Amazon to Pay Customers Up to $1,000 for Dangerous Defective Products

Amazon will pay customers up to $1,000 for defective products sold on its marketplace by third-party merchants that cause property damage or personal injury, after facing lawsuits in which it has argued that it bears no responsibility for those claims. And the e-commerce giant said it might also cover claims above $1,000 if the third-party seller “is unresponsive or rejects a claim we believe to be valid.”