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Published: 01 March 2023

A Teaching Note on Negligence: Palsgraf Revisited

Richard J. Hunter. Jr, John H. Shannon, Henry J. Amoroso

Seton Hall University, University of Tusla

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10.31014/aior.1993.06.01.719

Pages: 436-451

Keywords: Negligence, Respondent Superior, Duty of Due Care, Causation, Compensatory Damages, Punitive Damages, Superseding Cause, Contributory and Comparative Negligence

Abstract

The case of Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad (1928) provides an opportunity to engage students in a study of the cause of action termed negligence. The article explores issues relating to proof of negligence, defenses to negligence, and more directly, to the views of two American jurists, Benjamin Cardozo and William Andrews, relating to the issues of duty and causation—critical elements of proof.

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