Not Even Amazon Can Avoid Being In the Chain of Distribution Under California Strict Products Liability Law
By EsqSocial Corporation 30/04/21
In August of 2020, a California Court of Appeal held that Amazon was subject to strict products liability for each and every product sold on its website. (See Bolger v. Amazon.com LLC (2020), 53 Cal.App.5th 431. You can read our full analysis of that opinion here. In short, the Court of Appeal held that, notwithstanding Amazon’s protestations, the company was within the vertical supply chain for the product, despite not falling within the classical definitions of designer, manufacturer, or...
By: Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP