Rhode Island General Laws 38-2-14. Information relating to settlement of legal claims

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Settlement agreements of any legal claims against a governmental entity shall be deemed public records.

History of Section.
P.L. 1991, ch. 263, § 2; P.L. 1998, ch. 378, § 1.

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public records: shall mean all documents, papers, letters, maps, books, tapes, photographs, films, sound recordings, magnetic or other tapes, electronic data processing records, computer stored data (including electronic mail messages, except specifically for any electronic mail messages of or to elected officials with or relating to those they represent and correspondence of or to elected officials in their official capacities), or other material regardless of physical form or characteristics made or received pursuant to law or ordinance or in connection with the transaction of official business by any agency. See Rhode Island General Laws 38-2-2
Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.