State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Reuter

This case is a declaratory judgment proceeding before us on remand from the Supreme Court, which determined that a justiciable controversy is presented and that the trial court, and this court, had jurisdiction to determine plaintiffs liability. We reverse and remand.

The facts, as we stated in our original opinion, are:

“Defendant Reuter was charged in Lane County Circuit Court with knowingly committing the crime of rape after he attacked defendant Bullen. Reuter pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect and was found guilty in a jury trial of rape in the first degree. Bullen…