Voge v. Anderson

Howard B. Anderson (Anderson) and his automobile liability insurer, Illinois Farmers Insurance Company (Illinois Farmers) seek review. They argue that the amount of the judgment against them for Perri R. Voge's (Voge) injuries should be reduced by the amount of the underinsured motorist (UIM) benefits and no-fault medical payments made to Voge by his underinsurance carrier American Family Mutual Insurance Company (American Family). We conclude that when American Family advanced UIM benefits to Voge, it waived its rights to pursue subrogation. Voge still possessed the right to recover for such…