the village declined to release public documents on the basis that they did not have a physical copy of a settlement agreement that had been negotiated on their behalf by the Illinois Municipal Risk Management Association.
several elements of the act came into play—the new act prohibits sealed settlements and provides that public records held by third parties must be provided under the law.
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