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Section 8545 – Official liability generally

§ 8545. Official liability generally. An employee of a local agency is liable for civil damages on account of any injury to a person or property caused by acts of the employee which are within the scope of his office or duties only to the same extent as his employing local agency and subject to […]

Section 8546 – Defense of official immunity

§ 8546. Defense of official immunity. In any action brought against an employee of a local agency for damages on account of an injury to a person or property based upon claims arising from, or reasonably related to, the office or the performance of the duties of the employee, the employee may assert on his […]

Section 8547 – Legal assistance

§ 8547. Legal assistance. (a) Mandatory provision of legal assistance generally.–When an action is brought against an employee of a local agency for damages on account of an injury to a person or property, and it is alleged that the act of the employee which gave rise to the claim was within the scope of […]

Section 8548 – Indemnity

§ 8548. Indemnity. (a) Indemnity by local agency generally.–When an action is brought against an employee of a local agency for damages on account of an injury to a person or property, and he has given timely prior written notice to the local agency, and it is judicially determined that an act of the employee […]

Section 8549 – Limitation on damages

§ 8549. Limitation on damages. In any action brought against an employee of a local agency for damages on account of an injury to a person or property in which it is judicially determined that the act of the employee caused the injury and that such act was, or that the employee in good faith […]

Section 8550 – Willful misconduct

§ 8550. Willful misconduct. In any action against a local agency or employee thereof for damages on account of an injury caused by the act of the employee in which it is judicially determined that the act of the employee caused the injury and that such act constituted a crime, actual fraud, actual malice or […]