Opinion: Hold online sellers like Amazon liable for defective products

Opinion: Hold online sellers like Amazon liable for defective products

4 years ago
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https://www.siliconvalley.com/2020/08/25/opinion-hole-online-sellers-like-amazon-liable-for-defective-products/

If someone sells you a product that blows up, they should be held responsible for it.

This simple idea has been a bedrock principle of consumer protection law for over 50 years. Those who sell products or host their sale online tend to be in the best position to know whether a product is defective and poses a risk of injuring people or damaging property. They are certainly better situated to know this than consumers who have far less information about potentially harmful products.