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Lawsuit accuses Amazon of price gouging during COVID-19 pandemic

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SEATTLE - Amazon is facing a class-action lawsuit that accuses the world’s largest online retailer of price gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic.Hagens Berman, a Seattle-based consumer-rights class-action law firm, filed the case last year.

But the firm announced on Friday its lawsuit has expanded to include a proposed class of all Amazon shoppers nationwide who purchased affected products.The expanded lawsuit accuses Amazon of engaging in "unconscionable" and unlawful price increases during the COVID-19 pandemic, inflating prices for essential goods by upwards of 1,800%, according to a news release.The lawsuit said Amazon prices increased on the following items after federal officials declared a public health emergency last.

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