In GEI Int'l Corp. v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co., 287 N.J. Super. 385, 671 A.2d 171 (App.Div.1996), the Court held that there was no right to a jury trial under the Spill Act since it was a newly created statutory right and "the Legislature by its enactment did not codify nor could it have codified a common law right that did not pre-exist." Id. at 392, 671 A.2d 171.