Common use of LIABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS Clause in Contracts

LIABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS. The County shall provide, at no cost to employees, a policy of liability insurance to indemnify and protect employees against losses arising out of the performance in good faith of their official duties. Such liability insurance shall provide coverage for claims seeking damages for false arrest, detention or imprisonment, or malicious prosecution; libel, slander, or defamation of character; invasion of privacy, wrongful eviction or wrongful entry; and assault and battery pursuant to, during and after arrest. For the purpose of this section, official duty shall be construed to be acts done pursuant to authority conferred by law or within the scope of employment or in relation to matters committed by law to the employee or to the Sheriff’s Office under whose authority the employee is acting, whether or not there is negligence in the doing of such acts. Employees will be covered while engaged in enforcing the law beyond normal duty hours. Where there is willful misconduct, lack of good faith, or a criminal act committed in the doing of any such acts, the same shall not constitute the performance in good faith of the official duties of any employee within the operation or intent of this section. The coverage provided by such insurance shall be in an amount not less than $500,000 for each person or an aggregate of $1,000,000 and shall include the costs of defense, including attorney fees.

LIABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS. The County shall provide, at no cost to employees, a policy of liability insurance to indemnify and protect employees against losses arising out of the performance in good faith of their official duties. Such liability insurance shall provide coverage for claims seeking damages for false arrest, detention or imprisonment, or malicious prosecution; libel, slander, or defamation of character; invasion of privacy, wrongful eviction or wrongful entry; and assault and battery pursuant to, during and after arrest. For the purpose of this section, official duty shall be construed to be acts done pursuant to authority conferred by law or within the scope of employment or in relation to matters committed by law to the employee or to the Sheriff’s Office under whose authority the employee is acting, whether or not there is negligence in the doing of such acts. Employees will be covered while engaged in enforcing the law beyond normal duty hours. Where there is willful misconduct, lack of good faith, or a criminal act committed in the doing of any such acts, the same shall not constitute the performance in good faith of the official duties of any employee within the operation or intent of this section. The coverage provided by such insurance shall be in an amount not less than $500,000 for each person or an aggregate of $1,000,000 and shall include the costs of defense, defense including attorney fees.