New Jersey Statutes 13:1E-48.21. Strict liability
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 13:1E-48.21
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Any person who violates any provision of this act, which violation proximately results in the discharge of regulated medical waste into the waters or onto the land of this State, shall be strictly liable, jointly and severally, without regard to fault, for all costs, no matter by whom sustained, associated with the cleanup and removal of the regulated medical waste.
L. 1989, c. 34, s. 21.