The Texas Supreme Court ruled that Amazon.com Inc. doesn't own the title to products that third-party sellers peddle on its platform, and so it can't count as a "seller" for purposes of products liability lawsuits.
June 25, 2021 at 04:03 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Texas Lawyer
A divided Texas Supreme Court has ruled that products liability plaintiffs can’t sue Amazon.com Inc. if they’re injured by products they bought from a third-party seller on the retail platform.
In the 5-2 ruling in Amazon.com v. McMillan, with one justice not participating, the Supreme Court had to decide if Amazon counts as a “seller” under Texas’ common-law strict products liability law, when the website acts as a platform for merchants from all over the world to reach consumers.
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