joint and several liability

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-015085",
  "term": "joint and several liability",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A concept which dictates that parties who contribute to a site's pollution are each liable as if they alone polluted that site. Under this concept any one party may be held liable for all cleanup costs. In such a case, this one party may be responsible for identifying others to share the liability.\n\n2. Under CERCLA, this legal concept relates to the liability for Superfund site cleanup and other costs on the part of more than one potentially responsible party (i.e. if there were several owners or users of a site that became contaminated over the years, they could all be considered potentially liable for cleaning up the site.)",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Superfund Reforms Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/joint-and-several-liability/"
}