Cooley v. Public Service Co.

During a storm, Public Service Co.'s (defendant) uninsulated electric wires broke and fell onto insulated telephone wires above a public street, creating an electric shock that produced a loud explosive noise in a public phone Cooley (plaintiff) was using, causing her traumatic neurosis and partial loss of sensation; a jury found for the telephone company but against Public Service, and Public appealed, with the appellate court reversing.