§ 1.7.2 OVERVIEW.

• Jurisdiction: Arizona

§ 1.7.2 Overview. In wrongful termination and discrimination lawsuits, supervisors and fellow employees sometimes find themselves named as individual defendants. Allegations may include personal liability, intentional interference with contract, intentional infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy, defamation and even assault and battery. When supervisors or employees are named individually, they quite reasonably want to know whether they are entitled to indemnification by their employer and, if so, to what extent.

The rights of a corporation's directors, officers or employees to be indemnified by their employer if they are sued in that capacity may arise from various sources: statutes, articles of incorporation, bylaws, individual contracts or common law doctrine. Arizona, like many jurisdictions, provides for corporate...