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.
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| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| caseCitation | Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co., 248 N.Y. 339 (1928) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| caseCourt | New York Court of Appeals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| caseDecidedInYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| caseOutcomeAtCourtOfAppeals | judgment for Palsgraf reversed ⓘ |
| countryOfLegalDispute | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Helen Palsgraf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| injuryLocation | Long Island Rail Road station platform ⓘ |
| injuryType | personal injury ⓘ |
| jurisdictionOfCase | New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalSignificance | her case reshaped the doctrine of proximate cause in American tort law ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
American tort law casebooks
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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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