Helen Palsgraf
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Helen Palsgraf was the injured passenger at the center of the landmark 1928 New York tort law case that reshaped the doctrine of proximate cause in American negligence jurisprudence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Helen Palsgraf canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4605111 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Helen Palsgraf Context triple: [Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co., plaintiff, Helen Palsgraf]
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A.
Dollree Mapp
Dollree Mapp was the Cleveland woman whose challenge to an unlawful police search led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Mapp v. Ohio, which applied the exclusionary rule to the states.
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B.
Isabel Sanford
Isabel Sanford was an American actress best known for her Emmy-winning role as Louise "Weezy" Jefferson on the groundbreaking sitcom The Jeffersons.
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C.
Christine Grady
Christine Grady is an American nurse-bioethicist who heads the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center and is known for her work on clinical research ethics.
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D.
Mary Corey
Mary Corey was a woman from colonial Salem, Massachusetts, remembered primarily as one of the victims associated with the Salem witch trials era.
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E.
Ellen Harding Casey
Ellen Harding Casey was the wife of former Pennsylvania governor Robert P. Casey and served as the state's First Lady, known for her involvement in public and charitable activities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Helen Palsgraf Target entity description: Helen Palsgraf was the injured passenger at the center of the landmark 1928 New York tort law case that reshaped the doctrine of proximate cause in American negligence jurisprudence.
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A.
Dollree Mapp
Dollree Mapp was the Cleveland woman whose challenge to an unlawful police search led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Mapp v. Ohio, which applied the exclusionary rule to the states.
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B.
Isabel Sanford
Isabel Sanford was an American actress best known for her Emmy-winning role as Louise "Weezy" Jefferson on the groundbreaking sitcom The Jeffersons.
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C.
Christine Grady
Christine Grady is an American nurse-bioethicist who heads the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center and is known for her work on clinical research ethics.
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D.
Mary Corey
Mary Corey was a woman from colonial Salem, Massachusetts, remembered primarily as one of the victims associated with the Salem witch trials era.
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E.
Ellen Harding Casey
Ellen Harding Casey was the wife of former Pennsylvania governor Robert P. Casey and served as the state's First Lady, known for her involvement in public and charitable activities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | person ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
negligence law
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tort law ⓘ |
| associatedLegalDoctrine |
foreseeability in negligence
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proximate cause ⓘ |
| associatedWithInstitution | Long Island Rail Road ⓘ |
| caseCitation |
Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co., 248 N.Y. 339 (1928)
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linked to:
Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co.
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| caseCourt | New York Court of Appeals ⓘ |
| caseDecidedInYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| caseOutcomeAtCourtOfAppeals | judgment for Palsgraf reversed ⓘ |
| countryOfLegalDispute |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| fullName | Helen Palsgraf ⓘ |
| hasLegacy | frequently cited example in teaching negligence and proximate cause ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | central figure in a landmark American negligence case ⓘ |
| injuredIn | Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. ⓘ |
| injuryLocation | Long Island Rail Road station platform ⓘ |
| injuryType | personal injury ⓘ |
| jurisdictionOfCase | New York ⓘ |
| legalSignificance | her case reshaped the doctrine of proximate cause in American tort law ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
American tort law casebooks
ⓘ
legal scholarship on proximate cause ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the plaintiff in the case Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. ⓘ |
| partyStatusInAppeal | respondent ⓘ |
| roleInCase | plaintiff ⓘ |
| stateOfLegalDispute | New York ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Helen Palsgraf Description of subject: Helen Palsgraf was the injured passenger at the center of the landmark 1928 New York tort law case that reshaped the doctrine of proximate cause in American negligence jurisprudence.
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