Kathleen Cancel of Farmingdale, N.J., purchased a battery for her daughter's computer on July 31, 2016. On Sept. 9, 2016, after the laptop was left sitting on her daughter's bed, a fire started. (Photo: Shutterstock)
A federal judge in New Jersey has ruled that Amazon.com can't be held liable as the seller of a laptop battery that allegedly caught fire and destroyed the customer's home.
|Losses from fire
In a suit brought by Allstate to recoup its losses from the fire, the judge found that Amazon can't be considered a seller of the product under the New Jersey Product Liability Act because the company's involvement in the sale was minimal.
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Charles Toutant
Charles Toutant is a litigation writer for the New Jersey Law Journal.
