McDonald v. LG Electronics USA, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• dismissing with prejudice plaintiff’s negligent failure to warn claim because Section 230 barred that claim
• “[I]t is axiomatic that the complaint may not be amended by the briefs in opposition to a motion to dismiss.”
• no dispute that Amazon is an interactive computer service and that subject information was created on Amazon’s website by a third party
• “[I]t is axiomatic that the complaint may not be amended by the briefs in opposition to a motion to dismiss.” (quoting Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 912 F. Supp. 2d 321, 334 (D. Md. 2012)
• the court dismissed claims against Amazon arising from a battery sold by a third party that allegedly caused personal injury on the basis that providing services that enabled third parties to accomplish a sale did not make Amazon a seller or merchant
• dismissing a Maryland-law negligence claim against Amazon

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Erie Insurance Company v. Amazon.com, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2019-05-22· cited 33×
• Herrick v. Grindr, LLC
  S.D. Illinois· 2018-01-25· cited 21×
• Eberhart v. Amazon.com, Inc.
  S.D. Illinois· 2018-08-27· cited 21×
• State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Amazon.Com, Inc.
  W.D. Wisconsin· 2019-07-23· cited 14×
• Heather Oberdorf v. Amazon.com Inc
  Third Circuit· 2019-07-03· cited 10×
• in Re Facebook, Inc. and Facebook, Inc. D/B/A Instagram
  Texas Supreme Court· 2021-06-25

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ashcroft v. Iqbal
  Supreme Court· 2009-05-18· cited 149,772×
• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
  Supreme Court· 2007-05-21· cited 146,720×
• Nemet Chevrolet, Ltd. v. Consumeraffairs. Com, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2009-12-29· cited 1,712×
• Doe v. MySpace, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-05-16· cited 534×
• Aziz v. Alcolac, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2011-09-19· cited 322×
• Kenneth M. Zeran v. America Online, Incorporated
  Fourth Circuit· 1997-11-12· cited 299×
• Fair Housing Coun., San Fernando v. Roommates. Com
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-04-03· cited 279×
• Zachair, Ltd. v. Driggs
  D. Maryland· 1997-06-03· cited 234×
• Mylan Laboratories, Inc. v. Akzo, N.V.
  D. Maryland· 1991-08-15· cited 231×
• Phipps v. General Motors Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-09-29· cited 219×
• John Green v. America Online (Aol) John Does 1 & 2
  Third Circuit· 2003-01-16· cited 129×
• Jane Doe No. 1 v. Backpage.Com, LLC
  First Circuit· 2016-03-14· cited 120×
• Jane Doe No. 14 v. Internet Brands, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2016-05-31· cited 68×
• Ford Motor Co. v. General Accident Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-09-10· cited 42×
• Doe v. SexSearch. Com
  Sixth Circuit· 2008-12-30· cited 34×
• Laing v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2008-05-29· cited 31×
• Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
  D. Maryland· 2012-12-13· cited 23×
• Doe v. SexSearch. Com
  N.D. Ohio· 2007-08-22· cited 17×
• Beyond Systems, Inc. v. Keynetics, Inc.
  D. Maryland· 2006-02-14· cited 13×
• Nemet Chevrolet, Ltd. v. Consumeraffairs. Com, Inc.
  E.D. Virginia· 2008-06-18· cited 11×