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I fail to see why Amazon should be held liable in the cited accidents. A truck driver plowing into the back of a jeep killing a 9 month old in a car seat? That'

I fail to see why Amazon should be held liable in the cited accidents. A truck driver plowing into the back of a jeep killing a 9 month old in a car seat? That's 100% on the driver. Article refers to the truck driver with "he was running late and failed to spot the Jeep in time to avoid the crash". I can see liability with things like Domino's back in the day, guaranteeing delivery in 30 min or less or something. They had to stop because their drivers were getting into wrecks left and right. But those drivers were employed by Domino's sent out for delivery from a Domino's store. These are third-party logistics companies. Why wouldn't they be held liable?

jurassic 7y ago
These "contractor" drivers are misclassified employees who are not trained to the safety standard of logistics providers like FedEx and UPS.
- djsumdog 7y ago
  and FedEx/UPS have insurance that can deal with these situations. Here Amazon is pushing the liability down to smaller companies who could easily fold if their insurance premiums starts to go up. Amazon will then just move on to the next contracting company that tries to push it's way in on tight margins.