NEW ORLEANS — Family members of 3 travelers who passedaway while staying at an Airbnb in Mexico City, obviously of carbon monoxide poisoning, prompted the short-term rental business Thursday to need detectors in residentialorcommercialproperties it lists to avoid future disasters.
“Our primary objective is to shot to get the word out to those preparation to usage short-term leasings like Airbnb,” stated Jennifer Marshall, whose boy, Jordan Marshall, was one of the tourists. “We desire to put pressure on Airbnb to control and required carbon monoxide detectors going forward. It’s the just method we might believe of to honor our kids.”
Lawyer L. Chris Stewart of the Atlanta-based company Stewart Miller Simmons Trial Attorneys likewise stated a wrongful death suit is prepared versus Airbnb and others as a outcome of the occurrence.
“We’re asking Airbnb to required that all of their listings have detectors,” he stated. “They’ve produced global and nationwide prohibits on celebrations, on weapons, on cams. They might quickly required carbon monoxide detectors too. They understand they’ve been killing individuals in their leasings. We understand of at least 3 other cases.”
Stewart stated nevertheless that they are waitingfor info from privateinvestigators in Mexico to identify “all the accuseds” priorto filing the match.
The 3 tourists who passedaway Oct. 30 were Kandace Florence, 28, of Virginia Beach, Virginia; her longtime pal, Jordan Marshall, 28, who was likewise from Virginia Beach however was mentor in New