Legal Opinion
Bahrle v. Exxon Corp.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 9, 1996PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
POLLOCK, J.
This appeal raises the issue whether an oil company should be liable for groundwater contamination because of the activities of an independently-owned and operated gas station that sold the oil company’s products. Plaintiffs, residents of Lacey Township, claim that leaks and spills that occurred between 1959 and 1975 at a gas station owned and operated by defendant, Donald W. Rule, contaminated their wells. Under theories of negligence, nuisance and strict liability, plaintiffs sued Rule and Texaco Corporation (Texaco), a major oil company,…
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