A California appeals court “usurped the role of the Legislature and expanded strict liability beyond well-established limits,” Amazon.com LLC said in a petition for state high court review of a case over an allegedly defective laptop battery.
“Strict liability has never applied to services,” and Amazon facilitated the web marketplace sale through “classic services,” the company said Tuesday in its California Supreme Court filing.
Amazon’s petition comes just as it said it resolved another high-profile product liability case, apparently through settlement. That case, at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, explored whether the company was subject to ...
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