Approximately or Directly Cursed?

This article on the curse of the Palsgraf family is very interesting. [Hat Tip: Kerr] That's right, the same Palsgraf family whose matriarch, Helen, was the subject of the famous NY Court of Appeals decision in Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. The article does an excellent job of summarizing the decision and the curse.

To quote my good friend Nick Perkins of Columbia Law, "Cardozo probably put the curse on the family himself, knowing he created the rule that would bar them from collecting against him."