Dewey v. A. F. Klaveness & Co.

O’CONNELL,

specially concurring.

The long delay in handing down the opinion in this case was occasioned by the court’s interest in re-examining the proximate cause formula for the purpose of determining whether that formula should be abandoned. The case was orally argued three times. The last argument concerned only the question of *520whether the proximate cause “doctrine” should be used in deciding the ease at bar. The court was aided in pursuing its study of the matter by very helpful briefs prepared by amici curiae.① These briefs were prepared in response to an invitation by the court in which…