Opinion ID: 2274283
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Heading: Allowing Southern Farm Bureau to Proceed Against Key

Text: Southern Farm Bureau alleges that the made-whole issue does not bar it from proceeding against Key. Subrogation is the substitution of one party for another. Welch, supra . The party asserting subrogation is making a demand under the right of another. Cooper, supra . In this case, Southern Farm Bureau is asserting Tallant's right to sue Key. Southern Farm Bureau has no separate cause of action and may not split Tallant's cause of action. When the circuit court approved the settlement and made a finding that Tallant was not made whole, Tallant's cause of action against Key was extinguished, as was any right Southern Farm Bureau had under subrogation. We affirm the finding that Southern Farm Bureau may not proceed against Key. GLAZE and DICKEY, JJ., not participating.