Frederick Collin
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Frederick Collin was an American jurist who served as a judge on the New York Court of Appeals and authored the landmark opinion in MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co., which helped establish modern product liability law.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Frederick Collin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4605182 — 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: Frederick Collin Context triple: [MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co., judge, Frederick Collin]
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A.
Frank Campion
Frank Campion is a Canadian municipal politician who serves as the mayor of Welland, Ontario.
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B.
Jack Fawcett
Jack Fawcett was the son of British explorer Percy Fawcett who disappeared with his father during their ill-fated 1925 expedition into the Amazon in search of the lost city of "Z."
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C.
Arthur Gordon
Arthur Gordon was a notable member of the Philhellenes, a group distinguished by its strong admiration for and support of Greek culture and causes.
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D.
John Robie
John Robie is a retired jewel thief known as "The Cat" who becomes embroiled in a new string of robberies on the French Riviera in Alfred Hitchcock's film "To Catch a Thief."
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E.
Richard Rathbone
Richard Rathbone is a historian known for his scholarship on African history, particularly the political and social history of Ghana.
- 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: Frederick Collin Target entity description: Frederick Collin was an American jurist who served as a judge on the New York Court of Appeals and authored the landmark opinion in MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co., which helped establish modern product liability law.
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A.
Frank Campion
Frank Campion is a Canadian municipal politician who serves as the mayor of Welland, Ontario.
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B.
Jack Fawcett
Jack Fawcett was the son of British explorer Percy Fawcett who disappeared with his father during their ill-fated 1925 expedition into the Amazon in search of the lost city of "Z."
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C.
Arthur Gordon
Arthur Gordon was a notable member of the Philhellenes, a group distinguished by its strong admiration for and support of Greek culture and causes.
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D.
John Robie
John Robie is a retired jewel thief known as "The Cat" who becomes embroiled in a new string of robberies on the French Riviera in Alfred Hitchcock's film "To Catch a Thief."
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E.
Richard Rathbone
Richard Rathbone is a historian known for his scholarship on African history, particularly the political and social history of Ghana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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judge ⓘ jurist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
United States tort law
NERFINISHED
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product liability law ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | New York Court of Appeals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
jurisprudence
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law ⓘ |
| genre | judicial opinion ⓘ |
| hasRole | appellate judge ⓘ |
| influenced | development of duty of care in negligence law ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
authoring the opinion in MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co.
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contributions to modern product liability law ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| memberOf | New York judiciary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | helped establish modern product liability law through MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co. ⓘ |
| notableWork | opinion in MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co. ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
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jurist ⓘ |
| positionHeld | judge of the New York Court of Appeals ⓘ |
| significantCourtCase | MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Frederick Collin Description of subject: Frederick Collin was an American jurist who served as a judge on the New York Court of Appeals and authored the landmark opinion in MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co., which helped establish modern product liability law.
Referenced by (1)
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