CODE TITLE XVII--OF TRANSACTION OR COMPROMISE

CHAPTER 1.  TRANSACTION OR COMPROMISE

§3921.  Remission, transaction, compromise, or other conventional discharge of obligations

A.  Notwithstanding any provision in Title III of Code Book III of Title 9 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 to the contrary, every master or employer is answerable for the damage occasioned by his servant or employee in the exercise of the functions in which they are employed.  Any remission, transaction, compromise, or other conventional discharge in favor of the employee, or any judgment rendered against him for such damage shall be valid as between the damaged creditor and the employee, and the employer shall have no right of contribution, division, or indemnification from the employee nor shall the employer be allowed to bring any incidental action under the provisions of Chapter 6 of Title I of Book II of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure against such employee.

B.  The provisions of this Section are remedial and shall be applied retrospectively and prospectively to any cause of action for damages arising prior to, on, or after the effective date of this Section.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 803, §1.  Acts 1984, No. 331, §10, eff. July 2, 1984; Acts 1988, No. 401, §1.