Cecilia Y Carreras

Cecilia Y Carreras

February 05, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Liability Is Just One Click Away!

In Oberdorf v. Amazon.com, the plaintiff filed suit against Amazon alleging the product she purchased from a third-party vendor was defective. Although the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania held Amazon was not a "product seller" within the meaning of Section 402A, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit disagreed, finding that Amazon qualified as a product seller, thus expanding the scope of strict products liability to include online sales platforms.

By Stephen J. Finley, Jr. and Cecilia Y. Carreras

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