BRANDT v. MARSHALL ANIMAL CLINIC

No. C5-95-1178.

540 N.W.2d 870 (1995)

Randy and Patricia BRANDT, husband and wife, Respondents, v. The MARSHALL ANIMAL CLINIC, et al., etc., Respondents, and SmithKline Beecham Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied February 9, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Marshall, Terri A. Georgen, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Minneapolis, James A. Davis, Davis & Associates, P.A., Fremont, for Randy and Patricia Brandt.

John R. Rodenberg, Berens, Rodenberg & O'Connor, New Ulm, for Marshall Animal Clinic, et al., etc.

Scott A. Smith, Janell M. Gabor, Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Ltd., Minneapolis, for SmithKline Beecham Corporation.

Considered and decided by CRIPPEN, P.J., and LANSING and HARTEN, JJ.


OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

We must determine on this appeal whether federal regulation of the preparation and sale of animal vaccines preempts use by the Minnesota courts of common law remedies otherwise available to farm operators alleging economic loss suffered as a result of defective vaccines. Acknowledging that federal agency authority may preempt state regulation of the preparation and sale of animal vaccines...

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