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...