Pfeifer v. Standard Gateway Theater, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that in Wisconsin a negligent actor's liability is not limited to the probable consequences of his act
• concluding that in Wisconsin a negligent actor's liability is not limited to the probable consequences of his act
• adopting the Judge William Andrews’ approach to duty as set forth in his dissenting opinion in Palsgraf v. Long Island R. Co., 248 N.Y. 339, 162 N.E. 99 [Ct.App.1928]
• \substantial factor\ better term to use in cause instruction than \proximate or legal cause\
• “[I]t is then for the court to decide as a matter of law whether or not considerations of public policy require that there be no liability.”
• \substantial factor\ is proper standard for causation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).