patients of county operated hospitals -- Conditions.
(1) The fiscal court of any county in which there is a county operated hospital may
provide for liability and indemnity insurance for the benefit of the hospital against
the negligence of the employees of such hospital.
(2) The insurance policies so purchased by the fiscal court shall be purchased only from
insurance companies authorized to transact business in this state, and any such
policy shall bind the insurer to pay, subject to the terms and conditions of the
policy, any final judgment, not in excess of the policy limits, rendered against the
insured hospital or hospital employees for the death or injury of any patient, or
damage to the property of any patient, resulting from the negligence of the hospital,
its agents or employees.
(3) This section shall not be construed as waiving the immunity of the county or county
operated hospital from suit only to the extent of the policy limits, and no judgment
may be enforced or collected against the county, fiscal court, the members thereof,
or such hospital, but shall only measure the liability of the insurance carrier. No
attempt shall be made in the trial of any suit to suggest the existence of any
insurance which covers in whole or in part any judgment or award which has been
rendered in favor of the claimant, but if the verdict rendered by the jury exceeds the
limits of applicable insurance, the court shall reduce the amount of said judgment to
a sum equal to the applicable limit stated in the policy.
History: Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 192, sec. 1. -- Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 156,
secs. 1 and 2.
Notes of Decisions
Reyes v. Hardin Cnty., 55 S.W.3d 337 (Ky. 2001).
· cites it 17× “KRS 67.186 provides: (1) The fiscal court of any county in which there is a county operated hospital may provide for liability and indemnity insurance for the benefit of the hospital against the negligence of the employees of such hospital.”
Grayson Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Casey, 157 S.W.3d 201 (Ky. 2005).
· cites it 9× “310, even after the 1960 amendment of the latter that added the language, “not to exceed the limits of the policy.”
Rather v. Allen Cnty. War Mem'l Hosp., 429 S.W.2d 860 (Ky. Ct. App. 1968).
· cites it 2× “The fact that a county which carries liability insurance for its hospital operation may have a limited suability under KRS 67.186 is of no significance here, because there is no allegation that Allen County carried such insurance.”
Hill v. Ohio Cnty., 468 S.W.2d 306 (Ky. Ct. App. 1971).
· cites it 2× “2d 860 , to the effect that under KRS 67.186 (and Constitution Sec. 231) a county is immune from such a suit except to the extent of insurance coverage, if any, authorized under KRS 67.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 67.186(1) — 2 cases
Grayson Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Casey, 157 S.W.3d 201 (Ky. 2005).
“310, even after the 1960 amendment of the latter that added the language, “not to exceed the limits of the policy.”
Reyes v. Hardin Cnty., 55 S.W.3d 337 (Ky. 2001).
“KRS 67.186 provides: (1) The fiscal court of any county in which there is a county operated hospital may provide for liability and indemnity insurance for the benefit of the hospital against the negligence of the employees of such hospital.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 67.186(2) — 1 case
Grayson Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Casey, 157 S.W.3d 201 (Ky. 2005).
“310, even after the 1960 amendment of the latter that added the language, “not to exceed the limits of the policy.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 67.186(3) — 2 cases
Reyes v. Hardin Cnty., 55 S.W.3d 337 (Ky. 2001).
“KRS 67.186 provides: (1) The fiscal court of any county in which there is a county operated hospital may provide for liability and indemnity insurance for the benefit of the hospital against the negligence of the employees of such hospital.”
Grayson Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Casey, 157 S.W.3d 201 (Ky. 2005).
“310, even after the 1960 amendment of the latter that added the language, “not to exceed the limits of the policy.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 67.186(8) — 1 case
Reyes v. Hardin Cnty., 55 S.W.3d 337 (Ky. 2001).
“KRS 67.186 provides: (1) The fiscal court of any county in which there is a county operated hospital may provide for liability and indemnity insurance for the benefit of the hospital against the negligence of the employees of such hospital.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.