§ 34.1-3-119 — Notice of right to defend action

In an action for breach of an obligation for which a third
person is answerable over pursuant to this article or article 4,
the defendant may give the third person written notice of the
litigation, and the person notified may then give similar notice
to any other person who is answerable over. If the notice
states (1) that the person notified may come in and defend and
(2) that failure to do so will bind the person notified in an
action later brought by the person giving the notice as to any
determination of fact common to the two (2) litigations, the
person notified is so bound unless after seasonable receipt of
the notice the person notified does come in and defend.
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