SCHUVER v. E.I. DU PONT de NEMOURS & CO.

No. 94-2081.

546 N.W.2d 610 (1996)

Raymond SCHUVER and Steven Schuver, Appellants, v. E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY (INC.), Appellee, and Sanborn Cooperative Grain Company, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Bovee, of Montgomery, Barry & Bovee, Spencer, for appellants.

Donald J. Hemphill of the Hemphill Law Office, Spencer, and Raymond Michael Ripple, Wilmington, Delaware, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LAVORATO, NEUMAN, SNELL, and TERNUS, JJ.


LAVORATO, Justice.

Father and son farmers appeal from an adverse summary judgment ruling on all claims against the manufacturer of a herbicide based on successive reductions in corn yields. The farmers contend the reductions in corn yields resulted from the residual carryover effect of applying the herbicide to soybeans planted in rotation with the corn.

The district court concluded that federal law preempted some of the claims and concluded the remaining...

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