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Re:What Is a Tort? by singleshot_ on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @06:40PM (#47343312)
> story? (Turns out it's the railroad company, who is not mentioned in the story at all.)

Palsgraf v. LIRR, it’s right there in the caption.

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Re:What Is a Tort? by jfengel on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @07:24PM (#47343907)
It's in the caption but there's no indication of how they fit into the story. If this is a recounting of the facts of the matter, I'd expect LIRR to say "there is no suggestion that we were involved at all".
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