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53 Ga. L. Rev. 1215 (2018-2019)
Amazon's Invincibility: The Effect of Defective Third-Party Vendors' Products on Amazon

handle is hein.journals/geolr53 and id is 1227 raw text is: AMAZON'S INVINCIBILITY: THE EFFECT OF DEFECTIVE THIRD-PARTY VENDORS' PRODUCTS ON AMAZON Amy Elizabeth Shehan* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION.........................................1216 II. BACKGROUND ON AMAZON ..............................1218 III. TWO APPROACHES TO PRODUCT LIABILITY LAW...........1220 A. RESTATEMENT ....................................1221 B. PRODUCT LIABILITY STATUTES ......................1222 IV. COMMON ARGUMENTS FROM PLAINTIFFS AND WHY EACH OF THEM ULTIMATELY FAIL.... ......................1223 A. AMAZON IS NOT A SELLER ..........................1223 1. Amazon is a Facilitator ......................1224 2. Amazon's Lack of Control .......................1225 3. The Advancement of the Policies Behind Product Liability Laws ................................1226 B. AMAZON IS NOT A BAILOR ...........................1228 C. AMAZON IS NOT A MERCHANT NOR A SELLER UNDER THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE....................1229 V. COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT .................. ......1230 VI. CONCLUSION .................................... ......1234 1215 * J.D. Candidate, 2020, University of Georgia School of Law; B.A, 2017, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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