A passage from today's Torts reading (Palsgraf v. Long Island R. R. Co., 162 N.E. 99.)
"The proposition is this. Every one owes to the world at large the duty of refraining from those acts that may unreasonably threaten the safety of others. Such an act occurs. Not only is he wronged to whom harm might reasonably be expected to result, but he also who is in fact injured, even if he be outside what would generally be thought the danger zone. There needs be duty due the one complaining but this is not a duty to a particular individual because as to him harm might be expected. Harm to some one being the natural result of the act, not only that one alone, but all those in fact injured may complain. We have never, I think, held otherwise."
Take a guess as to what phrase held my attention, then check your comprehension. [If you lived with me during my first two years of college, you can probably guess.]
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