Death from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by defective furnace

Settlement of wrongful death claims for the estate of a 39 year-old live-in caretaker who died from carbon monoxide poisoning in the home of her employer, a 90 year-old woman, who also passed away at the employer’s Massachusetts home. SUGARMAN attorneys filed suit against the owner of the property, a trust that named the elderly woman’s son as trustee, for failure to have working carbon monoxide detectors. After obtaining a preliminary injunction requiring the trust to place all proceeds of the sale of the home into escrow, the plaintiff settled with the trust before pursuing claims against an HVAC company who negligently serviced and maintained the home’s furnace, which had improper ventilation. The estate settled with the HVAC defendant shortly after the claims were filed. The caretaker, a Jamaican immigrant, left behind three adult children.