Jee-MacDougall v. County of Los Angeles
When claims were asserted against respondents as former employees of appellant County of Los Angeles (the County), they asked the County to provide a defense pursuant to Government Code section 995, a provision of the California Tort Claims Act (Gov. Code, 810 et seq.). After the County denied the request, respondents sought relief by petition for writ of mandate. The trial court directed the County to offer to provide a defense through counsel that it had engaged to defend another employee. Concluding that a conflict would result from any attempt by the County to provide joint representation to respondents and the other employee, Court reverse.
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