LaSalle County trust committee recommends board consider McLean County autopsy agreement, approves insurance renewals and payments

The LaSalle County Trust Committee on Wednesday recommended that the full county board consider a proposed contract with McLean County that would formalize use of McLean’s coroner facility and include liability indemnification for the host facility.

Rich, the presenter on the item, told the committee LaSalle does not have a local autopsy center and has used McLean County’s coroner facility; after recent Illinois legislation expanded indemnification protections for forensic pathologists, McLean and other regional facilities began asking for a signed contract and additional liability indemnification before accepting cases. "They're asking for ... a signed contract, but also ... liability indemnification," Rich said, and he said he had forwarded the draft documents to Pat Herman for review.

Committee legal and insurance advisors discussed the indemnification language and coverage. An insurance advisor told the committee that county insurance through ICRMT should cover the exposure, and advised that the trust committee…