The City of Woodstock Aquatics Coordinator is the third person to file a lawsuit against an adventure park in Algonquin, with the plaintiffs all alleging they suffered injuries in separate foam pit accidents.
McHenry-based law firm Hans Mast Law Group filed a lawsuit last month in McHenry County Circuit Court against Fun City Adventure Park.
The lawsuit complaint alleges the adventure park, located at 215 South Randall Road in Algonquin, was negligent and the proximate cause of a woman being injured.
Plaintiff Leslie Behrns, who is employed as the Quatics Coordinator for the City of Woodstock, was injured on August 17 in the foam pit, the complaint said.
The complant said the Behrns jumped from the raised platform into the foam pit and struck the bottom of the pit, causing serious injury.
The suit said Fun City Adventure Park operated a foam pit that was not safe for “all shapes and sizes of visitors” given its “limited depth and resistance of the foam squares” in the pit.
The complaint additionally said that the adventure park knew or should have known that adults jumping into the foam pit from the raised platform were exposed to a “latent and unknown danger” due to the unsafe layout and design of the pit.
The lawsuit seeks an unspecified amount of damages in excess of $50,000 and is set for an initial court hearing on March 6. It is the third suit to be filed against Fun City Adventure Park.
Naperville-based law firm John J. Malm and Associates filed a lawsuit in October also alleging the adventure park was negligent and the proximate cause of a child being injured.
Plaintiff Scott Stone, of Algonquin, said his juvenile son was injured at Fun City Adventure Park on May 27.
The lawsuit complaint said the child was jumping into a foam pit at the trampoline park from a platform when he suffered injuries to his head, neck and back.
The complaint claims there was an inadequate amount of foam blocks in the pit, including in the center of the pit, to protect guests from being injured.
The suit, which seeks an unspecified amount in damages in excess of $50,000, says the business “carelessly and negligently” failed to provide a safe and proper foam pit and failed to warn others of the dangerous condition.
The first lawsuit filed against the business was in August and additionally named River Pointe of Algonquin as a defendant, court records show.
That suit was filed in McHenry County Circuit Court also by Hans Mast Law Group.
Plaintiff David Zick, of Algonquin, accused Fun City Adventure Park of being negligent when he was injured at the trampoline park on April 11.
Zick paid a fee and was permitted by staff to use the facility without signing or reviewing any paperwork notifying him of the “latent dangers” that existed at the premises, according to the lawsuit complaint.
The complaint said Zick jumped from a raised platform into the foam pit and his foot struck the bottom of the pit, causing him serious injury.
The lawsuit said the business “knew or should have known” that adults jumping into the foam pit from the raised platform were unaware of the limited depth of the pit and the limited ability of the foam cubes to safely cushion their fall.
Zick suffered bodily injury, “both internally and externally,” and has suffered and will in the future suffer pain, the complaint said, adding that Zick has been “permanently scarred and disabled” while becoming obligated for “large sums of money for medical care.”
The Village of Algonquin previously temporarily deemed the business “not approved for occupancy” in March 2024 following an Illinois Department of Labor inspection.
The shutdown came after inspectors discovered Fun City Adventure Park never applied for permitting or licensing with the state as required for adventure parks.
An inspection performed in 2024 by the village, fire department and state officials showed the ropes course, trampolines and foam pits did not meet standards adopted by the state.
State inspectors noted that the ropes course was using the wrong-rated bolts, wrong-sized bolts and safety harnesses with many components only hand-tightened.
They said the elevated ropes course was most likely a counterfeit Chinese knock-off of an approved system.
Fun City Adventure Park said it reopened in late August 2024 after getting the “go” to open again. The business has not publicly responded to the lawsuits.