Miller v. Campbell County

THOMAS, Justice.

The question presented in this appeal is novel to Wyoming, and it is substantially unique in American jurisprudence. Can the collateral source rule be invoked in favor of plaintiffs who are seeking compensation for inverse condemnation? The appellants in this case (homeowners) were ordered to evacuate their residences in a subdivision of Gillette known as Rawhide Village Subdivision. The reason for the evacuation was the presence of methane and hydrogen sulfide gases emerging from the coal deposits underlying the subdivision, to the extent that one could light a match and set…