Torts/Personal Injury,
Civil Rights
Sep. 30, 2020
The curious case of Amazon’s product liability strategy
Until recently, Amazon had a unified, and largely successful, approach to avoiding lawsuits over defective products sold on its marketplace. But now things have shifted, and Amazon finds itself in a bind.
Jeremy K. Robinson
Partner
Casey, Gerry, Schenk, Francavilla, Blatt & Penfield LLP
110 Laurel St
San Diego , California 92101-1486
Phone: (619) 238-1811
Fax: (619) 544-9232
Email: jrobinson@cglaw.com
Jeremy is chair of the firm's Motion and Appellate Practice.
Until recently, Amazon had a unified, and largely successful, approach to avoiding lawsuits over defective products sold on its marketplace. But now things have shifted, and Amazon finds itself in a bind. With courts starting to turn against Amazon, does it lean into liability for marketplace products, and thus enable itself to claim responsible corporate citizenship, or does it continue to resist?
First, some background. Amazon's pr...
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