TITLE 9
Courts and Civil ProcedureProcedure Generally
CHAPTER 9-31
Governmental Tort Liability
SECTION 9-31-10
§ 9-31-10 Exclusive control over
litigation.
Whenever the attorney general defends a state employee or former state employee
pursuant to §§ 9-31-8 9-31-12, the attorney general shall
assume exclusive control over the representation of the employee or former
state employee, and the employee or former state employee shall cooperate fully
with the attorney general's defense. The attorney general is authorized to
compromise or settle any claims after the institution of suit thereon, with the
approval of the court in which the suit is pending.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1979, ch. 259, § 1.)