Pettit v. Namie

OPINION BY

Judge SIMPSON.

In these complex cross-appeals, we are asked whether indemnification by a local agency for payment of a judgment against a county district attorney in a federal civil rights action is prohibited under the statute commonly known as the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act (Tort Claims Act).1 We are also asked whether the county district attorney is entitled to reimbursement for attorney’s fees, costs, expenses and prejudgment interest.

For the reasons that follow, we conclude the county district attorney is entitled to indemnification for the judgment entered against…