Can a municipality be indemnified for costs incurred in defending a slander action?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Nicholson v. Esterhazy (Town), 1974 CanLII 946 (SK QB):
Wilson J. upheld the payment. He concluded that (at p. 478): “ . . . at all times relevant to the matters in issue in the slander action, (the mayor) was acting in his capacity as mayor, He might, therefore, be indemnified in respect of the costs incurred in defending the action: Heffernan v. Walkerton, [supra].”
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