CITY OF JACKSON v. BALL

No. 07-CA-59497.

562 So.2d 1267 (1990)

CITY OF JACKSON v. Henry L. BALL and Lavon C. Ball.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 16, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew M. Moore, Jackson, for appellant.

Michael V. Ward, Thomas Y. Page, Upshaw Williams Biggers Page & Kruger, Jackson, for appellees.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court.

I.

Today's appellant presses a problem of the law of users of dangerous products and their duties to the public. A city water department chlorinating a new water line unwittingly released a burst of chlorine gas that struck a contractor's worker and injured him. The trial court imposed an additional duty to warn via jury instructions, but because the worker's supervisor well knew of the dangers of chlorine gas, the City...

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