City of Jackson v. Ball

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 had no further duty to warn. In this context, we may only reverse.

II

A

Henry L. Ball is an adult resident citizen of Florence, Mississippi. At the time in question, Ball was…