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CERCLA Divisibility: Two Strikes and Bases are Loaded
2015-11-17 00:12:14| Railroads - Topix.net
Joint and several liability means one defendant can be liable for all of the damages in a case, even where other defendants are at fault. In the CERCLA arena, this means a potentially responsible party can be forced to pay all of the costs to clean up a site, a reality when other defendants are unable to pay, defunct or otherwise unavailable.
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