The ruling deals a major blow to Amazon, which has for years fought off product liability lawsuits.
. The company has previously said it invests hundreds of millions of dollars per year to ensure products sold are safe and compliant.
Amazon has long maintained it's only the conduit between buyers and sellers on its marketplace and that it's not involved in the sourcing or distribution of products sold by third-party sellers, removing it from liability. It's been a successful defense for Amazon in the past, including concerning the purchase of a faulty hoverboard that exploded and burned down an Amazon shopper's house in Tennessee.product liability cases in state and federal courts across the country.
In Bolger's case, the court ruled that Amazon placed itself in "the chain of distribution" of the faulty laptop battery by, among other things, storing the product in its warehouses, receiving payment and shipping the product, as well as setting "the terms of its relationship" with the third-party seller and demanding "substantial fees on each purchase."
"Whatever term we use to describe Amazon's role, be it 'retailer,' 'distributor,' or merely 'facilitator,' it was pivotal in bringing the product here to the consumer," the court said. "Under established principles of strict liability, Amazon should be held liable if a product sold through its website turns out to be defective.
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