Olsen v. Eagle Mountain City

Justice LEE,

opinion of the Court:

¶ 1 In this interlocutory appeal, Defendant Eagle Mountain City asks us to reverse the district court's denial of its motion to dismiss an action filed by the City's former mayor, Brian Brent Olsen. The City's motion challenged Olsen's eligibility for reimbursement of attorney fees incurred in defending a criminal action arising out of Olsen's duties as mayor, asserting that the applicable statute conditions eligibility for reimbursement on timely submission of a request that the government employer defend the employee in the underlying suit (a request that…