Wyoming § 1-42-203 (d) Claims against participating local governments and
their public employees, or a judicial officer exercising the
authority vested in him, arising under 42 U.S.C. 1983 or other
federal statutes, shall be defended and indemnification paid
subject to the following conditions:
(i) Public employees of participating local
governments, other than peace officers, shall be defended and,
to the extent provided by paragraph (iii) of this subsection,
indemnified against any claim or demand, whether groundless or
otherwise, arising out of an alleged act or omission occurring
in the scope of duty;
(ii) Any civil action, suit or proceeding which is
brought against any public employee which on its face falls
within the provisions of paragraph (i) of this subsection, or
which the public employee, other than peace officers, asserts is
based on an alleged act or omission in the scope of duty, shall
be defended under the program with an automatic reservation of
right by the board to reject the claim unless the act or
omission is determined to be within the scope of duty. Any
public employee against whom a claim within the scope of this
subsection is made shall cooperate fully in the defense of the
claim. If the board determines that the public employee has not
cooperated or has otherwise acted to prejudice defense of the
claim, the defense of the claim may be rejected at any time;
(iii) Unless the act or omission upon which a claim
is based is determined by the court or jury to be within the
public employee's scope of duty, no funds shall be expended from
the program in payment of the final judgment against the public
employee;
(iv) Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to:
(A) Increase the limits of liability under W.S

Wyoming Statutes

§ 1-42-203 — (d) Claims against participating local governments and their public employees, or a judicial officer exercising the authority vested in him, arising under 42 U.S.C. 1983 or other federal statutes, shall be defended and indemnification paid subject to the following conditions: (i) Public employees of participating local governments, other than peace officers, shall be defended and, to the extent provided by paragraph (iii) of this subsection, indemnified against any claim or demand, whether groundless or otherwise, arising out of an alleged act or omission occurring in the scope of duty; (ii) Any civil action, suit or proceeding which is brought against any public employee which on its face falls within the provisions of paragraph (i) of this subsection, or which the public employee, other than peace officers, asserts is based on an alleged act or omission in the scope of duty, shall be defended under the program with an automatic reservation of right by the board to reject the claim unless the act or omission is determined to be within the scope of duty. Any public employee against whom a claim within the scope of this subsection is made shall cooperate fully in the defense of the claim. If the board determines that the public employee has not cooperated or has otherwise acted to prejudice defense of the claim, the defense of the claim may be rejected at any time; (iii) Unless the act or omission upon which a claim is based is determined by the court or jury to be within the public employee's scope of duty, no funds shall be expended from the program in payment of the final judgment against the public employee; (iv) Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to: (A) Increase the limits of liability under W.S

Wyoming § 1-42-203

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This text of Wyoming § 1-42-203 ((d) Claims against participating local governments and their public employees, or a judicial officer exercising the authority vested in him, arising under 42 U.S.C. 1983 or other federal statutes, shall be defended and indemnification paid subject to the following conditions: (i) Public employees of participating local governments, other than peace officers, shall be defended and, to the extent provided by paragraph (iii) of this subsection, indemnified against any claim or demand, whether groundless or otherwise, arising out of an alleged act or omission occurring in the scope of duty; (ii) Any civil action, suit or proceeding which is brought against any public employee which on its face falls within the provisions of paragraph (i) of this subsection, or which the public employee, other than peace officers, asserts is based on an alleged act or omission in the scope of duty, shall be defended under the program with an automatic reservation of right by the board to reject the claim unless the act or omission is determined to be within the scope of duty. Any public employee against whom a claim within the scope of this subsection is made shall cooperate fully in the defense of the claim. If the board determines that the public employee has not cooperated or has otherwise acted to prejudice defense of the claim, the defense of the claim may be rejected at any time; (iii) Unless the act or omission upon which a claim is based is determined by the court or jury to be within the public employee's scope of duty, no funds shall be expended from the program in payment of the final judgment against the public employee; (iv) Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to: (A) Increase the limits of liability under W.S) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Wyoming primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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1-39-118 for claims brought under the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act;

(B)Affect the liability of a participating local government or of any of its public employees on any claim arising out of the same accident or occurrence; or

(C)Waive the protection of a local government or its public employees from liability where immunity has not been specifically waived.

(e)For any claim brought under the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act the program shall be limited in liability to payment of no more than the amounts specified in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this subsection. Participating local governments shall be responsible for the amount of any adjudicated claims and expenses in excess of:

(i)One million dollars ($1,000,000.00) for any claim brought under W.S. 1-39-110(b) for any one (1) occurre

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1-39-118 for claims brought under the Wyoming Governmental
Claims Act;
(B) Affect the liability of a participating
local government or of any of its public employees on any claim
arising out of the same accident or occurrence; or
(C) Waive the protection of a local government
or its public employees from liability where immunity has not
been specifically waived.
(e) For any claim brought under the Wyoming Governmental
Claims Act the program shall be limited in liability to payment
of no more than the amounts specified in paragraphs (i) and (ii)
of this subsection. Participating local governments shall be
responsible for the amount of any adjudicated claims and
expenses in excess of:
(i) One million dollars ($1,000,000.00) for any claim
brought under W.S. 1-39-110(b) for any one (1) occurrence plus
loss adjustment expenses; or
(ii) Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) for
any other claim brought under the Wyoming Governmental Claims
Act for any one (1) occurrence plus loss adjustment expenses.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, no
expenditure shall be made from the program in any action to pay
any claim or final judgment for exemplary or punitive damages.