William S. Andrews

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William S. Andrews was an American judge best known for his influential dissent in the landmark tort law case Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co., which helped shape modern concepts of proximate cause.

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instanceOf American judge
human
judge
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1858-05-15
dateOfDeath 1936-01-17
educatedAt Harvard University
surface form: Harvard College

Harvard Law School
employer State of New York NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork jurisprudence
tort law
genre judicial opinions
hasInfluenced American tort law
doctrine of proximate cause
legal scholars of tort law
knownFor dissenting opinion in Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co.
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalPhilosophy emphasis on practical justice over rigid foreseeability tests
memberOf New York Court of Appeals NERFINISHED
notableIdea broad conception of proximate cause in tort law
notableWork dissent in Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. NERFINISHED
occupation judge
lawyer
partOf American legal history
placeOfBirth Syracuse, New York NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Syracuse, New York NERFINISHED
positionHeld Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
spouse Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews NERFINISHED
workLocation New York NERFINISHED

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