Vermont § 119 - § 3—119.

§ 119. § 3—119.

• 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 of this title, the defendant may give the third
  person written notice of the litigation, 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 two litigations, the person notified is so bound
  unless after seasonable receipt of the notice the person notified does come in and
  defend. (Added 1993, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.)