Legal Opinion
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection v. Dimant
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided March 18, 2011PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
PARRILLO, P.J.A.D.
Plaintiffs, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Administrator of the New Jersey Spill Compensation Fund, filed a suit for contribution pursuant to the Spill Compensation and Control Act, N.J.S.A. 58:10-23.11 to -23.24 (the Spill Act), alleging that defendant, Sue’s Clothes Hanger, Inc., a Laundromat and dry cleaner, was responsible for ground-water contamination on various properties in Bound Brook. After a bench trial, the judge ruled that plaintiffs had not proved a nexus between a discharge by defendant and the…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- POWER TEST REALTY COMPANY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP v. Janet COIT, in Her Official Capacity as Director of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental ManagementSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2016
- DEPT. OF ENVTL. PROT. v. DimantNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2011