Wright v. Dow Chem., U.S.A.

ELR Citation: ELR 21340
No(s). 3:92-0125 (M.D. Tenn. Oct 8, 1993)

The court holds that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FI-FRA) §136v(b) preempts state-law claims of defective marketing and failure to warn by homeowners who were allegedly injured by exposure to pesticides applied in their home by a licensed pest control company. The court ...