Kolbert v. Morania Oil

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages pursuant to Navigation Law § 181, resulting from the discharge of petroleum, the plaintiffs appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Phelan, J.), entered April 22, 2014, as granted that branch of the defendant’s motion which was for summary judgment dismissing the cause of action pursuant to Navigation Law § 181.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

Navigation Law § 181 (1) provides that “[a]ny person who has discharged petroleum shall be strictly liable,…