Amazon to Argue It Didn’t Supply Powder Tied to Ohio Teen Death

Amazon.com Inc. is set to argue for the second time in two months that it’s protected from state law liability over a product sold on its marketplace—this time in a virtual oral argument before the Ohio Supreme Court over a teenager’s death from caffeine powder.

At issue in the Wednesday videoconference argument is a February 2019 appeals court decision that said Amazon wasn’t a “supplier” subject to liability under Ohio product liability law because it provided only a service and platform for the sale of the product.

Amazon has frequently faced the question of whether it’s a supplier or seller ...