Burdett v. Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co.

I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion in this case in holding that the defendant was not negligent in the initial installation of the telephone in plaintiff’s home. The light cord to the lighting fixture on the bed was installed long prior to the installation of the telephone. The defendant, in installing the wires and bringing the telephone line into plaintiffs bed room, installed the box and its wires in such close proximity to the light wires going to plaintiff’s bed lamp that defendant should have anticipated the hazard and tragic consequences which could happen during an…