Amazon Being Sued for Allegedly Selling Defective Solar Eclipse Glasses

Amazon has been hit with a proposed class-action lawsuit by a couple who claims defective eclipse glasses purchased through the online retailer damaged their eyes. The couple is seeking to include other customers who were similarly affected.
Corey Payne and his fiancée, Kayla Harris, filed the lawsuit in federal court in South Carolina on Tuesday evening, saying they purchased a three-pack of eclipse glasses on Amazon in early August. They assumed the glasses would allow them to safely view the United States' first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in a century on Aug. 21.
Later that day, however, Payne and Harris began to experience headaches and eye watering. They later developed vision impairment, including blurriness and distorted vision in the following days, according to their lawsuit. The couple said they did not look into the sky without wearing the glasses when they viewed the eclipse.
Amazon, which sells items from various retailers, began to email customers starting on August 10 to issue a recall of potentially hazardous solar eclipse glasses it was unable to verify as having been manufactured by reputable companies. Amazon did not disclose the scale of the recall or a list of affected vendors.
Payne and Harris claim they did not receive notice of the recall and are seeking to represent other customers who never received the warning from Amazon either and suffered similar injuries due to the company's alleged negligence.

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