The prognosis for a person with carbon monoxide poisoning is difficult to predict.
Death can result from severe cases.
Even with proper treatment, some people develop long-term brain damage, resulting in complications such as severe memory loss, difficulty thinking, or other neurologic or psychiatric problems.
Others appear to have no long-term problems.
The symptoms she’s claiming are all the short term symptoms of CO poisoning and are classic. These go away after exposure to fresh air. Any neurological symptoms of long-term duration would be the same as any other lack-of-oxygen case e.g. decreased mental capacity, short-term memory loss, behavioral differences. CO poisoning just doesn’t cause long-term nausea, headaches or poor breathing – those are the short-term effects. CO poisoning is essentially oxygen deprivation. To determine if she’s legit look up the long-term symptoms of oxygen deprivation.
first of all, do not all cars emit this product as a result of engine running? so how can she claim that it is the landlord’s fault and have his insurance pay for her suffering? how can she place blame on him and the building she lives in? she can’t! funny how folks want to give blame to others and then get their money instead of using their own. this will never work! think about it, does she sit at home all day and never gotten out of the house all these years? does she live in an auto repair shop working on engines where they have to turn the car on? in most of this cases, they have an attachment to the muffler to bring the foul air out of the garage. so truly, this is a good case of FRIVILOUS and she should be paying the lawyers for having to take an attempt the case.
Usually I look at these lawsuits as frivilous too. But, there is a chance that a faulty furnace or water heater will cause carbon monoxide poisoning. There is not enough info in the article to know if there were tests done at the house and what medically is really wrong with her.
She just may be blond and that is what is causing it.
I just read about this in more detail in the Advisen newletter. It was a faulty heater that caused the Carbon Monoxide poisoning. She’ll probably win this…
faulty water heater…but then poisoning from this does not make sense, would that have to be a very long exposure. so how did they find out about the water heater? is it not her responsibility to let the landlord know of a problem? so is not part of the responsibility hers? truly, i think she has medical problems but the can’t all be from this. she probably trying to get someone else to pay for her medical bills.
The heater, as in the device to heat the residence was faulty. It is up to the landlord to provide for a safe environment for the building attachments that he controls. A faulty heater can put out CO and still be working as a heater. Unlike car exhaust, CO does not have an odor and can build up in the residence. It is pretty clear that the landlord is at fault, the question is will the insurer have to pay. I suspect that the insurer may skate if the absolute pollution exclusion was on the policy.
Hopefully the landlord had a hold-harmless clause in the lease and the renter accepted the place “as is”. Unless the landlord had actual or constructive notice of a problem, and assuming he had routine inspections performed, there is no negligence hence no liability. Of course, “this isn’t about money”.
well, it is about money otherwise she would not be suing. she’s looking for her medical bills to be paid for and any other assistance to help her on with life. now, can any of this becaused by smoking a cigarette? whether her, herself or in a restaurant, bar or at a friends house.
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Carbon monoxide poisoning does not cause permanent damage and is cured by several minutes in clear air.
She was probably poisoned but I highly doubt the permanent damage claim.
As for CO being a pollutant, it is recognized by the EPA as one.
From EMedicine.
Outlook
The prognosis for a person with carbon monoxide poisoning is difficult to predict.
Death can result from severe cases.
Even with proper treatment, some people develop long-term brain damage, resulting in complications such as severe memory loss, difficulty thinking, or other neurologic or psychiatric problems.
Others appear to have no long-term problems.
The symptoms she’s claiming are all the short term symptoms of CO poisoning and are classic. These go away after exposure to fresh air. Any neurological symptoms of long-term duration would be the same as any other lack-of-oxygen case e.g. decreased mental capacity, short-term memory loss, behavioral differences. CO poisoning just doesn’t cause long-term nausea, headaches or poor breathing – those are the short-term effects. CO poisoning is essentially oxygen deprivation. To determine if she’s legit look up the long-term symptoms of oxygen deprivation.
She’s scamming.
first of all, do not all cars emit this product as a result of engine running? so how can she claim that it is the landlord’s fault and have his insurance pay for her suffering? how can she place blame on him and the building she lives in? she can’t! funny how folks want to give blame to others and then get their money instead of using their own. this will never work! think about it, does she sit at home all day and never gotten out of the house all these years? does she live in an auto repair shop working on engines where they have to turn the car on? in most of this cases, they have an attachment to the muffler to bring the foul air out of the garage. so truly, this is a good case of FRIVILOUS and she should be paying the lawyers for having to take an attempt the case.
Usually I look at these lawsuits as frivilous too. But, there is a chance that a faulty furnace or water heater will cause carbon monoxide poisoning. There is not enough info in the article to know if there were tests done at the house and what medically is really wrong with her.
She just may be blond and that is what is causing it.
I just read about this in more detail in the Advisen newletter. It was a faulty heater that caused the Carbon Monoxide poisoning. She’ll probably win this…
faulty water heater…but then poisoning from this does not make sense, would that have to be a very long exposure. so how did they find out about the water heater? is it not her responsibility to let the landlord know of a problem? so is not part of the responsibility hers? truly, i think she has medical problems but the can’t all be from this. she probably trying to get someone else to pay for her medical bills.
The heater, as in the device to heat the residence was faulty. It is up to the landlord to provide for a safe environment for the building attachments that he controls. A faulty heater can put out CO and still be working as a heater. Unlike car exhaust, CO does not have an odor and can build up in the residence. It is pretty clear that the landlord is at fault, the question is will the insurer have to pay. I suspect that the insurer may skate if the absolute pollution exclusion was on the policy.
Hopefully the landlord had a hold-harmless clause in the lease and the renter accepted the place “as is”. Unless the landlord had actual or constructive notice of a problem, and assuming he had routine inspections performed, there is no negligence hence no liability. Of course, “this isn’t about money”.
well, it is about money otherwise she would not be suing. she’s looking for her medical bills to be paid for and any other assistance to help her on with life. now, can any of this becaused by smoking a cigarette? whether her, herself or in a restaurant, bar or at a friends house.