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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 .
History of the Long Island Rail Road. 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.
An organized ring of 15 Long Island Rail Road employees and two others were indicted Friday after conspiring to steal more than $250,000 worth of copper wire belonging to the LIRR, according to ...
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.
Posted Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 9:09 pm ET | Updated Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 12:37 pm ET. A person was struck and killed by a Long Island Rail Road train in Ronkonkoma on Monday, Metropolitan ...
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.
The Long Island Rail Road (reporting mark LI), often abbreviated as the LIRR, is a railroad in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County on Long Island.
LONG ISLAND, NY — It isn't exactly a common occurrence, but ride a train on the Long Island Rail Road long enough and you will likely see a conductor otherwise engaged with a passenger who has ...
The LIRR's steam passenger locomotives were modernized from 1901 to 1906, and by 1927, it was the first Class I railroad to replace all its wood passenger cars with steel. [2] In 1926, the LIRR was the first U.S. railroad to begin using diesel locomotives. The last steam locomotive was a G5s operated until 1955. [2]