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Products Liability Keyed to Fischer, 6th Ed.
Erie Insurance Co. v. Amazon.com, Inc.
Citation:
925 F.3d 135 (2019)Facts
In April 2014, Trung Cao purchased an LED headlamp on Amazon’s website that was listed as “sold by: Dream Light” and “Fulfilled by: Amazon.” Cao gave the headlamp as a gift to his friends, the Nguyens. Two weeks later, the headlamp malfunctioned, causing a fire that resulted in $313,166.57 in damages to the Nguyens’ home. Erie Insurance, as the Nguyens’ insurer, paid the claim and then sued Amazon for products liability. Under Amazon’s fulfillment program, Dream Light shipped its headlamps to Amazon’s warehouse for storage. When Cao ordered the headlamp, Amazon retrieved it from inventory, packaged it, and shipped it via UPS. Amazon collected payment, deducted its service fee, and remitted the balance to Dream Light. Dream Light set the price and created the product description used on Amazon’s website.
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