On February 24‚ 1928 the Court of Appeals of New York first heard the agreement of Helen Palsgraf verses The Long Island Railroad company‚ appellant. After three long month of hearing both parties argument the majority ruled that the railroad is not liable for Palsgraf’s injuries because the injuries were not a reasonably foreseeable consequence of the railroads negligence’s. The opposing side argued that if the duty can be traced back to the wrongful act that it is sufficient enough to establish
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Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Company Issue: Ms. Palsgraf‚ a customer of the Long Island Railroad Company‚ was injured one day while awaiting her train. Her injury was sustained as two railroad employees assisted another passenger onto a train and the other customer’s package which contained fireworks (concealed) fell onto the rails as a result of the assistance provided by the company’s employees. Consequently‚ the fireworks caused an explosion when it came into contact with the rails and
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Helen Palsgraf‚ Respondent‚ v. The Long Island Railroad Company‚ Appellant [NO NUMBER IN ORIGINAL] Court of Appeals of New York 248 N.Y. 339; 162 N.E. 99; 1928 N.Y. LEXIS 1269; 59 A.L.R. 1253 February 24‚ 1928‚ Argued May 29‚ 1928‚ Decided Facts: The plaintiff Helen Palsgraf was standing at the platform station of Long Island Railroad Company after buying her ticket and waiting for her train. Suddenly‚ a man carrying a package rushed to catch another train that was moving away from the platform
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to have a unified plan of action that can be initiated immediately. Time is of the essence in the case of major disasters. Delay in support/action can result in further deaths. Local‚ national and international support services should know exactly what to do‚ and how they work together to produce a rapid‚ efficient and effective support system. A third measure to reduce an earthquake’s damage would be to provide information/ educate the public as much as possible before the earthquake strikes
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Day 1 WORK DONE: Since it was the first day of the field work during the rural camp‚ the team decided to start off by understanding the village of Jamak through the first tool of transect walk. The work done on day 1 is briefly described as under: Transect walk: It was done with two informants of the village‚ Mr. Gajender Singh and Mr. Dheeraj Rohtela who gave the team a brief introduction of Jamak Village. They informed that the village is spread over an area of about 10 kilometres and encompasses
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Lumberton Senior High School Psychology: Brain Damage and Behavior Landon Brewer AP Psychology F - 204 October 15‚ 2014 Mr. David Watkins Abstract An estimated ninety percent of all people who are severely disabled by a brain injury may experience some related emotional‚ behavioral‚ or psychiatric problems. Forty percent of these individuals may still have behavioral issues five years after the injury‚ and between three and ten percent need intensive ongoing assistance People with
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FAQ: Damage Mechanics A Puzzle and Dragons guide by‚ LFA Page 1 of 20 Introduction The following guide is a breakdown of the PAD damage mechanics. If you didn’t know the details of how the numbers on your screen got bigger and were curious about it then read on. The process has been explained in detail and even includes equations every step of the way so you can follow along. Fear not‚ the math is not all that complicated! When you’re done with
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On August 23‚ 2005‚ Katrina was formed merely as a tropical storm that the people of the United States thought wouldn’t do any damage. On August 28‚ 2005‚ cities in southern Louisiana and Mississippi started to demand a mandatory evacuation‚ but numerous people were stranded with no form of transportation or anywhere to go. Thousands were left waiting to see if Katrina would really strike as the weather stations had predicted. “That day‚ the National Weather Service predicted that after the storm
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Beauty Damage What is the definition of beauty? This is a difficult question because beauty is a hard thing to define. Scientist have struggled to define what attributes make a person beautiful or attractive. Beauty is seen differently all around the world. What may seem beautiful in one persons eye may not be in someone else’s. Despite the opinions whether it is true or not that the beauty standards are overrated. There are major effects that take place because of this issue. Beauty standards today
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here. Mineral Resources The main mineral of Mizoram is a hard rock of the period of the tertiary formation. This product is very important for road construction work and building materials. Apart from these‚ several other minor minerals are available in different places. Forest and Wild Life About 87% of the entire state is covered by forests in Mizoram calculating a total coverage of around 18‚338 sq.km. 68% of the geographical area is dense forest whereas 20% is open forest. There are
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