8557 - Judgment as a bar.

                                JUDGMENTS     § 8557.  Judgment as a bar.        The judgment in an action cognizable under section 8545     (relating to official liability generally) shall constitute a     complete bar to any action by the claimant, by reason of the     same subject matter, against the local agency of which the     defendant in such action is an employee. The judgment in an     action under section 8542 (relating to exceptions to     governmental immunity) shall constitute a complete bar to any     action by the claimant, by reason of the same subject matter,     against the employee whose act gave rise to the claim.