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Strict Liability for Clean Up of Petroleum Spilled Between 1890 and 1935

The Fourth Department determined the current owners of land contaminated with petroleum between 1890 and 1935 were strictly liable for clean-up under the Navigation Law, despite intervening use of the land as a scrap yard:

We conclude that plaintiffs established their entitlement to a determination that defendants are contributing “dischargers” pursuant to Navigation Law § 172 (8) and thus are strictly liable under section 181 (1) for, inter alia, the cleanup and removal costs…, despite the fact that the parcels subsequently were the sites for various commercial operations that also may have contributed to the contamination of the properties, including a scrap yard.  …

Plaintiffs provided the affidavits of two experts explaining that samples taken from depths of 6 to 14 feet below the surface contained contaminants that are consistent with refinery operations and that, based upon the age and depths of the samples, could only have been caused by the refinery operations. One Flint St LLC… v Exxon Mobil Corporation…, 1281, 4th Dept 12-27-13

 

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