Reutzel v. Spartan Chem. Co.

ELR Citation: ELR 20665
No(s). C 92-3075 (N.D. Iowa Oct 6, 1995)

The court holds that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) preempts state-law inadequate labeling or warnings claims a consumer brought against the manufacturer of an acid cleaner to which the consumer had an allergic reaction. The court first notes that the federal circuit...