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Man Suffers Brain Damage After Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Burlingame

The family filed a lawsuit against Hilton Hotels this month.

A man who was hopsitalized after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning at a Burlingame hotel in November has suffered brain damage and his family is suing the hotelier, according to reports in the Contra Costa Times.

The man, identified as pilot Robert McNamara, 58, filed the suit Jan. 11 in San Mateo County Superior Court, according to the Contra Costa Times. The suit seeks an unspecified amount in damages.

According to a Bay City News reports on Patch in November, the Embassy Suites carbon monoxide leak likely happened in a boiler that fed the pool and spa. The hotel was evacuated about 1 a.m. to test for carbon monoxide after McNamara was found unconscious.

According to the Contra Costa Times, McNamara was at the hotel for his job as with Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a firm that explores for oil and gas.

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Tom Eiseman June 6, 2013 at 07:59 am
It's not just you, it's all of us. I'll bet most of us have seen this happen all over town. PeopleRead More don't seem to be in the habit of checking for pedestrians, unless perhaps they're near a school. Drivers need to understand that they must watch, yield and wait. In large cities where there may be dozens of people in an intersection, drivers, for the most part, observe the law--there's safety in numbers. So when we're alone or in a small group, and find ourselves in a crosswalk around here, we all must remain alert and be ready to "jump out of the way" of some unobservant or inconsiderate driver.