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HERNANDEZ v. COOPERVISION, INC.

No. 96-00380.

691 So.2d 639 (1997)

Julio HERNANDEZ and Lail Finlay, his wife, Appellants, v. COOPERVISION, INC., San Jose, California; Coopervision (U.K.) Ltd., South Hampton, England, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 18, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Post, Dunnellon, for Appellants.

James B. Thompson and Stuart L. Lipshutz of The Thompson Law Group, P.A., St. Petersburg, for Appellees.

FICARROTTA, GASPER J., Associate Judge.

This appeal raises issues concerning the federal preemption of state law causes of action asserted in a lawsuit for injuries sustained from an allegedly defective contact lens. We conclude that preemption of the appellants' claims of negligence, strict liability and breach of implied warranty may occur only where it is shown that a particular state requirement threatens to interfere with a specific federal interest, and, therefore...

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