Any person having control over oil or other hazardous substances which enters the waters of the State in violation of this Part shall be strictly liable, without regard to fault, for damages to persons or property, public or private, caused by such entry, subject to the exceptions enumerated in G.S. 143-215.83(b).
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-215.93
Liability for damage caused
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 190 N.C. App. 256 - Michael v. Huffman Oil Co., Inc. (2008)
Most recently applied in 246 N.C. App. 1 - BSK Enters., Inc. v. Beroth Oil Co. (March 2016)
1973, c. 534, s. 1; 1979, c. 535, s. 28.
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