Notice of right to defend action.
In an action for breach of an obligation for which a third person is answerable over pursuant to this article or Article 4, the defendant may give the third person notice of the litigation in a record, and the person notified may then give similar notice to any other person who is answerable over. If the notice states (i) that the person notified may come in and defend and (ii) that failure to do so will bind the person notified in an action later brought by the person giving the notice as to any determination of fact common to the 2 litigations, the person notified is so bound unless after seasonable receipt of the notice the person notified does come in and defend.
Annotations
Mar. 23, 1995, D.C. Law 10-249, § 2(d), 42 DCR 467 Apr. 27, 2013, D.C. Law 19-299, § 5(e), 60 DCR 2634 This section is a restatement of former Section 3-803. The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 19-299 substituted “notice of the litigation in a record” for “written notice of the litigation” in the first sentence. 1981 Ed., § 28:3-119.
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