Justice BOYD delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this case, the owner of land that was contaminated by a neighbor seeks to recover for loss of the land's market value based on "stigma" that remained after the contamination subsided. Although some federal and other states' courts have recognized a legal right to recover stigma damages, we have never addressed the issue. We decline to do so here, however, because even if we recognized such a right, the landowner...
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