The following policy was approved by the Board of Trustees on March 15, 1974 and revised on September 2, 1983.

Michigan State University will support its trustees, officers, faculty, and staff when acting in the performance of assigned duties on behalf of the University. This policy also applies to students while engaged in approved academic programs and volunteers who are performing services for the University with prior written approval of the appropriate University official. The University will defend, save harmless, and indemnify such persons against any suit or proceeding, wherever brought, premised upon the fact that he or she is or was a member of the Board or an officer, employee, student, or volunteer of the University. The indemnity extends to expenses including attorney fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding where such person had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. As a condition of indemnification, the trustee, official, employee, student, or volunteer is required to cooperate fully on a continuous basis with the University Attorney and the Office of Insurance and Risk Management.

MSUE employees and volunteers providing services on behalf of or at the direction of MSU.

Incidents involving personal bodily injury or property damage that may give rise to a claim should be reported immediately to the Office of Risk Management and Insurance with a copy to the MSUE Human Resources office.

Incident Report forms are available from the Office of Risk Management, the MSUE Human Resources office and the Regional Director’s Office.