12-590

12-590. Effect of death on periodic
installments

A. The liability for payment of periodic installments for costs of health care not
yet due at the death of the person entitled to receive the benefits terminates on the
death of the person. Liability for payment of any other installments or portions of
installments not yet due at the death of the person entitled to receive them terminates,
except as provided in subsections B and C.

B. If, in an action for wrongful death, a judgment for periodic installments
provides payments to more than one person and one or more but fewer than all of them die,
the surviving beneficiaries are entitled to shares proportionate to their shares in the
periodic installments not yet paid to the deceased beneficiary or beneficiaries. The
surviving beneficiaries are not entitled to receive payments beyond the periods specified
for such beneficiaries in the judgment.

C. If, in an action other than for wrongful death, a judgment for periodic
installments is entered and a person entitled to receive benefits for economic losses
other than for costs of health care under the judgment dies, any periodic installments
not yet due at the person's death shall be paid to a beneficiary designated in writing by
the deceased or, in the absence of such a designation, to the estate of the deceased.