Sahli v. Woodbine Board of Education

Justice WALLACE, JR.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case requires us to determine whether a school board attorney is entitled to indemnification under N.J.S.A. 18A:16-6, which provides for indemnification in defense of a civil action for “any person holding any office, position or employment” with a board of education. A secondary issue is whether the Woodbine Board of Education’s (Board) insurance policy requires the insurer to reimburse the Board’s attorney for counsel fees incurred in defense of the civil action.

The trial court concluded that the statute provided indemnification…