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Suppliers' duty extends to humans' property
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1982.tb04847.x
Subject(s) - carp , duty , potable water , law , property (philosophy) , fish <actinopterygii> , business , political science , environmental science , fishery , environmental engineering , biology , philosophy , epistemology
A Hawaii appellate court ruled that a water company had a duty to provide potable water for humans and their property, including pet fish. In 1975, the Kajiyas discovered their 52 pet carp either dead or dying on their pond. Their claim that the deaths were caused by the water department's addition of an amount of chlorine toxic to carp was dismissed by a trial court. The appellate court disagreed, concluding that although potable water for humans was the board's primary duty, its secondary responsibility was for a human's property and that warning of the danger possible from increased chlorination should have been given.