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A federal appeals court has significantly reduced a punitive damages award returned in a lawsuit filed against an apartment complex by a woman who suffered severe brain damage from carbon monoxide poisoning . The case involved injuries suffered by Amber Lompe at her home in the Sunridge Apartments in February 2011, when a gas leak from a furnace at the apartment complex caused her to suffer a severe brain injury from exposure to carbon monoxide . As a result of the leak, carbon monoxide levels in Lompe’s apartment reached 500 parts per million, which is more than ten times higher than what is considered a safe exposure. Ten days after the incident, the complex provided her with a carbon monoxide detector and destroyed the furnace, which she argued at trial was an effort to destroy evidence in the case. At trial before a federal jury in Wyoming, Lompe was awarded $2.65 million in compensatory damages, as well as an additional $25.5 million in punitive damages against Sunridge...

A federal appeals court has drastically reduced the punitive damages jury award to a woman who suffered severe injuries from carbon monoxide poisoning in her apartment, in a closely watched case . Amber Nicole Lompe , a then 20-year-old college student, was exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide from a malfunctioning furnace in her apartment at the Sunridge Apartments in Casper, Wyoming, in February 2011, according to Friday's ruling by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver in Amber Nicole Lompe v. Sunridge Partners L.L.C.; Apartment Management Consultants L.L.C. Ms. Lompe was evacuated from her apartment unit and taken to the hospital after a gas company employee detected high levels of carbon monoxide emanating from her apartment. She was treated for acute carbon monoxide poisoning , and as result of the incident has suffered from various neurological conditions including cognitive deficits , chronic headache, sleep disturbance and emotional disorders. She ...

A jury awarded $28.2 million to a woman who was poisoned by carbon monoxide at the Sunridge Apartments in Casper in what could be one of the largest civil judgments in state history. “What I have been told is it’s the largest personal injury verdict in the state of Wyoming,” said Tyson Logan, an attorney from the Jackson law firm that represented the woman, the Spence Law Firm . Amber Lompe, now 23, was poisoned by her furnace in 2011. She has a permanent brain injury that affects her memory, concentration, processing speed, attention and ability to multi-task, Lompe said Friday afternoon. “When I moved in there, I assumed everything was checked out and it was safe for me to live in,” she said. Before the poisoning, Sunridge’s owner and manager ignored warnings that the furnaces were dangerous and needed to be fixed or replaced. After the poisoning, the 30-year-old furnace in Lompe’s apartment was removed. Logan said the removal of the unit was part of a cover-up. On Dec. 20, a j...

MILTON, Wash. — A police officer opened fire and killed a gunman Monday after the man fatally shot his stepsister he was holding next to him in the parking lot of the Sunridge Apartments in Milton, police said. “Evidence recovered thus far indicated this was likely a ‘murder-suicide by cop’ incident,” a Milton Police Department news release said Monday night. Milton police officers responded at about 2 p.m. to a report of a man with a gun near a woman in the parking lot of the Sunridge Apartments at 6926 5th Street East in Milton. “It appeared the male suspect in this case had his arm wrapped around the female. They were engaged in some type of conversation,” said Puyallup police spokesman Scott Engle . A Milton police sergeant and officer challenged the man to put down his weapon. “At that point, the male suspect shot the female and she went down,” Engle said. Engle said the gunman fired two shots at the 43-year-old woman, who police later described as the gunman’s stepsister....

Flint Township police are investigating a Sunday morning shooting that left a 26-year-old man dead. Police were called to the 2900 building of Sunridge Apartment off Flushing Road about 12:15 a.m. for a shooting. The victim Shaman K. Matten was taken to Hurley Medical Center where he died of a gunshot wound. Police are asking anyone with information to call Flint Township police detectives Jim Daly , Sgt. Gene DuBuc or Lt. Bob Battinkoff at (810) 600-3250 or call 911. One neighbor, who didn't want to be identified, said she saw the crime tape and police at the building when she left her apartment Sunday morning . The woman, who has lived at the complex for 15 years, said crime is getting worse there and she fears for her safety and is upset the complex managers are not letting residents know about the shooting. "It's like they're trying to keep it a secret," she said. "That's not fair. I have to live here and deserve to know."

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Blacksburg Police responded to a man collapsing after moving in furniture on Friday, August 14. Blacksburg Rescue and Police units responded to the scene and tried to revive the man, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.   Lt. Mike Albert from Blacksburg Police assured that there was no foul play or suspicion involved with the situation. "It was a medical condition for the subject that was walking out of a building," Albert said. The man was moved from the scene approximately at 9:30 p.m.