Jeffers v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

ELR Citation: ELR 20376
No(s). Civ. A. 3:99-0274 (S.D. W. Va. Feb 8, 2000)

The court holds that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) preempts an employee's state-law claims against her employer regarding the labeling of pesticides, but FIFRA does not preempt state-law claims regarding the packaging of the pesticides. The employee alleged that she...