This court allowed a car owner to sue the manufacturer instead of stopping liability at the retailer, removing the privity of contract requirement for negligence and opening the gates for modern product liability in MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co.
In a commonly cited example of a liability rule, this court ordered a polluting cement plant to pay damages instead of shutting it down in Boomer v. Atlantic Cement. William Shankland Andrews wrote dissents for two of this court's most famous cases. This court allowed a car owner to sue the manufacturer instead of stopping liability at the retailer, removing the privity of contract requirement for negligence and opening the gates for modern product liability in MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co. This court held that a partner violated his duty of loyalty by taking a business opportunity for himself in Meinhard v. Salmon. Its most famous judge helped establish the concept of proximate cause by not holding the (*) Long Island Railroad Company liable for a fireworks accident. For 10 points, name this court which issued Justice Cardozo's Palsgraf opinion and dozens of others which led to its reputation as the most influential American common law court.
In a commonly cited example of a liability rule, this court ordered a polluting cement plant to pay damages instead of shutting it down in Boomer v. Atlantic Cement.
New York Court of Appeals