O'Neal v. Department of the Army of the United States

CAVANAUGH, J.:

¶ 1 This is a lawsuit by users of a tract of land and consumers of well water which was contaminated by the conduct of appel-lees Department of Army, et. al. The suit seeks medical monitoring in aid of protecting against disease or other physical disorder which might be suffered as a result of exposure to the contamination. The litigation has taken a tortuous path through our state and federal courts for almost a decade. The most recent appellate pronouncement was in the form of a decision by our Supreme Court.1 Therein, the court remanded the matter to the trial court after…