“…[W]e conclude that a person who ‘otherwise participates in the placing of a product in the stream of commerce’ must exert some control over the product as a prerequisite to supplier liability.”

Justice French, opinion of the Court

“Even if Amazon cannot be considered a supplier in the traditional, pre-Internet sense, I believe that its

Update: On October 1, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

“What does our precedent say about what those words mean, placing something in commerce?”

Justice French, to counsel for Stiner

“What is your response to opposing counsel’s argument that Amazon’s algorithm selected the