The symptoms of children exposed to Carbon Monoxide can range from being dizzy and nauseous when you are awake, to never waking up when the child is asleep.
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The most common causes of Carbon Monoxide poisoning or exposure include automobile exhaust, parked vehicles, especially RV’s and Campers are of a great concern. Cars left with their engines running in a garage may cause deadly fumes to seep through the home.
Other sources of Carbon Monoxide exposure to children include gasoline powered generators and and interior space heaters in the winter months. The use of a gas oven to heat a home, cabin, or residence may be a source of these toxic fumes inhaled by a child or baby.
Landlords and rental homeowners may face legal responsibility for failure to have Carbon Monoxide detectors.
Building codes, fire codes, Safety Codes, Ordinances and other regulatory. Administrative and other rules, regulations, laws must be reviewed and assessed for possible additional legal theories. Inspections, permits.
Simply having a CM alarm may not be a sufficient defense to a lawsuit for Carbon Monoxide exposure to a child, infant or baby. Landlord and building management companies may be liable for their negligent failure to inspect and maintain such Carbon Monoxide detectors and alarms in good working order.
Homeowners Associations may also be included as negligent and responsible parties to a claim for personal injury to a infant because of lethal exposure to Carbon Monoxide.
Not all cases of Carbon Monoxide exposure or injury to a minor must become lawsuits, most cases and claims will settle. Sometimes the information that is needed to prove the Carbon Monoxide child injury lawsuit case requires that a lawsuit be early filed for purposes of preserving facts, testimony, getting subpoena power and demanding documents, records, emails and other evidence that would never be voluntarily provided without the lawsuit.
If you are searching for a lawyer or law firm that accepts Carbon Monoxide overdose wrongful death cases then please accept our sympathies, and consider to contact us to learn more about your family’s legal rights.
