Train wreck

employees Man catching the train carrying the unknown fireworks Issue: How is the duty of care determined for Ms. Palsgraf safety while on the platform of the train station? Does the Long Island Railroad Co. owe that duty to Ms. Palsgraf? Is the Log Island Railroad Co. responsible for the actual and proximate case of Ms. Palsgraf injuries? Facts: The plaintiff (Palsgraf) was standing on a train platform, when a man carrying a package rushed to board a moving train owned by the defendant…

Manhattan is mostly populated by Dominican people; these immigrants were willing to do anything and everything to make a living. The MTA(Metropolitan Transportation Authority )consist of 468 stations, and covers about 5,000-square-mile in region. The Trains and busses are available 24 hours a day, and seven days a week. There is 4,373 buses, and a bust stop within every two blocks. With this being said it was very easy to access the other four boroughs, to sell they’re drugs. Washington Heights…

transport. The rest of respondents (27%) did not feel safe while boarding. Public transport in Melbourne including trains, buses and trams. Public transportation in Melbourne is often seen as having the lowest threat and crime, it is normally safe and secure. Therefore, the majority of the respondents who were interviewed (73%) may think that it is safe on public transport. This is because trains, buses and trams generally have dedicated travel paths that are safer and faster than using private…

While riding on a subway train Oscar ran into a girl who he had aided earlier that day. As she started thanking him for everything that he had done for her, the man who was in prison with Grant had seen him talking and decided to start fighting with Grant. The fight escalated and the police officers arrived at the next train station stop. The four African American men that were involved in the fight were taken off the train and slammed up against the walls. The police officers…

Train robberies, the Civil War and a damsel in distress. These are the major plots of Buster Keaton’s The General. The General premiered in 1926 and was written and directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman. The film stars Keaton as train-loving, everyman, Johnny Gray and Marion Mack as Gray’s sweetheart, Annabelle Lee. The General monopolizes on the success of chase films such as The Great Train Robbery to create a film that seamlessly combines drama, action and comedy. In fact, these three…

Exposition, a young girl was accidentally shot. An ad was placed in the paper claiming responsibility and offering to pay her medical bills if the newspaper would post her family’s address. Later, during a train robbery in July, 1881, Jesse James shot a conductor on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific train they were robbing because he thought the man was someone that had helped the Pinkertons when they bombed his parents’ house. When a passenger tried to help the conductor, Frank James…

another group in the abandoned subway station, A6. We slept, we ate, we sold; all in that little station. The walls and floors were solid cement, converted in small pebbles from the old train tracks. The lights were shut off by the city, so we covered the floors with lanterns of all different sizes. The tunnel of the train was completely open, but we never worried about outsiders coming in. Other businesses knew not to mess with Mack. There were spiderwebs in every corner, and the tunnels were…

shootout or robbery was going to occur at any time. People did not feel secure with their justice system. They became forced to carry a gun with them at all times just to ensure their safety and the safety of their business. The Daltons gangs first train robbery in February 6, 1891 marked the beginning of the Dalton legacy. Frank Dalton the Deputy Marshall in a small town in Kansas was shot by some drunks drinking whiskey. This lead to his brothers Grat, Dalton, Bill to become the next deputies.…

In the short story Hills like White Elephants written by Ernest Hemingway. In Hills Like White Elephants a couple is at "cross-roads" about an operation. This "operation" is soon to be perceived as a abortion. The American, (Jig's boyfriend) is trying to inveigle Jig to have the operation, while Jig is ambivalent. The American is determined to convince Jig to go through with the abortion. The American is showing lack of understanding and is not paying attention to what Jig has to say about the…

I put on my jacket as I headed out the door. I was heading to someone named Gatsby’s party that evening, and was meeting a friend there. I had heard that this man hosted the most frivolous, extravagant parties in all of New York. I sat down in my black Rolls-Royce and told my driver to take me to the estate of Mr. Gatsby. I sat quietly looking out at the still, peaceful evening that would soon be deafeningly loud and lively. I relished the silent drive, as I have always preferred quiet to noise.…