Legal Opinion
Mann v. H.W. Andersen Products, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 10, 1998PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rosenblatt, J. P.
In his complaint, the plaintiff seeks to hold the defendant H.W. Andersen Products, Inc. (hereinafter Andersen) liable for physical deformities with which he was born. While pregnant, his mother was employed at the Andersen facility where she allegedly worked directly with, and was exposed to, ethylene oxide, which Andersen used in producing a product known commercially as Anprolene.
The principal question before us is whether and to what extent the plaintiff’s tort causes of action are preempted by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7…
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