The court's decision came in the case of Oberdorf v. Amazon.com, in which the plaintiff was injured when a dog leash, purchased on Amazon, broke and hit her in the face. Photo: Frederic Legrand/Shutterstock
Unable to predict whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court would hold Amazon strictly liable for a third-party vendor's defective product, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has sent the case to the state high court, asking it to weigh in.
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Zack Needles
Zack Needles is Global Managing Editor, Regional Brands at ALM. He is also the Managing Editor of The Legal Intelligencer, Pennsylvania Law Weekly, Delaware Business Court Insider and Delaware Law Weekly. Contact him at 215-557-2373 or [email protected]. On Twitter: @ZackNeedlesTLI.
