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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Humphreys finds the lower court improperly granted a tortfeasor’s motion to mark judgment satisfied. Judgment was awarded to the insured, and the insured’s insurance company waived its right to subrogation against the tortfeasor if he would proceed to trial, which he did. The tortfeasor’s insurance paid $50,000 per the terms of his insurance coverage, and the insured’s insurance company paid the remaining balance via the insured’s underinsured motorist coverage, but that does not mean that the tortfeasor has paid off the judgment, it just means that the insured collected per the terms of the underinsured motorist coverage that the insured elected to purchase. The amount collected under that coverage is not a credit toward the balance of the judgment; the tortfeasor is still obligated to pay the balance. Reversed.