Legal Opinion
Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 29, 1928PublishedCited by 2,022 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Cardozo, Ch. J.
Plaintiff was standing on a platform of defendant’s railroad after buying a ticket to go to Rockaway Beach. A train stopped at the station, bound for another place. Two men ran forward to catch it. One of the men .reached the platform of the car without mishap, though the train was already moving. The other man, carrying a package, jumped aboard the car, but seemed unsteady as if about to fall. A guard on the car, who had held the door open, reached forward to help him in, and another guard on the platform pushed him from behind. In this act, the package was dislodged, and fell…
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