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Eberhart v. Amazon.com, Inc.

District Court, S.D. Illinois

Decided August 27, 2018No. 16-CV-8546 (JPO)PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

J. PAUL OETKEN, United States District Judge

Plaintiff Jacob T. Eberhart brought this lawsuit against Amazon.com, Inc. for injuries he suffered from a coffeemaker purchased on Amazon's website. Amazon *395moves for summary judgment. For the reasons that follow, the motion is granted.

I. Background

This case arises out of an accident that Eberhart suffered in August 2015. According to the Complaint, Eberhart was washing his French press coffeemaker when the glass pot shattered. (Dkt. No. 1 ("Compl.") ¶¶ 16-18.) The shards of glass lacerated Eberhart's thumb, and he was taken to the hospital for…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
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  4. West v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  5. Lama Holding Co. v. Smith Barney Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1996

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Charles Fox v. Amazon.com, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2019
  2. Garber v. Amazon.com, Inc.District Court, E.D. Illinois · 2019
  3. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Amazon.Com, Inc.District Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 2019
  4. Heather Oberdorf v. Amazon.com IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2019
  5. Angela Pickard v. amazon.com, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2024

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