The US Supreme Court recently issued an important decision addressing the relationship between EPA-approved pesticide labeling and state-law product liability claims. In Monsanto Co. v. Durnell, the Court held that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) expressly preempts state-law failure-to-warn claims that would require pesticide manufacturers to include warnings different from or in addition to those approved by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The…
By: Morgan Lewis
By: Morgan Lewis
