Bryant Murphy v. Tivoli Enterprises, a Foreign Corporation, Exsaco Corporation, a Foreign Corporation

BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.

Bryant Murphy sustained injuries while working for his father’s firm, Murphy Enterprises, when a platform on the Orbiter carnival ride, manufactured by Tivoli Enterprises (Tivoli) and sold to Murphy Enterprises by Exsaco Corporation (Exsaco), collapsed on top of him. Bryant Murphy brought this action against Tivoli and Exsa-co, claiming that they either negligently manufactured or sold the Orbiter, or were strictly liable because the Orbiter was unreasonably dangerous when it left their hands. The jury absolved Tivoli of any liability and found Exsaco ten percent…