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Pueblo brothers sue landlord, say carbon monoxide poisoning left them with permanent brain damage

Denver7 · · 562 words · By Robert Garrison
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— Two Pueblo brothers filed a lawsuit last week claiming their landlord’s negligence left them with permanent brain damage after carbon monoxide poisoning in their apartment.

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What happened

— Two Pueblo brothers filed a lawsuit last week claiming their landlord’s negligence left them with permanent brain damage after carbon monoxide poisoning in their apartment.

Why it matters

Fort Collins-based Cannon Law, on behalf of Branden and Dameion Quintana, filed the complaint in Pueblo County Court on April 7 against C & S Grand Investments, LLC, and its managing member, Jason Scott Berrier.

Common ground

According to the lawsuit, the two brothers were hospitalized with life-threatening carbon monoxide poisoning in April 2024 from a malfunctioning furnace, which the landlord allegedly tried to fix himself without a required license.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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Claim 1: “Cannon Law, on behalf of Branden and Dameion Quintana, filed the complaint in Pueblo County Court on April 7 against C & S Grand Investments, LLC, and its managing member, Jason Scott Berrier.”
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The claim is mentioned in one web search result about the lawsuit filing date. Other web results reference unrelated legal cases or Wikipedia entries about unrelated individuals.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Aileen Mercedes Cannon (born 1981) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. She was appointed in 2020…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Howard Walter Cannon (January 26, 1912 – March 5, 2002) was an American politician from Nevada. A member of the Democratic Party, he served four terms in the United States Senate representing Nevada f…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Todd Wallace Blanche (; born August 6, 1974) is an American attorney and former prosecutor who has served as the acting United States attorney general since April 2026. Blanche has also served as the …
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Claim 2: “Two Pueblo brothers filed a lawsuit last week claiming their landlord’s negligence left them with permanent brain damage after carbon monoxide poisoning in their apartment.”
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web search NEUTRAL — PUEBLO, Colo. —TwoPueblobrothersfiledalawsuitlast week claiming theirlandlord'snegligenceleft them with permanent brain damage aftercarbonmonoxidepoisoningintheirapartment. Fort Collins-based Cannon L…
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web search NEUTRAL — $51 Million Jury Award to Family inCarbonMonoxideLeak Case This month, a Texas jury awarded a family $51 million in damages after finding an apartment complex liable for acarbonmonoxideleak that occur…
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web search NEUTRAL — The families of three North Shore women who died fromcarbonmonoxidepoisoningwhile vacationing in Belize havefiledawrongful deathlawsuitinfederal court in Massachusetts,alleging...
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Claim 3: “The lawsuit claims that both men were diagnosed with long-term brain injuries.”
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Claim 4: “The lawsuit claims the two brothers were hospitalized with life-threatening carbon monoxide poisoning in April 2024 from a malfunctioning furnace, which the landlord allegedly tried to fix himself without a required license.”
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No evidence was found in web search or Wikipedia to confirm the furnace malfunction dates. All sources are unrelated.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Aldair Alejandro Quintana Rojas (born 11 July 1994) is a professional association footballer from Colombia. He plays as a goalkeeper for Independiente del Valle in the Ecuadorian Serie A. Quintana was…
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Claim 5: “Colorado law requires CO detectors to be installed in all residential properties that are rented, sold or remodeled.”
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Claim 6: “The brothers were discharged from the hospital early the next morning with instructions not to return home as firefighters found CO levels above 500 ppm in the apartment unit.”
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Claim 7: “The furnace malfunctioned two times in December 2023 and again in March 2024, according to the lawsuit.”
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Claim 8: “Carbon monoxide incidents in Colorado are an ongoing, persistent public health threat as CO deaths have never dropped below 40 in any year from 2000 to 2024, according to data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.”
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No evidence was found in web search or Wikipedia to confirm CO death statistics. All sources are unrelated.
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Claim 9: “The property is located at 2805 N. Grand Avenue in Pueblo.”
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Claim 10: “Unknown to the Quintanas, Defendant Berrier did not possess a mechanical license as required to work on fuel-fired appliances by the City of Pueblo.”
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No evidence was found in web search or Wikipedia to confirm Jason Scott Berrier's licensing status. All sources are unrelated.
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