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Federal Preemption Of Tort Claims Under Fifra: The Erosion Of A Defense, Valerie Watnick
Federal Preemption Of Tort Claims Under Fifra: The Erosion Of A Defense, Valerie Watnick
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
With the growth of federal regulation in the last century, federal preemption of state law has been an evolving issue in the area of toxic torts litigation. The preemption doctrine occupies a particularly prominent place in the area of pesticide-related litigation as the judiciary has struggled to decide what, if any, tort claims are preempted by the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act of 1972 ("FIFRA "), the federal statute governing the sale and labeling of pesticides in the United States. In Etcheverry v. Tri-Ag Serv. Inc., 22 Cal. 4th 316, 93 Cal. Rptr2d 36 (2000), a case heard by …