Employee indemnification authorized when.
Metropolitan Code of Nashville and Davidson County § 2.40.140
in effect2.40.140 - Employee indemnification authorized when.
A. The metropolitan government is authorized to indemnify an employee from a judgment against the employee to an amount as provided hereafter if:
1. The judgment results from an act or omission of the employee taken on behalf of the metropolitan government;
2. The employee was furnished defense counsel at the metropolitan government's expense, and the employee has cooperated with that defense counsel;
3. The employee has no insurance coverage protecting the employee from damages up to the amounts provided hereafter in this section; and
4. The judgment results from a legal claim challenging conduct that did not constitute a flagrant violation of law or policy, as determined by the employee's department, board, commission, or agency head and the director of law, in their discretion.
B. The director of law and the head of the department, board, commission, or agency in which the employee is employed shall have the discretion to determine what amount, if any, an employee may be indemnified, subject to Section 8.103(e) of the Metropolitan Charter, but in no event shall such indemnity exceed two hundred thousand dollars for each person injured or property damaged in one incident or accident, and four hundred thousand dollars for all personal injuries and property damage in one incident or accident.
(Ord. BL2025-770 §§ 6, 7, 2025; prior code § 32-1-87)
Source: Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Metropolitan Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tn/metro_government_of_nashville_and_davidson_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CD_TIT2AD_DIVICOOFOFDE_CH2.40DELA_ARTIIEMDEIN_2.40.140EMINAUWHFetched: 10/28/2026