Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co.
GPTKB entity
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
legal case
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| gptkbp:caseOutcome |
defendant not liable
details of the incident summary of the court's decision analysis of the legal outcome interpretation of negligence law shaped modern negligence law |
| gptkbp:caseTypes |
No. 1
tort case |
| gptkbp:court |
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkb:Long_Island_Railroad_Company 1928-05-29 Helen Palsgraf argued lack of foreseeability claimed damages for injuries employee's actions caused the incident injury from falling scales ruling on foreseeability |
| gptkbp:decidedBy |
gptkb:New_York_Court_of_Appeals
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| gptkbp:hasLegalEvent |
cited in subsequent cases
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| gptkbp:hasLegalStatus |
theory of negligence applied
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| gptkbp:historicalEvent |
appealed from lower court
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co.
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| gptkbp:impact |
influenced_tort_law_in_the_United_States
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| gptkbp:judges |
gptkb:Benjamin_Cardozo
dissent_by_Justice_Andrews majority_opinion_by_Cardozo |
| gptkbp:legalStatus |
negligence
tort law duty of care discussed in legal textbooks proximate cause no liability for unforeseeable consequences |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:New_York
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| gptkbp:notableFeature |
analyzed in law schools
248 N.Y. 339 often cited in legal discussions judgment based on foreseeability relevant to discussions of duty of care used as a case study in tort law landmark_case_in_American_tort_law |
| gptkbp:outcome |
judgment for the defendant
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| gptkbp:precedent |
established foreseeability as a test for negligence
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| gptkbp:relatedPatent |
gptkb:Donoghue_v._Stevenson
context of the case in legal history implications for future negligence cases |
| gptkbp:significance |
established the principle of foreseeability in negligence cases
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| gptkbp:team |
discussed in legal forums
impact on legal standards set a legal precedent for future cases analyzed for its legal reasoning framework for understanding negligence implications for liability in tort law involves multiple legal principles outcome influenced by legal reasoning significant in tort law history |
| gptkbp:year |
1928
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