GRANT v. SOUTH ROXANA DAD'S CLUB

No. 5-05-0321.

886 N.E.2d 543 (2008)

Sheila R. GRANT, Individually and as Mother and Next Friend of Zachary Grant, a Minor, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SOUTH ROXANA DAD'S CLUB, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

April 10, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis E. Rose, Georgiann Oliver, Donovan, Rose, Nester & Joley, P.C., Belleville, for Appellant.

Stephen M. Kernan, Cook, Ysursa, Bartholomew, Brauer & Shevlin, Ltd., Belleville, for Appellee.


Justice CHAPMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Sheila Grant, is the mother of a young boy who was seriously injured when he fell while riding his bicycle over a dirt pile on the premises of the defendant, the South Roxana Dad's Club (Dad's Club). Eight-year-old Zachary Grant rode his bicycle over the dirt pile as a means of deliberately becoming airborne on the bicycle—a practice called "ramping." The parties filed cross-motions for a summary...

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