Rhodes v. Mill Race Inn, Inc.

PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court:

Whether a civil action to impose strict tort liability may be based upon a violation of the Safety Glazing Materials Act (the Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. llU/e, par. 3101 et seq.) is the question presented by this appeal. We conclude that such action does not lie and that the circuit court properly dismissed counts I, III, V and VII of plaintiffs amended complaint which sought to impose strict liability in tort.

The stricken counts of the amended complaint alleged in substance that defendant, Mill Race Inn, Inc., operated a…