Can Amazon Be Held Responsible for Defective Products?

One of our "cases to watch" we reported on after the first of the year was a California case concerning a battery explosion that badly injured a woman while working on her laptop.  Given the battery was Chinese manufactured, she went after Amazon, and Amazon, having previously been insulated from such lawsuits, found themselves in comfortable waters.  Here we detail the latest on this lawsuit and what it means for consumers across the country.