Settlement of Claims and Payment of Judgments

Settlement of Claims and Payment of Judgments. (a) The Attorney General may compromise or settle any claim asserted hereunder, whether asserted by initial claim, civil action, or otherwise. Money judgments rendered against the Commonwealth shall only be paid from funds specifically appropriated for that purpose by the legislature. (b) The settlement of the claim by the Attorney General or the judgment in an action shall constitute a complete bar to any other action by the claimant, by reason of the same subject matter, against the employee of the Commonwealth whose act or omission gave rise to the claim. Source: PL 3-51, § 5; amended by PL 15-22, § 6.