Eddy v. Missouri Public Service Company

HUNTER, Judge.

This is an appeal by defendant, Missouri Public Service Company, from a judgment entered on a jury verdict for plaintiff, Mildred Eddy, in the sum of $500 for personal injuries allegedly resulting from her inhalation of a natural gas odorizer negligently permitted by defendant to saturate the air where she was working.

Defendant utility distributes natural gas in the City of Marshall, Missouri. This natural gas, purchased by it from the pipelines of Cities Service Pipeline Company, has no odor, and its presence cannot be discovered by sight, smell or taste. According to the…