SEATTLE (CN) — The families of two teenagers who died after ingesting sodium nitrite purchased from Amazon can pursue claims against the online retail giant after the Ninth Circuit reversed a dismissal on Thursday.
“Under the facts alleged here, ‘the act of suicide, as a matter of law, is not a superseding cause that precludes plaintiffs’ [Washington Product Liability Act] claims,’” a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit wrote in a six-page memorandum.
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