U.S. Bank v. YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago

              SECOND DIVISION
DECEMBER 31, 2008
1-07-0487
U.S. BANK, as Trustee of the Roe Ann Lockhart Obra ‘93 ) Appeal from the
Trust, and the Roe Ann Lockhart of Obra ‘93 Trust, formerly ) Circuit Court of
U.S. Bank, as Guardian and Representative of the Estate of ) Cook County.
Roe Ann Lockhart, a disabled minor, ))
Plaintiff-Appellee, )
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v. ) No. 01 L 4891
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YMCA OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO, a Corporation, )
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Defendant-Appellant )
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(Terrell C. Sanderson, as a Duly Authorized Agent, Servant and ) Honorable
Employee of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, a Corporation, ) Dennis J. Burke and
) Daniel Locallo,
Defendant). ) Judges Presiding.
JUSTICE CUNNINGHAM delivered the opinion of the court:
This is an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff, U.S. Bank, of $15,468,277 entered on a
jury verdict rendered in the circuit court of Cook County on October 12, 2006, after a reduction for
comparative negligence and setoff for prior payments. U.S. Bank is the trustee of the Roe Ann
Lockhart Obra ‘93 Trust and the guardian and representative of the estate of Roe Ann Lockhart, a
disabled minor. Roe Ann was a 12-year-old pedestrian when she was injured on January 8, 2001,
in Harvey, Illinois, by a minivan owned by the defendant YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, a
corporation (YMCA), and driven by defendant Terrell C. Sanderson, YMCA’s employee