(625 ILCS 5/7-311) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 7-311)
Sec. 7-311. Payments sufficient to satisfy requirements.
(a) Judgments herein referred to arising out of motor vehicle accidents occurring on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, shall for the purpose of this Chapter be deemed satisfied:
1. When $25,000 has been credited upon any judgment
or judgments rendered in excess of that amount for bodily injury to or the death of one person as the result of any one motor vehicle accident; or
2. When, subject to said limit of $25,000 as to any
one person, the sum of $50,000 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount for bodily injury to or the death of more than one person as the result of any one motor vehicle accident; or
3. When $20,000 has been credited upon any judgment
or judgments, rendered in excess of that amount for damages to property of others as a result of any one motor vehicle accident.
The changes to this subsection made by this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly apply only to policies issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2015.
(b) Credit for such amounts shall be deemed a satisfaction of any such judgment or judgments in excess of said amounts only for the purposes of this Chapter.
(c) Whenever payment has been made in settlement of any claim for bodily injury, death or property damage arising from a motor vehicle accident resulting in injury, death or property damage to two or more persons in such accident, any such payment shall be credited in reduction of the amounts provided for in this Section.
(Source: P.A. 98-519, eff. 1-1-15.)
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