Ball v. Smith

Walterskirchen, J.*

This appeal arises from an action to recover damages resulting from personal injuries sustained by Kelly Jefferson, the 7-month-old son of plaintiff Mattie Ball, when a “live” electric plug was placed into the infant’s mouth in some unknown manner. Mattie Ball, personally, and as guardian ad litem for her son, appeals from a judgment of dismissal entered on a jury defense verdict in her lawsuit against her landlord Roy H. Smith in which she alleged that her son’s injuries were caused by Smith’s negligence in making a temporary electrical repair.1

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