The suit against Amazon and the University of Pennsylvania over a student’s suicide using chemicals she bought through the online retail giant will be allowed to proceed, a common pleas judge has ruled.

Rejecting the argument that the suicide broke the chain of causation, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge John M. Younge denied preliminary objections from the online retailer and the school seeking to have the case dismissed. The rulings were issued Dec. 4 in Singh v. Amazon.com.

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