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Article of the day for August 24, 2017

The Article of the day for August 24, 2017 is Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. . Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. (1928) is a leading case in American tort law on the question of liability to an unforeseeable plaintiff. Arising out of an unusual incident on August 24, 1924, the case has been studied by generations of law students. The plaintiff, Helen Palsgraf, was injured as she was boarding a train when a man (aided by railroad employees) dropped a package that exploded, causing a large coin-operated scale on the platform to hit her. She sued the railroad, arguing that she had been harmed by the negligence of its employees while they assisted the man. She won a jury verdict but lost on appeal to the New York Court of Appeals, the highest state court in New York; its opinion was written by Chief Judge Benjamin Cardozo (pictured), a leading figure in the development of American common law and later a Supreme Court justice. Cardozo wrote for a majority of the Court of Appeals,

Whoa, Look At This Jeep Casually Drive Down A Nearly Vertical Chute

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Whoa, Look At This Jeep Casually Drive Down A Nearly Vertical Chute This looks rather dangerous, super nerve-wracking, and quite fun. August 23, 2017 at 08:31PM

Article of the day for August 24, 2017

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Article of the day is Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co.. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

Whoa, Look At This Jeep Casually Drive Down A Nearly Vertical Chute

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Whoa, Look At This Jeep Casually Drive Down A Nearly Vertical Chute

Former Director Of National Intelligence Questions Trump's Fitness For Office After Phoenix Speech

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Former Director Of National Intelligence Questions Trump's Fitness For Office After Phoenix Speech Immediately after Trump's Phoenix speech last night, Don Lemon and James Clapper heavily criticized the President and questioned whether he was fit to continue serving.

Former Director Of National Intelligence Questions Trump's Fitness For Office After Phoenix Speech

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Former Director Of National Intelligence Questions Trump's Fitness For Office After Phoenix Speech

Picture of the day for August 24, 2017

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Picture of the day on August 24, 2017: St. Bartholomew's is a Roman Catholic pilgrimage church in the Berchtesgadener Land district of Bavaria in Germany. An annual pilgrimage to St. Bartholomew's is held on the Saturday after 24 August, starting from the Austrian municipality of Maria Alm and crossing the Berchtesgaden Alps.

lumination: Word of the day for August 24, 2017

lumination , n : (rare) Illumination; specifically, artificial illumination.

lumination: Word of the day for August 24, 2017

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Word of the day is lumination : (rare) Illumination; specifically, artificial illumination.

Picture of the day for August 24, 2017

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St. Bartholomew's is a Roman Catholic pilgrimage church in the Berchtesgadener Land district of Bavaria in Germany. An annual pilgrimage to St. Bartholomew's is held on the Saturday after 24 August, starting from the Austrian municipality of Maria Alm and crossing the Berchtesgaden Alps..

People Start Hating Their Jobs at Age 35

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People Start Hating Their Jobs at Age 35

People Start Hating Their Jobs at Age 35

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People Start Hating Their Jobs at Age 35 There's the stress of being in a high-ranking position — or the disappointment of not making it far enough up the career ladder. True, salaries are higher, but life starts to get more expensive. "Work-life balance" starts to mean taking care of children, rather than just personal stress management.