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Dolton board approves multiple settlements; attorney discloses two in-custody deaths
Summary
The Dolton Village Board approved three settlement agreements, including one resolving a wrongful-death claim after an in-custody suicide. Village attorney said policies were violated in the incidents and the administration settled to avoid trial; officials scheduled executive session for legal matters.
The Dolton Village Board on Feb. 2 moved to resolve several outstanding legal matters, approving settlements the mayor and counsel said were necessary to close long-running litigation.
Attorney Mike McGrath told trustees the village inherited roughly 83–84 litigation files from the prior administration and that his office has "resolved 37 of those cases." He asked the board to approve three additional settlements that he said would reduce active matters handled directly by village counsel.
McGrath described one of the approved settlements in case number 2023L010831…
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