Amazon sues Consumer Product Safety Commission over recall order for hazardous products
- Amazon has sued the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission for deeming it legally responsible for recalls of over 400,000 products sold on its platform.
- The CPSC ordered Amazon to notify customers and issue refunds for faulty items, asserting that Amazon is a 'distributor' of those products.
- Amazon disputes this classification, claiming it serves as a 'third-party logistics provider' and should not be liable for third-party products.
- Commissioner Richard L. Trumka Jr. Stated that it is the CPSC's duty to 'hold companies like Amazon accountable' for consumer safety.
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Parents of dead toddler sue Amazon
A couple of parents from Los Angeles co-responsible for the death of their three-year-old son. Anthony Bernabes and Jasmine Coleman's twin sons had come into the garden and fallen into the pool because of a defective child protection. Only one of the two toddlers survived. Now the parents want a minimum of two million dollars in pain money because they blame Amazon for negligently "selling a defective and dangerous" lock – and still offering it …
Amazon wants product safety regulator declared unconstitutional
Amazon is claiming the nation’s premier product safety agency is unconstitutional, deploying an argument that has found favor with the Trump administration as the company seeks to avoid responsibility for shipping dangerous products to consumers.
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