Legal Defense Clause Samples

Legal Defense. Whenever an action or proceeding for damages shall be instituted against an employee covered by this Agreement arising from acts or omissions while performing or in good faith, purporting to perform official duties, such employee may, through the College, request the attorney general to authorize the defense of said action or proceeding at the expense of the state in accordance with RCW 4.92.060.

Legal Defense. 11.1 Employees involved in litigation because of negligence, ignorance of laws, non- observance of laws, or as a result of employee judgmental decision shall not receive legal defense by the City. 11.2 Except as provided in Section 11.1 hereof, any employee who is charged with a traffic violation, ordinance violation or criminal offense arising from acts performed within the scope of employment, when such act is performed in good faith and under direct order of the supervisor, shall be reimbursed for reasonable attorney's fees and court costs actually incurred by such employee in defending against such charge.

Legal Defense. If a bargaining unit employee becomes a defendant in a civil liability suit arising out of actions taken or not taken in the course of the employee’s employment for the State, the employee has the right to request representation and indemnification through the Employer according to RCW 4.92.

Legal Defense. The Parent shall have the obligation to assume the defense or settlement of any third-party claim, suit, action or proceeding in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, provided that (i) the Shareholders shall at all times have the right, at their option, to participate fully therein, and (ii) if the Parent does not proceed diligently to defend the third-party claim, suit, action or proceeding within 10 days after receipt of notice of such third-party claim, suit, action or proceeding, the Shareholders shall have the right, but not the obligation, to undertake the defense of any such third-party claim, suit, action or proceeding.

Legal Defense. Not later than fifteen (15) Days after receipt of written notice from the Indemnified Party to the Indemnifying Party of any claims, demands, actions or causes of action asserted against such Indemnified Party for which the Indemnifying Party has indemnification, defense and hold harmless obligations under this Agreement, whether such claim, demand, action or cause of action is asserted in a legal, judicial, arbitral or administrative proceeding or action or by notice without institution of such legal, judicial, arbitral or administrative proceeding or action, the Indemnifying Party shall affirm in writing by notice to such Indemnified Party that the Indemnifying Party will indemnify, defend and hold harmless such Indemnified Party and shall, at the Indemnifying Party’s own cost and expense, assume on behalf of the Indemnified Party and conduct with due diligence and in good faith the defense thereof with counsel selected by the Indemnifying Party and reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party; provided, however, that such Indemnified Party shall have the right to be represented therein by advisory counsel of its own selection, and at its own expense; and provided further that if the defendants in any such action or proceeding include the Indemnifying Party and an Indemnified Party and the Indemnified Party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to, or inconsistent with, those available to the Indemnifying Party, such Indemnified Party shall have the right to select up to one separate counsel to participate in the defense of such action or proceeding on its own behalf at the expense of the Indemnifying Party. In the event of the failure of the Indemnifying Party to perform fully in accordance with the defense obligations under this Section 17.6, such Indemnified Party may, at its option, and without relieving the Indemnifying Party of its obligations hereunder, so perform, but all damages, costs and expenses (including all attorneys’ fees, consultant fees and litigation or arbitration expenses, settlement payments and judgments) so incurred by such Indemnified Party in that event shall be reimbursed by the Indemnifying Party to such Indemnified Party, together with interest on same from the date any such cost and expense was paid by such Indemnified Party until reimbursed by the Indemnifying Party at the interest rate set forth in Section 7.12.

Legal Defense. Whenever an employee covered by this Agreement is a defendant in any legal proceedings arising out of performance of the employee’s duties, the Board shall provide such employee with the necessary means for the defense of such action or proceeding and pay or satisfy any judgment entered against said employee. The Board and the Union agree to be bound by the provisions of N.J.S.A.40A:14-28 which is hereby incorporated by reference.

Legal Defense. The State agrees to provide legal defense for and to hold harmless the employees who are defendants in civil litigation arising from their conduct on behalf of the State. Provided, however, that this provision shall apply only in the cases in which the employee is being sued for errors or mistakes in intellectual judgment or analysis and shall not apply to physical acts of the employees, except in reasonable self defense.

Legal Defense. 23.1 If an employee becomes a defendant in a civil liability suit arising out of actions taken or not taken in the course of his or her employment for the University, the employee has the right to request representation and indemnification through the University according to RCW 4.92.

Legal Defense. The University will provide legal defense through special counsel to employees in accordance with its policy on the defense of civil suits. The responsibility of the Ohio Attorney General, and/or his or her designee, and/or special counsel appointed by him or her to provide to the University and its employees those legal services required by statute is affirmed. The University shall, at an employee’s request, affirmatively assist the employee with his or her request for legal services, as required by statute, of the Ohio Attorney General where the employee is so entitled to such assistance (i.e., occurrences arising in the scope of the employee’s employment). Officers are provided with indemnification in civil actions arising out of the proper performance of their duties as provided by Ohio statute.