Case Name: ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANIES, Respondent on Review, v. STATE OF OREGON, OREGON TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, HIGHWAY DIVISION, Petitioner on Review
Court: Oregon Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1985-08-27
Citations: 299 Or. 688
Docket Number: TC 16-83-03206; CA A29388; SC S31476
Parties: ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANIES, Respondent on Review, v. STATE OF OREGON, OREGON TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, HIGHWAY DIVISION, Petitioner on Review.
Judges: LINDE, J.
Reporter: Oregon Reports
Volume: 299
Pages: 688–690

Head Matter:
Argued and submitted April 2,
reversed, judgment of circuit court reinstated August 27, 1985
ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANIES, Respondent on Review, v. STATE OF OREGON, OREGON TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, HIGHWAY DIVISION, Petitioner on Review.
(TC 16-83-03206; CA A29388; SC S31476)
705 P2d 1144
Michael D. Reynolds, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for petitioner on review. With him on the petition were Dave Frohnmayer, Attorney General, and James E. Mountain, Jr., Solicitor General, and Philip Schradle, Assistant Attorney General, Salem.
Richard A. Roseta, Eugene, argued the cause for respondent on review.
LINDE, J.
Peterson, C. J., filed a concurring opinion.
Lent, J., filed a specially concurring opinion.

Opinion:
LINDE, J.
The decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed and the judgment of the Circuit Court is reinstated. Beaver v. Pelett, 299 Or 664, 706 P2d 1149 (1985).