Allen v. Pennco Eng'g Co.

ELR Citation: ELR 21347
No(s). 91-562-B-2 (M.D. La. Feb 28, 1994)

The court holds that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) §136v(b) expressly preempts a widow and surviving son's state-law wrongful death claims against manufacturers and distributors of ethylene oxide (ETO) for failure to warn and failure to provide adequate information...