Attorneys’ fees
Case: Fagel v. The Department of Transportation, 2013 IL App (1st) 121841, - N.E.2d -, (Ill. App. 1st , 5/28/2013).
Date: Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Plaintiff requested an Excel spreadsheet of IDOT’s red light camera enforcement system. Plaintiff was doing research and writing for a national report on the effectiveness of red light camera technology. IDOT produced an Excel spreadsheet in a locked version.
FOIA language is broad enough to require IDOT to produce unlocked electronic copy of the Excel spreadsheet to allow Plaintiff to fully exercise functions of the Excel program. An award of $12,561 in reasonable attorney’s fees and costs was allowed by Section 11(i) of FOIA.