Amazon’s Blame for Product Defect Injuries Gets Full Court Look

Amazon is set to argue it isn’t a “seller” subject to product liability claims under Pennsylvania law when the full Third Circuit hears a closely watched case Wednesday involving a woman injured by an allegedly defective dog collar.

A panel of the Third Circuit was the first and only federal appeals court to find Amazon subject to liability as the seller of an item offered by a third party, when it ruled 2-1 in July in favor of plaintiff Heather Oberdorf, who alleges she purchased the pet product from a Chinese company through Amazon’s marketplace.

But that decision was vacated ...