Etcheverry v. Tri-Ag Serv., Inc.

ELR Citation: ELR 20389
No(s). S072524 (Cal. Mar 2, 2000)

The court holds that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) preempts a farmer's state-law failure-to-warn claims against the manufacturer of two pesticides that, when mixed together, damaged the farmer's crops. Following the lead of the majority of courts that have considere...