This case involving a dog leash could eventually lead to big changes at Amazon
A Pennsylvania woman said she will never be the same after walking her dog four years ago and being partially blinded by a defective collar she purchased on Amazon.
The $18.48 collar’s ring broke and the retractable leash sprang back into Heather Oberdorf’s left eye while she walked her 70-pound dog Sadie in January 2015. Oberdorf’s case was a classic defective product claim: The $18.48 collar’s ring broke and the retractable leash sprang back into Oberdorf’s left eye while she walked her 70-pound dog Sadie in January 2015.
The implications of the case could be far-reaching, said Oberdorf’s attorney David Wilk, of Lepley, Engelman, Yaw & Wilk in Williamsport, Pa. If her case is successful, he said, Amazon may have to change its whole business model. “They cannot just say ‘Hey we’re not responsible for what’s on our website,’” Wilk said.
It’s one of many cases that allege internet providers and social-media sites have contributed to all sorts of wrongs, ranging from inciting religious violence to revenge porn. She recently represented a man who lost a lawsuit against the gay dating app Grindr after the court found that the Communications Decency Act protected the dating app from liability.
In late May, another federal circuit court chimed in on Amazon’s legal responsibilities for an allegedly defective headlamp that caused a Maryland house fire. There, the Fourth Circuit said the Communications Decency Act “does not protect” computer service providers from liability as the seller of a defective product. Nevertheless, the Fourth Circuit said Amazon wasn’t the “seller” in that case.
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