Texas Supreme Court· 6/8/1995

Union Pump Co. v. Allbritton

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898 S.W.2d 773
1995 WL 277021

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holding that when the facts are undisputed proximate cause can be a question of law
noting that at some point in the causal chain, the defendant's conduct or product may be too remotely connected with the plaintiff's injury to constitute legal causation
noting that at some point in the causal chain, the defendant’s conduct or product may be too remotely connected with the plaintiffs injury to constitute legal causation
finding that where Allbritton was injured .falling off a pipe rack after extinguishing a pump fire, the pump was not a proximate cause of her injuries
noting that cause in fact means that the defendant's conduct was a substantial factor in bringing about the injury which would not otherwise have occurred
holding no substantial-factor causation existed from a fire when plaintiff’s fall occurred after fire was extinguished

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Judges: Owen, Cornyn, Spector, Phillips, Gonzalez, Hightower, Hecht, Gammage, Enoch

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