Majority Affirms Ruling In Amazon’s Favor In Insurer’s Suit Alleging Strict Liability

Mealey's (November 19, 2020, 12:43 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A majority of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 17 affirmed a lower federal court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of Amazon.com Inc. in an insurer’s subrogation strict liability and negligence lawsuit arising from a fire that was allegedly caused by batteries of hoverboards that were purchased from a third-party vendor on Amazon’s website (State Farm Fire and Casualty Company v. Amazon.com, Inc., et al., No. 19-17149, 9th Cir.)....