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STEELE v. COLLAGEN CORP.

Docket No. C021697.

54 Cal.App.4th 1474 (1997)

PATRICIA STEELE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COLLAGEN CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

May 15, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Hersh & Hersh, Amy Eskin, Essmyer & Tritico, Susan A. Allinger and Michael M. Essmyer for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Frederick D. Baker, Kathleen D. Patterson and Kirk C. Jenkins for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

NICHOLSON, J.

Federal preemption is a relatively simple concept, especially when Congress has explicitly provided the terms of preemption. (See Brown v. Hotel Employees (1984) 468 U.S. 491, 500-501 [104 S.Ct. 3179, 3184-3185, 82 L.Ed.2d 373, 382-383].) It provides order. Instead of having 50 or more standards with respect to a given human pursuit, there is one. When a preemptive...

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