Representation by Attorney General

Representation by Attorney General. The Attorney General shall defend any civil action or proceeding brought in any court against any employee of the Commonwealth or his estate for any such damage or injury. The employee against whom such civil action or proceeding is brought shall deliver, within 5 days of receiving service of process or other court documentation of suit, all papers, including the summons, the pleadings, or other materials received, to the head of the department where the employee is employed, if so employed, or to the office of the Attorney General, if not employed. Said department heads shall promptly furnish copies of said papers to the office of the Attorney General. In the sole discretion of the Attorney General, outside counsel may be employed for the purposes of this Act as may be appropriate. Source: PL 15-22, § 9.