Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Company

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:law
gptkbp:appealsTo	gptkb:Appellate_Division_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_New_York gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_New_York,_Kings_County
gptkbp:citation	162 N.E. 99 248 N.Y. 339
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date	1928
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:New_York_Court_of_Appeals
gptkbp:defendant	gptkb:Long_Island_Railroad_Company
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:William_S._Andrews
gptkbp:heldBy	Defendant owed no duty of care to plaintiff because the harm was not foreseeable.
gptkbp:judge	gptkb:Benjamin_N._Cardozo gptkb:William_S._Andrews
gptkbp:lawSchoolCasebook	Frequently included in U.S. law school torts casebooks
gptkbp:legalCitation	proximate cause doctrine negligence doctrine tort law principles
gptkbp:legalSubject	negligence tort law proximate cause
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Benjamin_N._Cardozo
gptkbp:plaintiff	gptkb:Helen_Palsgraf
gptkbp:result	Judgment for defendant
gptkbp:significance	Established foreseeability as a test for proximate cause in negligence.
gptkbp:state	gptkb:New_York
gptkbp:subject	explosion at train station
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Palsgraf_v._Long_Island_Railroad_Co.
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Company