Amazon Must Face Claims Over Company’s ‘Advanced Refund Policy’

Amazon.com Inc. will have to address challenges to its “advanced refund policy” after the online retail giant lost its bid to have parts of a consumer lawsuit thrown out.

A federal district judge on Tuesday denied Amazon’s partial motion to dismiss the proposed consumer class action suit, after finding that its claims of conversion, and alleged “quasi-contract” violations such as unjust enrichment, should proceed.

“Plaintiffs have adequately alleged that Amazon stole money directly from their bank accounts and continues to possess it unlawfully,” said Judge Jamal N. Whitehead of the US District Court for the Western District of Washington. “These ...