State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Reuter

This case is before us on a petition by State Farm Fire and Casualty Company for a review of the decision by the Court of Appeals which held sua sponte that the insurance company’s action for a declaratory judgment presented no justiciable controversy between a rape victim and the insurance company which had issued a homeowner’s policy to the convicted rapist’s parents. The Court of Appeals decision reversed the circuit court’s granting of a summary judgment in favor of the insurance company.

The facts as stated by the Court of Appeals are not in dispute:

“Defendant Reuter was charged in Lane…