In Re Estate of Anderson

Justices Karnezis and Harris concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

This case appears before us on a permissive interlocutory appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308 (Ill. S. Ct. R. 308 (eff. Feb. 1, 1994)) to consider a question certified by the trial court regarding the proper distribution of underinsured-motorist insurance proceeds. We hold that in the case of the wrongful death of an insured, proceeds recovered from an underinsured-motorist policy represent wrongful death damages distributable to those beneficiaries legally entitled to recover under the terms of the Wrongful Death…