Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co.
Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co., 248 N. Y. 339, 162 N. E. 99, is a leading case in American tort law on the question of liability to an unforeseeable plaintiff. The case was heard by the New York Court of Appeals, the highest state court in New York; its opinion was written by Chief Judge Benjamin Cardozo. In August...