Decisions that made modern tort law: Donoghue v Stevenson and MacPherson v Buick on the duty owed to the consumer, Palsgraf on the limits of foreseeability, Hedley Byrne on negligent words and Rylands v Fletcher on strict liability for escaping hazards. A case belongs here when its cited article describes it as a decision on a tort duty or standard of liability. It excludes contract and property cases.
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Donoghue v Stevenson (Wikipedia)
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It laid the foundation of the modern law of negligence in common law jurisdictions worldwide, as well as in Scotland, establishing general principles of the duty of care.
Hedley Byrne v Heller (Wikipedia)
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Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd is an English tort law case on economic loss in English tort law resulting from a negligent misstatement.
Rylands v Fletcher (Wikipedia)
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It established the rule that one's non-natural use of their land, which leads to another's land being damaged as a result of dangerous things emanating from the land, is strictly liable.
Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. (Wikipedia)
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Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co., 248 N.Y. 339, 162 N.E. 99 (1928), is a leading case in American tort law on the question of liability to an unforeseeable plaintiff.
MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co. (Wikipedia)
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MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co., 217 N.Y. 382, 111 N.E. 1050 (1916) is a famous New York Court of Appeals opinion by Judge Benjamin N. Cardozo that removed the requirement of privity of contract for duty in negligence actions.
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