DuPont Case Analysis Essay Samples and Topic Ideas

Analysis FACTS Palsgraf had already bought her ticket and was waiting to board a train when two men came in a hurry to board an already moving train. One man managed to climb the train platform safely but the other man who was carrying an unknown package concealed in a newspaper was slow. He seemed unsteady while boarding the train and was helped by two Railroad company employees onto the train platform. The package he was carrying fell and caused an explosion that damaged the platform and some debris reached Palsgraf and caused mental and physical injury. Because the package apparently carried fireworks. This, therefore, is the reason Palsgraf is suing the Railroad company. ISSUES Could a defendant...