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Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-10-314

Liability for spill of hazardous waste from twin trailer truck

Acts 1982, ch. 912, § 5.

If any person who is driving or in physical control of a twin trailer truck that contains hazardous waste, as defined in § 68-212-104, is adjudicated to have been at fault in a court of competent jurisdiction for an accident resulting in a spill of the hazardous waste, the employer of the person shall be jointly and severally responsible for:

(1) Damages incurred as a result of the spill; and

(2) Any clean-up cost that may result from the spill.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.