Legal Opinion
Mortellite v. Novartis Crop Protection, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 21, 2006No. 03-3847PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FUENTES, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs are New Jersey blueberry farmers who filed suit against a pesticide company for damages to their crops based on theories of products liability, negligence, consumer fraud, and breach of express warranty. In two separate orders, the District Court granted summary judgment in favor of defendant Novartis 1) based on releases that some of the plaintiffs had signed before filing suit, and 2) based on its holding that the remaining plaintiffs’ claims were preempted by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Roden-ticide Act (“FIFRA”).
The principal issue on appeal…
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