Tennessee Statutes

§ 48-18-503 — Mandatory indemnification

Tennessee § 48-18-503

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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-18-503 (2026).

Text

Unless limited by its charter, a corporation shall indemnify a director who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the director was a party because the director is or was a director of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by the director in connection with the proceeding.

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Sherman v. American Water Heater Co., Inc.
50 S.W.3d 455 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2001)
18 case citations
Jonathan King v. Dean Chase
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2021)

Legislative History

Acts 1986, ch. 887, § 8.52.

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