<br><br>67.186 Fiscal court may provide for liability and indemnity insurance for benefit of <br>patients of county operated hospitals -- Conditions. <br>(1) The fiscal court of any county in which there is a county operated hospital may <br>provide for liability and indemnity insurance for the benefit of the hospital against <br>the negligence of the employees of such hospital. <br>(2) The insurance policies so purchased by the fiscal court shall be purchased only from <br>insurance companies authorized to transact business in this state, and any such <br>policy shall bind the insurer to pay, subject to the terms and conditions of the <br>policy, any final judgment, not in excess of the policy limits, rendered against the <br>insured hospital or hospital employees for the death or injury of any patient, or <br>damage to the property of any patient, resulting from the negligence of the hospital, <br>its agents or employees. <br>(3) This section shall not be construed as waiving the immunity of the county or county <br>operated hospital from suit only to the extent of the policy limits, and no judgment <br>may be enforced or collected against the county, fiscal court, the members thereof, <br>or such hospital, but shall only measure the liability of the insurance carrier. No <br>attempt shall be made in the trial of any suit to suggest the existence of any <br>insurance which covers in whole or in part any judgment or award which has been <br>rendered in favor of the claimant, but if the verdict rendered by the jury exceeds the <br>limits of applicable insurance, the court shall reduce the amount of said judgment to <br>a sum equal to the applicable limit stated in the policy. <br>History: Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 192, sec. 1. -- Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 156, <br>secs. 1 and 2. <br><br>