Florence S. Leeds, Respondent v. New York Telephone Company, Appellant

Summary

The Court reversed the Appellate Division's judgment and ordered a new trial, holding that the telephone company's negligence in maintaining a wire on an aging chimney was not the proximate cause of the plaintiff's injuries because the derrick boom acted as an intervening cause. The dissent argued that both the telephone company and the contracting firm were concurrent proximate causes and should be jointly liable.