QUEST CHEMICAL CORP. v. ELAM

No. 94-1310.

898 S.W.2d 819 (1995)

QUEST CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. Bertha ELAM, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

May 25, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debora Beck McWilliams and Frank L. Hill, Austin, for petitioner.

March H. Coffield, Jasper, Richard O. Faulk, Houston, William B. Coffey, Jr., Beaumont, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

This case requires us to decide whether the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act ("FIFRA"), 7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq. (1988), preempts Bertha Elam's causes of action. Because a majority of the Court holds that it does, we reverse the judgment of a court of appeals, 884 S.W.2d 907, and render judgment that plaintiff take nothing.

Bertha Elam was employed with the City of Beaumont's Parks...

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