Brooklyn Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Lawyer
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If you or a loved one suffered injuries due to negligent carbon monoxide poisoning, contact a premises liability attorney in Brooklyn today to pursue financial compensation — call (212) 564-2800.
Carbon monoxide is a natural byproduct of the partial combustion of flammable materials containing carbon. With adequate safety measures and proper ventilation, most of today’s appliances and equipment that release carbon monoxide gas are safe for use. However, poor maintenance, mechanical defects, improper use, and inadequate safety measures for carbon-monoxide producing appliances can cause this lighter-than-air gas to fill enclosed spaces. When people breathe carbon monoxide, the gas replaces oxygen in the cells, sometimes causing permanent impairment or death as a result. Common causes of carbon monoxide gas poisoning in Brooklyn include the following:
Many of the above products, devices, and appliances are present in Brooklyn homes, apartment buildings, and businesses. When these appliances are improperly used or experience ventilation failures or mechanical problems, carbon monoxide gas leaks can occur, causing severe injuries or death — reach out to one of our Brooklyn wrongful death attorneys if a loved one was killed due to a landlord’s negligence with appliance maintenance.
Alarmingly, around 1,800 New Yorkers require emergency treatment for carbon monoxide poisoning each year. Carbon monoxide gas leaks rarely make a sound. The gas has no odor or taste. By the time a victim shows symptoms, the injury is already serious and requires immediate action to prevent death. Symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning include the following:
Fast action is crucial when one or more people in a building show symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning. The condition is fatal when not immediately corrected and treated.
Property owners in Brooklyn have a legal responsibility to regularly inspect their properties, perform routine maintenance, and make prompt repairs, including to appliances and mechanical devices that produce carbon monoxide gas. Building owners should also install and maintain carbon monoxide detectors. Failing to take these reasonable measures is negligence.
When a property owner’s negligence causes injury to those legally on the property, the property owner is liable for the injury victim’s damages, like medical expenses, lost wages, and compensation for pain and suffering. If the carbon monoxide poisoning causes death, the closest family member of the decedent has the right to file a wrongful death claim for death benefits such as funeral and burial expenses and the lost earnings the decedent would have had remaining to them for their working years had they not died.
Suffering an injury or the death of a loved one due to a silent, invisible gas is bewildering and traumatic. It’s even worse knowing the injury was preventable if only someone else had taken the reasonable care required. Instead of taking on a challenging claim against an apartment building owner after carbon monoxide poisoning in Brooklyn, you can focus on your physical and emotional healing while we navigate your financial recovery.
Call (212) 564-2800 today or contact us online to schedule a free consultation.
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