Mills v. Warner Lambert Co.

This case involves an interlocutory appeal of a class-certification order. The primary issue is whether the portions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) regulating nonprescription drugs deprived the trial court of subject matter jurisdiction to hear claims regarding the efficacy of certain head-lice remedies. The court of appeals concluded that the FDCA preempted the class’s state-law claims and deprived the trial court of jurisdiction to enter its class-certification order. We disagree with the court of appeals’ conclusion that the trial court lacked subject matter…