Common use of Defendant or Plaintiff Clause in Contracts

Defendant or Plaintiff. When a teacher is absent because of serving as a defendant or a plaintiff in court, full deduction will be made for time away from duty (if the case is not in connection with any incident involving the teacher while acting as an agent of the District in the scope of his/her employment, provided the School District is not an adverse party to the teacher). The teacher may elect to use personal leave days, if the School District is not an adverse party, and, they have not been previously used.