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3672 REVIEW DENIED A public employee who commits a tort while acting in the scope of employment and for whom the public employer refused to furnish a defense is entitled to indemnity from the public employer for liability resulting from a stipulated judgment in settlement of the tort claim; having received from the public employee an assignment of the employee's right to indemnity, the plaintiff who has received the stipulated judgment is entitled to sue the public entity for indemnity as the employee's assignee, even though the plaintiff previously dismissed the public entity with prejudice from its tort action.CitationJOHNSON v COUNTY OF FRESNO (Indemnity Assignment) 111 CA4 1087 [See: GovC 825, 825.2; Rivas v City 10 CA4 1110, T/AT 1/93; Long Beach GPA v Hunt (1994) 25 CA4 1195, T/AT 7/94]
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