2045 REVIEW GRANTED A state product liability claim for agricultural damage resulting from a pesticide manufacturer's failure to warn is not pre-empted by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). [Note: The court expressly disagreed with numerous previous cases, saying that they were all based on a misunderstanding of the USSC opinion in Cipollone.]CitationETCHEVERRY v TRI-AG (Walnut Crop) 65 CA4 467 [See: 7 USC 136v; Louisiana-Pacific v Koppers 32 CA4 599, T/AT 3/95; Taylor v Pure-Gro 54 F3 555; MacDonald v Monsanto 27 F3 1021; Worm v American Cyanamid 5 F3 744; King v E.I. DuPont 996 F2 1346; Shaw v. Dow 994 F2 364; Papas v Upjohn 985 F2 516; Arkansas-Platte v Van Waters 981 F2 1177; Kuiper v American-Cyanimid 131 F3 656; Carlin v Superior Court 13 C4 1104, T/AT 10/96; Cipollone v Liggett 505 US 504]
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