Amazon Agrees in MMWA Settlement to Enact ‘Certain Practice Changes’

Plaintiff Brian Youngblood reached a settlement with Amazon on Youngblood’s class-action allegations that Amazon violated the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (see 2212210062|), said a joint stipulation Friday (docket 2:22-cv-09220) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles. The parties agreed Youngblood would voluntarily dismiss his claims with prejudice and that each side would bear its own court costs, said the stipulation. Amazon denies it violated the MMWA or any other law, and denies “a class can be certified,” it said. “Amazon nonetheless has agreed to implement certain practice changes” that Youngblood believes “adequately address his concerns in this action,” said the stipulation, without specifying those changes. Amazon didn’t respond to requests for comment Monday about the specific changes it agreed to implement and when. Youngblood’s class action alleged Amazon failed to give consumers presale access to written product warranties, and claimed its MMWA noncompliance was designed to steer consumers to buy its own extended warranty packages.