Berger v. Board of Trustees of University

OPINION

Dillard, J.

The Claimant, Sidney E. Berger, filed his complaint against the University of Illinois on March 19, 1984. His claim is that on October 6, 1983, at approximately 3:10 p.m., he was a paying guest of a member, playing ping pong at the Intramural Physical Education (IMPE) Building on the Champaign-Urbana campus of the University of Illinois. While he played the game, he alleged he went for a ball and stepped onto the overhang of a net which hung from the ceiling of the building. The net caused him to fall to the floor and sustain serious bodily injury. He claimed the State was…