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Live Nation Found Not Liable for Death of 3 Campers at Michigan Music Fest

BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Concert promoter Live Nation isn’t responsible for the deaths of three young men who succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator while camping at a Michigan music festival in 2021, the state appeals court said. …

14 People in Yale Building Hospitalized for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Blood tests of a construction worker who collapsed Wednesday outside a building owned by Yale University led emergency crews to uncover potentially lethal levels of carbon monoxide inside. Another 13 people were hospitalized, but the discovery may have prevented a …

6 People, 5 of Them Children, Injured by Carbon Monoxide in Fort Worth

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – Six people, five of them children, were hospitalized in critical condition after being exposed to carbon monoxide, apparently from a running vehicle at their home, according to fire officials in Fort Worth, Texas. Fire Department …

Ohio Hotel Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Leaves 7 in Critical Condition

Seven people were hospitalized in critical condition Jan. 29 after suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning at a Hampton Inn in Ohio, officials said. A total of nine people were taken to local hospitals, according to The Columbus Dispatch. Marysville Fire …

At Least 57 People Died in the February Winter Storm in Texas

At least 57 people died in Texas as a result of the mid-February 2021 winter storm, according to preliminary data the state health department released March 15. The largest number of deaths — at least 25 — occurred in Harris …

North Carolina Public Housing Residents Evacuated Over Carbon Monoxide Exposure

Hundreds of people have been relocated from a North Carolina public housing community over ongoing concerns about carbon monoxide. The Durham Housing Authority said in a statement Friday night that it was conducting an “immediate emergency relocation” of all McDougald …

6 Washington Patrol Troopers Sue Ford Over Carbon Monoxide

Six Washington State Patrol troopers have filed a class-action lawsuit against Ford Motor Company saying their patrol vehicles gave them carbon monoxide poisoning. KOIN reported the lawsuit, filed last week in Clark County Superior Court, states the troopers suffered physical …

Illnesses at Houston Workplace Blamed on Carbon Monoxide

About two dozen people have been treated for apparent carbon monoxide poisoning at a Houston food distribution center. Firefighters were summoned to the center along the city’s Produce Row after workers reported experiencing nausea, headache and dizziness. Authorities say they …

Family of Boy Killed by Carbon Monoxide at North Carolina Hotel Settles for $12M

Attorneys say the family of a boy who died from carbon monoxide poisoning at a North Carolina Best Western hotel in 2013 has agreed to settle wrongful death and injury lawsuits. The family’s attorneys said in a news release Monday …

Massachusetts Family Still Without Power Poisoned by CO from Generator

A Massachusetts family still without power days after a violent wind and rain storm struck New England was taken to the hospital after carbon monoxide from an outside generator seeped into their home. Fire officials in Methuen, Mass., say a …