T & E INDUSTRIES v. SAFETY LIGHT CORP.


123 N.J. 371 (1991)

587 A.2d 1249

T & E INDUSTRIES, INC., PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT AND CROSS-APPELLANT, v. SAFETY LIGHT CORPORATION; USR INDUSTRIES, INC.; USR LIGHTING, INC.; USR METALS, INC.; USR CHEMICALS INC.; AND US NATURAL RESOURCES, INC., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS AND CROSS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert G. Besser argued the cause for appellants and cross-respondents (Hannoch Weisman, attorneys, Albert G. Besser, Kevin J. Bruno, and Brad R. Roth, on the briefs).

Edward A. Zunz, Jr., argued the cause for respondent and cross-appellant (Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, attorneys, Edward A. Zunz, Jr., Stuart M. Lederman, and Robert J. Gilson, on the briefs).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by CLIFFORD, J.

This appeal takes us once again over the unsettled waters of toxic-tort litigation. See, e.g., Report of the Supreme Court Committee on Environmental Litigation 10 (1990) (pointing out the unavoidably-complex nature of environmental law and regulation). At the storm center of this case is a radium-contaminated site that is now owned by plaintiff, T & E Industries, Inc. (T & E), but was once owned...

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