rebuild their lives.”
Baltimore City firefighters who responded to the scene testified that the carbon monoxide levels in the restaurant were the highest that they had seen in their careers. The carbon monoxide release caused the complete evacuation of the restaurant and hotel lobby at the Pier V complex Feb. 2, 2008.
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Posted on 28th July 2010 by Gordon Johnson in Uncategorized
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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 and chlorine fumes.
http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/revered-chinese-panda-quan-quan-dies-from-gas-poisoning/19571855
I guess this sad accidental death is a reminder that animals, both those we find in the zoo as well as our pets, are as vulnerable to carbon monoxide poisoning as we are.
Pandas, an endangered species, are not only beloved for their unique appearance. They are considered a national symbol in China. So it’s no surprise that the Chinese are taking Quan Quan’s death very seriously, and have arrested a man in connection with the panda’s accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.
Quan Quan, 21 in human years and 70 in panda years, was taken to a hospital Thursday after being poisoned by the carbon monoxide and chlorine at the Jinan Zoo in the Shandong Province. But she died after three hours of emergency treatment, according to AOL News.
The man charged in Quan Quan’s death had workers disinfecting an old air raid shelter he was going to use to grow mushrooms, AOL quoted the state news agency Xinhua as saying.
The toxic gas they were using to disinfect the shelter came through an air pipe that was installed to cool off the pandas.
Quan Quan is the second panda to die at at the zoo during the past few years.
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Posted on 6th July 2010 by Gordon Johnson in Uncategorized
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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 Fourth of July weekend a married couple was found dead inside their 29-foot cabin cruiser in New Smyrna Beach, Fla. Howard Lupton, 50, and his wife Sandra, 48, of Palatka, Fla., were discovered by their son on Sunday morning.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/local/southeast-volusia/2010/07/05/fumes-suspected-in-boat-deaths.html
According to authorities, the Luptons had a generator operating in the engine room of their boat, apparently to air condition their bedroom. It’s believed carbon monoxide from that generator killed them.
It’s happened before. Joy Hill, a spokewoman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, told the Palatka Daily News that this incident is the fourth such carbon monoxide poisoning she’s dealt with in more than a dozen years with the commission.
http://www.palatkadailynews.com/articles/2010/07/06/news/news01.txt
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