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WIEHAGEN v. BOROUGH OF NORTH BRADDOCK

527 Pa. 517 (1991)

594 A.2d 303

Henry WIEHAGEN, Appellee, v. BOROUGH OF NORTH BRADDOCK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 16, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Bacharach, Girman & Bacharach, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Ronald P. Koerner, Gatz, Cohen, Segal & Koerner, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, LARSEN, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and CAPPY, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.

The questions before us are whether appellant should be held liable to indemnify its employee pursuant to Section 8548(a) of the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act, 42 Pa.C.S. § 8541 et seq., (the "Act") for compensatory damages assessed against its employee pursuant to a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action; and if so, whether such indemnification should also include reasonable...

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