248(1)Where an insurer makes a payment on behalf of an insured under a contract evidenced by a Motor Vehicle Liability policy to a person who is or alleges himself to be entitled to recover from the insured covered by the policy, the payment constitutes, to the extent of the payment, a release by the person or his personal representative of any claim that the person or his personal representative or any person claiming through or under him or by virtue of the Fatal Accidents Act may have against the insured and the insurer.

248(2)Nothing in this section precludes the insurer making the payment from demanding, as a condition precedent to such payment, a release from the person or his personal representative or any other person to the extent of such payment.

248(3)Where the person commences an action the court shall adjudicate upon the matter first without reference to the payment but in giving judgment the payment shall be taken into account and the person shall only be entitled to judgment for the net amount, if any.

248(4)The intention of this section is to permit payments to a claimant without prejudice to the defendant or his insurer, either as an admission of liability or otherwise, and the fact of any payment shall not be disclosed to the judge or jury until after judgment but before formal entry thereof.

248(1)Where an insurer makes a payment on behalf of an insured under a contract evidenced by a Motor Vehicle Liability policy to a person who is or alleges himself to be entitled to recover from the insured covered by the policy, the payment constitutes, to the extent of the payment, a release by the person or his personal representative of any claim that the person or his personal representative or any person claiming through or under him or by virtue of the Fatal Accidents Act may have against the insured and the insurer.

248(2)Nothing in this section precludes the insurer making the payment from demanding, as a condition precedent to such payment, a release from the person or his personal representative or any other person to the extent of such payment.

248(3)Where the person commences an action the court shall adjudicate upon the matter first without reference to the payment but in giving judgment the payment shall be taken into account and the person shall only be entitled to judgment for the net amount, if any.

248(4)The intention of this section is to permit payments to a claimant without prejudice to the defendant or his insurer, either as an admission of liability or otherwise, and the fact of any payment shall not be disclosed to the judge or jury until after judgment but before formal entry thereof.