Opinion ID: 1593912
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Duty to provide a reasonably safe work tool.

Text: ¶ 21. Lastly, Green contends that Allendale provided him with a mule boy that had a defective design because it lacked a safety guard to cover the moving chains attached to the mule boy. The Mississippi Products Liability Act (M.P.L.A.) does not provide a cause of action for defective design against an employer who merely purchased a product. Miss.Code Ann. § 11-1-63 (Rev.2002). The statute only governs whether liability should be imposed on entities engaged in the actual production or the sale of goods. Id. See also Harrison v. B.F. Goodrich, Co., 881 So.2d 288, 291 (Miss.Ct.App.2004). Accordingly, Allendale is also entitled to judgment as a matter of law as it relates to this claim. The trial court's grant of summary judgment was appropriate.