Humble Sand & Gravel, Inc. v. Gomez

in which Justice OWEN, Justice JEFFERSON, Justice SMITH, Justice WAINWRIGHT, and Justice BRISTER joined.

Generally, a product supplier must warn expected users of foreseeable risks that make the product unreasonably dangerous,1 but a supplier need not warn of risks that are common knowledge,2 and when the product is supplied through an intermediary, a supplier may sometimes rely on the intermediary to warn the actual product users.3 We must apply these basic principles to the circumstances presented in this case. Specifically, the issue is whether a supplier of flint used for abrasive blasting…