Alex,a painting contractor,purchased a movable Little Giant basket platform from Builder's Equipment Co.from which he or his employees could paint up to sixty feet off the ground.The platform malfunctioned,and Alex was injured when he fell from thirty feet.Discuss the type of product liability claim that Alex might bring against Builder's and Little Giant.

To be successful in a negligence claim,Alex would have to prove a negligent act by either Builder's or Little Giant that proximately caused his injuries.This would give liability to the party that committed the negligent act.To sue based upon strict liability requires proof that the product was in a defective condition when sold by a merchant,that it was unreasonably dangerous,and that the defect was the proximate cause of the injury.