By Stuart Lieberman | Published September 15, 2014 | Posted in Appeals, Environmental Cleanup Cost Recovery, Environmental Litigation, Hazardous & Contaminated Site Remediation, Litigation, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Underground Storage Tanks | Tagged Tags: Grant Oil, Morristown Associates, New Jersey Supreme Court, Spill Act, Spill Compensation and Control Act, Statute of Limitations, Statutes of Limitation | Leave a comment
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NJ Supreme Court to Hear Argument in Environmental Spill Case on Oct. 6
NJ High Court to Decide if 6 Year Statute of Limitation Applies to Environmental Cleanup Cost Recovery Claim Under the Spill Act On October 6, 2014, the Supreme Court of New Jersey will be hearing oral argument in Morristown Assoc. v Grant Oil Co., 432 N.J.Super 287 (App. Div. 2013), a case involving the statute Read More
Read MoreNJ Supreme Court: Environmental Litigation Over Cleanup Cost Allocation May Proceed
Sets New Environmental Law Precedent New Jersey’s highest court has ruled that in private contribution claims arising under the Spill Act, “a party determined to be a discharger and held responsible for the cost of cleanup by the DEP is entitled to bring a contribution claim against other potentially responsible parties before the final tally Read More
Read MoreU.S. District Court Allows NJ Superfund Site Suit to Proceed
Earlier this month, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Shipp ruled that lead smelting company NL Industries (formerly National Lead) may maintain an action against over two dozen defendants for contribution relating to the clean-up of the Raritan Bay Slag Superfund site. The site in question includes the Laurence Harbor seawall adjacent to Waterfront Park in Read More
Read MoreAppellate Division Takes Victory in Wetlands Takings Case from the State
A state appeals court reversed the dismissal of a regulatory takings law suit on April 17th in the case of LH Wagner Realty Corp and Leo H Wagner v. the DEP, Docket Number A-3441-12T4. The procedural history of the case is a bit confusing, but the essence of it concerns the effect of a state Read More
Read MoreD.N.J.: CERCLA Cleanup Costs Not Subject to the Automatic Stay Provision of the US Bankruptcy Code
Following a previous Third Circuit decision, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey recently confirmed that corporations cannot stay in personam claims for environmental cleanup costs under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA,” also known as “Superfund”) by declaring bankruptcy. In U.S. v. Alsol Corp., 2014 U.S. Dist. Read More
Read MoreEPA May Add Contaminated New Jersey & New York Sites to Superfund List
On December 11, 2013, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) added nine contaminated sites to the National Priorities List (NPL) and proposed that an additional eight sites also be added, including sites in New Jersey and New York. The NPL is a list of contaminated sites throughout the United States managed by the EPA Read More
Read MoreNJ Appellate Division Addresses Spoliation of Evidence in Recent Decision
Recently, the New Jersey Appellate Division in Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, et al. v. Viking Industrial Security, et al. addressed the issue of spoliation. The case involved a workers compensation insurance fraud. Coverage premiums are based upon payroll, and for several years Viking reported payroll numbers far below what they actually were to their carrier, Read More
Read MoreAppellate Division Holds Spill Act and ERA Actions May Be Referred to NJDEP Until Site Clean Up Completed
The New Jersey Appellate Division recently held that an action brought under the New Jersey Environmental Rights Act (ERA) to enforce the Spill Compensation and Control Act (Spill Act) may properly be referred to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) until the site clean-up is complete. In Meyer v. Constantinou, the owner of a former Read More
Read MoreNJ Supreme Court Recognizes Direct Claim for Contribution between Insurers
The New Jersey Supreme Court held recently that an insurer with an obligation to indemnify and defend has a direct claim for contribution against a co-insurer for costs associated with defending the insured in continuous property damage litigation. This is true even if the insured releases that co-insurer. In Potomac Ins. Co. v. Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Read More
Read MoreThird Circuit Finds Jurisdiction Over RCRA Claims is Exclusively Federal
On August 6, 2013, a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that the federal district courts hold exclusive jurisdiction over Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) claims. In Litgo New Jersey, Inc. v. Commissioner New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, __ F.3d __ (3d Cir. 2013), the Third Read More
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