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· 9/9/1999

Wright v. American Cyanamid Co.

Citations

  • 599 N.W.2d 668
  • 39 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 696
  • 1999 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 208
  • 1999 WL 700233

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding negligent testing claim was “a disguised label-based claim” preempted by federal law
  • concluding negligent-testing claim was “a disguised label-based claim” preempted by federal law
  • finding plaintiffs strict liability claim, which essentially alleged that the label should have warned that the herbicide was not effective against tall waterhemp, was clearly a challenge to the adequacy of the label; thus plaintiffs strict liability claim was preempted by FIFRA
  • negligence claims challenging information in pesticide product’s label preempted
  • negligence claims challenging information in pesticide product's label preempted

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Judges: McGiverin, Larson, Lavorato, Neuman, Snell

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