{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-212-121","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-212-121","heading":"Employer's liability for employee's motor vehicle accidents involving hazardous wastes or substances","body":"If any person who is driving on a Tennessee road, highway, interstate or other thoroughfare or rightfully in physical control of any motor vehicle containing a hazardous waste or hazardous substance as defined in § 68-131-102 is adjudicated to have been at fault in a court of competent jurisdiction for an accident resulting in a spill of such hazardous waste or hazardous substance, the employer of such person shall be jointly and severally responsible for damages incurred as a result of the spill, and any reasonable clean-up costs incurred by the governmental agency or the state or any political subdivision thereunder, which may result from the spill. In the event of a dispute concerning the reasonableness of assessed clean-up costs or damages, a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine the reasonableness of such costs and damages.","path":["TN Code","Title 68","Chapter 212"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"10b1adf082105df41beabcd68860faa16e521f96720f87b806237b45e82be34f","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-212-120","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-212-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}