Dudley v. USX Corp.

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• affirming grant of summary judgment, finding USX’s history of knowingly purchasing stolen copper did proximately cause trespasser to risk injury by attempting to steal additional copper
• “Proximate causation is defined as a wrongful act which was a substantial factor in bringing about the plaintiff's harm.”
• death of appellant’s decedent who fell from a tower while attempting to steal copper cable “too remote” to conclude that appellees’ actions of purchasing copper cable constituted a substantial factor in bringing about decedent’s death

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