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Did I Get Sick From Legionnaires’ Disease in Napa Without Knowing It?

Did you or a loved one get sick after visiting Napa or the Embassy Suites By Hilton Napa Valley between June and September of 2022?   If you suffered from flu-like symptoms such as cough, difficulty breathing, chest pain, fever, headache, tiredness, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea and were treated for pneumonia within this timeframe – you may...

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Average Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Lawsuit Settlement

If you or someone you love suffered carbon monoxide poisoning due to someone else’s negligence, you could have the legal right to bring a claim. Understandably, prospective clients want to know what a potential carbon monoxide poisoning lawsuit settlement would be worth. Every claim is different, so settlement amounts differ. Learn more about what your individual claim is worth...

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Do Landlords Have to Provide Carbon Monoxide Alarms in CA?

The impact of carbon monoxide can be deadly. Without question, living in a home with a carbon monoxide alarm is critical to protect the health and safety of every one of us. As a result, many renters are beginning to ask, do landlords have to provide carbon monoxide alarms in their apartments or rental homes? Read on as this...

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Can I Get Legionnaires’ Disease from Air Conditioning?

Legionnaires’ disease presents as a severe form of pneumonia. Caused by infection from Legionella bacterium, Legionnaires’ disease, and Pontiac fever spread through water droplets in the air. Legionella bacteria grow in warm, stagnant water and can be found in cooling towers for air conditioning in large buildings.  Consequently, one study reported that 20% of Legionnaires’ cases between 1980 and...

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Can I Get Legionnaires’ Disease from Showers?

Were you diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease? Are you wondering where you could have gotten it from? Maybe you are trying to think of how to get compensation for your medical costs, but you don’t know who would be liable. Maybe you are thinking, Can I get Legionnaires’ from my shower? The answer is yes; you can in fact contract...

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Carbon Dioxide Release at LAX Injures 4 with 1 in Critical Condition

Los Angeles, CA (October 31, 2022) – One airport worker was hospitalized and three others are injured after a carbon dioxide leak occurred in LAX Terminal 8 on Monday morning. The leak, which happened in the baggage claim area, led to a brief evacuation by the Los Angeles Fire Department at around 7 AM.  According to the LAFD, the leak...

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CONTRACTING LEGIONNAIRES’ DISEASE IN HOTELS

It is absolutely possible to get Legionnaires’ disease at a hotel. In fact, the first known outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease happened at a Pennsylvania Hotel during an annual convention of the American Legion in 1976. Over 2,000 former servicemen attended the event; 182 Legionnaires became ill and 29 died. Doctors could not figure out what the disease was until a CDC...

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RILEY | ERSOFF LLP SETTLES CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING CASE FOR $4,000,000

In February 2020, the firm’s clients Sandra and Bill Corning[1] moved to a 300 plus unit garden apartment building in West Los Angeles.  Sandra and Bill were on the cusp of retiring and looked forward to spending time with their two sons and future grandchildren.  Instead, Sandra and Bill were poisoned by carbon monoxide in their apartment that caused...

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Can You Get Legionnaires’ Disease from Steam Rooms and Saunas?

Did you visit a steam room or sauna and now you’re feeling ill? Are you wondering, if you get Legionnaires’ disease in saunas? Yes, you can. Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks happen because of someone else’s negligence. If you caught Legionnaires’ disease from a steam room or sauna the Legionnaires’ experts at Riley | Ersoff LLP can help.  How Can You...

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Can You Get Legionnaires’ Disease from Drinking Water?

We all need water. But what happens when the water source your landlord, hospital, nursing home or hotel provides is poisonous? You could contract a very serious illness. Waterborne illnesses such as Legionnaires’ disease can be incredibly debilitating—or even fatal—and you might be due compensation for the harm caused by those illnesses. At Riley | Ersoff, we are at...

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