Sipari v. Villa Olivia Country Club

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JOHNSON

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Anthony Sipari, brought this action to recover for personal injuries he sustained when a golf cart, allegedly manufactured by defendant Club Car, Inc., and leased to plaintiff by defendant Villa Olivia Country Club, overturned and fell upon him. Plaintiff’s suit is based on the doctrine of strict tort liability for the alleged defective design of the golf cart involved. During a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendants’ motions for directed verdicts in their favor were granted at the close of…