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2月19日（路透社）- 华盛顿州最高法院周四一致裁定，亚马逊公司（AMZN.O，新标签页打开）必须面对多起诉讼。这些诉讼由亲属因通过该在线零售商平台购买亚硝酸钠后自杀的家庭提起。
法院驳回了下级法院的裁定，即根据华盛顿州产品责任法，这些家庭不能提起过失索赔，因为自杀是其亲属死亡的替代原因。
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四个家庭指控亚马逊在其网站上与其他可能帮助自杀的产品一起推广销售亚硝酸钠。
他们表示，这家总部位于西雅图的零售商多年来一直知晓亚硝酸钠与自杀之间的关联，但仍无限制地继续销售该产品。
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Amazon can be sued over suicides linked to sodium nitrite, court rules
By Reuters
February 19, 2026 6:43 PM UTC Updated 56 mins ago
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Feb 19 (Reuters) – The Washington Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Thursday that Amazon.com [(AMZN.O), opens new tab] must face lawsuits brought by families with relatives who took their own lives by consuming sodium nitrite they bought on the online retailer’s platform.
It rejected a lower court’s ruling that the families could not pursue negligence claims under a Washington state product liability law, because suicide was a superseding cause of their relatives’ deaths.
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Four families accused Amazon of promoting the sale of sodium nitrite on its website alongside other products that could assist people in carrying out suicides.
They said the Seattle-based retailer has known of the link between sodium nitrite and suicide for years yet continued to sell the product without restrictions.
Amazon and its lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Joe Bavier
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