American Employers' Insurance v. City of Medford

On the grounds that a city employee’s statutory right to be indemnified was personal and not assignable, the city of Medford refused to reimburse American Employers’ Insurance Company (“Employers”), the insurer of an indus*19trial arts teacher, William Mahoney, for the $153,000 it had paid in satisfaction of a judgment against Mahoney arising out of a classroom accident. Employers brought an action claiming indemnity, and a judge of the Superior Court, acting on cross motions for summary judgment, determined that Employers was entitled to indemnity under G. L. c. 41, § 100C, and entered judgment…