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Palsgraf
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Because Palsgraf was hurt by the falling scales, she sued the train company who employed the conductor for negligence.
It is the strictest test of causation, made famous by Benjamin Cardozo in Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. case under New York state law.
The plaintiff, Palsgraf, was hit by scales that fell on her as she waited on a train platform.