Nancy MYRICK v. PECK ELECTRIC COMPANY, D/B/A Peck Solar, Encore Middlebury Solar I, LLC and Encore Redevelopment, LLC Dale Hastings and Jess Whitney v. Solarcommunities, Inc., D/B/A Suncommon, Sun CSA 6, LLC and Helios Solar, LLC

¶ 1. For 120 years, Vermont has recognized that the unsightliness of a thing, without more, does not render it a nuisance under the law. See Woodstock Burial Ground Ass'n v. Hager , 68 Vt. 488 , 35 A. 431 (1896). These consolidated cases require us to revisit whether Vermont law recognizes a cause of action for private nuisance based solely on aesthetic considerations. Appellants, a group of landowners from New Haven, appeal from the trial court's grant of summary judgment to defendants, two solar energy companies. The landowners filed suit after their neighbors leased property to the solar…