Sixth Circuit: Rita McDaniel v. Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc.

Where the claim arises from a state product liability statute that looks to the federal guidelines as to the level of medical warnings to be provided, a claim under the tort based on the omission of the warning is impliedly preempted by federal law.

Concur/dissent (CJ) -- Violation of the federal statute is not a necessary element of the claim, so not preempted.  Learned intermediary doctrine does not save defts.

http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/18a0128p-06.pdf