Sikkelee Ex Rel. Estate of Sikkelee v. Precision Airmotive Corp.

OPINION

KRAUSE, Circuit Judge.

This case presents the question whether Abdullah v. American Airlines, Inc., 181 F.3d 368 (3d Cir.1999), in which we held that federal law preempts the field of aviation safety, extends to state law products liability claims. We hold it does not. In light of principles of federalism and the presumption against preemption, Congress must express its clear and manifest intent to preempt an entire field of state law. Here, none of the relevant statutes or regulations signals such an intent. To the contrary, the Federal Aviation Act, the General Aviation Revitalization…