The Court of Appeals (the highest court in New York) reversed and dismissed Palsgraf's complaint, deciding that the relationship of the guard's action to Palsgraf's injury was too indirect to make him liable.
The Court of Appeals (the highest court in New York) reversed and dismissed Palsgraf's complaint. The relationship of the guard's action to Palsgraf's injury was too indirect to make him liable. Palsgraf's complaint was deciding this.