Envy Apartment

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...