Legal Opinion
Wadlington v. Miles, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided November 28, 1995PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TOMLIN, Senior Judge.
Lynn E. Wadlington (“plaintiff’) appeals from the judgment of the Shelby County Circuit Court granting summary judgment on her state law tort and contract claims. The trial court granted summary judgment on the grounds that all of plaintiffs claims were preempted by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C.A. §§ 136-136y (1980 & Supp.1995). We affirm.
The damage sustained by plaintiff allegedly took place when employees of Terminix International, Inc. (“Terminix”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Service-Master Consumer Services Co., Inc.…
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