Amazon.com Inc.'s effort to end a lawsuit accusing it of selling a deadly chemical that two people used to kill themselves has been rejected by a Washington judge.
Judge Josephine Wiggs of King County Superior Court denied Amazon’s motion to dismiss Friday. The court can now examine questions around whether online marketplaces such as Amazon can be held liable for selling products directly or through third parties.
The lawsuit involves the deaths of Tyler Muhleman, 17, and Mikael Scott, 27, after consuming sodium nitrite, a chemical they ordered from the Amazon website. Lawyers representing the families said that the chemical ...
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