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New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, reversed and complaint dismissed. Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co., 248 N.Y. 339, 162 N.E. 99 (1928), is a leading case in American tort law on the question of liability to an unforeseeable plaintiff.
On December 7, 1993, a mass shooting occurred aboard a Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) train in Garden City Park, New York, United States. As the train arrived at the Merillon Avenue station, passenger Colin Ferguson began firing at other passengers with a semi-automatic pistol. Six of the victims were killed and nineteen others were wounded ...
The Long Island Rail Road is a railroad owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in the U.S. state of New York. It is the oldest United States railroad still operating under its original name and charter. [1] It consolidated several other companies in the late 19th century.
Newhydepark Editor, Patch Staff. A New Hyde Park woman allegedly involved in the Long Island Rail Road disability fraud conspiracy has entered a guilty plea in Federal court. Regina Walsh,...
Posted Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 11:58 am ET | Updated Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 11:59 am ET. A New Hyde Park woman allegedly involved in the Long Island Rail Road disability fraud conspiracy has...
OYSTER BAY, NY — The Long Island Rail Road has plans to run a retro-fitted train with a battery along the Oyster Bay line in a test run to determine if an electric train can eliminate diesel ...
The source doesn't say but I doubt they had much luck. The 'decision in Palsgraf would have defeated their case. Any injury to Mrs. Gerhardt would be even more remote than the injury to Mrs. Palsgraf. Perhaps clarify that Judge Posner's opinion is not contemporary with the case, but was expressed much later.
His presentation takes a look at the 177 year history of the Long Island Rail Road, the oldest railroad in the country still operating under its original name. Registration required. Get...
The LIRR was operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1928 to 1949. The people from Smucker and Delatour through Wyer were trustees rather than presidents, as the LIRR was in Chapter 77 bankruptcy. David E. Smucker and H.L. Delatour: 1949-1950; William H. Draper: 1950-1951; William Wyer: 1951-1954; Walter S. Franklin: 1954-1955; Thomas M ...
SPEONK, NY — New details have emerged regarding a Long Island Rail Road train crash with a car on the tracks west of Speonk Monday night that left one person dead, MTA Police said.