State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Reuter

Defendant Bullen appeals a summary judgment granted in favor of plaintiff in this declaratory judgment proceeding. We find that there is no justiciable controversy between plaintiff and Bullen, and we reverse.

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 then brought a civil action against Reuter for her damages caused by the rape. She alleged that the attack took…