In Palsgraf v.Long Island Railroad Company,involving a woman injured by an accidentally dropped package of fireworks that exploded as it was run over by a train,the railroad should not have been held liable for negligence because:

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According to the principle of proximate cause, liability for negligence only applies when the harm is a foreseeable result of the defendant's actions. In this case, there was nothing about the package that would suggest it was dangerous if dropped, therefore the harm suffered by Palsgraf was not foreseeable and the railroad should not be held liable. Choices A and B are irrelevant as they do not relate to the legal issue. Choice D may or may not be true, but it is not relevant to the specific issue of liability in this case.

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