T&E Indus. v. Safety Light Corp.

ELR Citation: ELR 20872
No(s). A-93/94 (N.J. Mar 27, 1991)

The court holds that a distant predecessor in title to a radium-contaminated site is strictly liable to a subsequent owner for damages caused by the predecessor's abnormally dangerous activity at the site. From 1917 to 1926, the predecessor corporation processed radium at the site and discarded radi...