Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co.

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:law
gptkbp:category	1928 in United States case law New York state case law landmark United States court case
gptkbp:citation	162 N.E. 99 248 N.Y. 339
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date	May 29, 1928
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:New_York_Court_of_Appeals
gptkbp:defendant	gptkb:Long_Island_Railroad_Company
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:William_S._Andrews
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Palsgraf_v._Long_Island_Railroad_Company
gptkbp:heldBy	A defendant owes a duty of care only to those who are in the reasonably foreseeable zone of danger.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co.
gptkbp:judge	gptkb:Benjamin_N._Cardozo gptkb:Cuthbert_W._Pound gptkb:Frederick_E._Crane gptkb:Irving_Lehman gptkb:John_F._O'Brien
gptkbp:legalCitation	tort law common law negligence proximate cause doctrine
gptkbp:legalSubject	negligence tort law proximate cause
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Benjamin_N._Cardozo
gptkbp:plaintiff	gptkb:Helen_Palsgraf
gptkbp:significance	Established the principle of foreseeability in negligence law.
gptkbp:state	gptkb:New_York
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Benjamin_N._Cardozo
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5