Jul 04, 2019 13:00:00

Judgment that Amazon needs to take legal responsibility for products sold by third party vendors

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Mein Deal

Amazon has a platform called Amazon Marketplace , which allows third-party sellers to sell products on Amazon's EC site. However, the US Federal Circuit Court of Appeals to the United States 'A customer who bought a defective product from a third-party seller via Amazon.com can sue against Amazon.com' against Amazon.com. It was decided that. In other words, Amazon is also required to be responsible for the products that third-party sellers handle.

Amazon can be held liable for third-party seller products: US appeals court-Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-liability-idUSKCN1TY2HM

Court rules-The Verge Amazon.co.uk: Court rules-The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/3/2068301/amazon-federal-circuit-ruling-liability-defective-products

In a trial focusing on 'Amazon should be responsible for products handled by third-party sellers?' Twice so far 'Amazon has to be responsible for products handled by third-party sellers.' It has been decided that there is no However, in the latest trial, it was ruled that 'Amazon needs to be responsible for products handled by third-party sellers', which is the opposite of the past.

Amazon Marketplace is a platform where third-party sellers can store products in Amazon's warehouse and ship products directly to customers. According to the first quarter of 2019, Amazon has made $ 11 billion in revenue from the Marketplace, and according to a survey company Statista, Amazon is selling About half is a product that has been exhibited via the marketplace. In this trial, Amazon is asked whether it should take responsibility for products sold by third parties at this marketplace.

by Christian Wiediger

Heather Oberdorf, who filed the lawsuit, sued Amazon in a federal court in Pennsylvania in 2016, stating that 'The dog collar purchased from a third party in the marketplace was broken and his face was injured.' It was a thing. Oberdorf bought a collar from a vendor called Furry Gang at the marketplace, but he did not find a seller, so he decided to sue Amazon.

In the United States, the part responsible for defective goods is in accordance with the state law, and the ruling of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals is based on the law in Pennsylvania. According to Oberdorf's attorney David Wilk, “The court agreed with our claim that the court ruled that the existing interpretation of the product liability law in Pennsylvania did not correspond to reality. I am pleased with that. '