Legal Opinion
Ventricelli v. Kinney System Rent A Car, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 2, 1978PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
Order of the Appellate Division affirmed, with costs. Proximate cause and foreseeability are relative terms, "nothing *952more than a convenient formula for disposing of the case” (Prosser, Law of Torts [4th ed], § 43, p 267). In writing of the "orbit of the duty”, Chief Judge Cakdozo said "[t]he range of reasonable apprehension is at times a question for the court, and at times, if varying inferences are possible, a question for the jury” (Palsgraf v Long Is. R. R. Co., 248 NY 339, 345). So it is with proximate cause and foreseeability (compare Sheehan v City of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Sheehan v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Rivera v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1962
- Pagan v. GoldbergerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
3Cited by132 opinions
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- De Angelis v. Lutheran Medical CenterNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- The Burlington Insurance Company v. NYC Transit AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 2017
- Smith v. StarkNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
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