The Duty Problem with Liability Claims against One Manufacturer for Failing to Warn about Another Manufacturer's Product

photo-1John W. Petereit is member of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP in Dallas. He is a former police officer who defends prominent manufacturers and contractors in toxic tort and products liability cases in Texas, and several other significant jurisdictions. His practice also includes policyholder insurance coverage and business tort litigation. Mr. Petereit was recently named a Texas Rising Star in 2005 by Texas Monthly and Law & Politics magazines. He is co-chairman of the Lawyers Promoting Diversity Committee for the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers. Mr. Petereit received his B.S., cum laude, from Truman State University f/k/a Northeast …