Court Opinion

ID: 9534396
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 04:39:10.944905+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:30:31.188131
License: Public Domain

SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION ON DENIAL OF REHEARING Mr. JUSTICE WOODWARD délivered the opinion of the court:  After the initial decision in this cause, Country Mutual filed a petition for rehearing claiming that we erred in not allowing subrogation for *1000 paid to the widow as medical expenses (funeral expenses) for deceased. This item was not considered separately in our original opinion, as the first brief filed by Country Mutual made no distinction between the death benefit paid (*5000) and the medical (funeral) payment (*1000); in its reply brief, Country Mutual referred to the death benefit and “related payments.” Now, in its petition for rehearing, it claims that subrogation should be allowed for the medical (funeral) payment made by the insurer. (See Glidden v. Farmers Automobile Insurance Association (1974), 57 Ill. 2d 330, 312 N.E.2d 247 (involving an uninsured motorist provision).) We find that this issue has been waived by Country Mutual (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 110A, par. 341(e)(7)) and therefore will not address its merits. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the lower court. Affirmed. NASH and LINDBERG, JJ, concur.