Ransom v. . the N.Y. and Erie R.R. Co.

The law guaranties to every person the right of personal security, which includes the uninterrupted enjoyment of his life and limbs, of his health and reputation; and he who, by a wilful or by a culpably negligent act, deprives him of these blessings, or interferes with the full enjoyment of them, subjects himself, in addition to such public punishment as the law has provided, to the liability of making compensation in damages to the aggrieved party. While admitting these general principles, the defendant's counsel maintains that where the wrongful act affects only the health of the party…