Friend Amiel Garcia (R) tickles Donna Bailey, 44, while helping her with physical therapy at the TIRR Lifebridge hospital in Houston, January 9, 2001. Bailey, who was left paralyzed from the neck down after her Ford Explorer rolled over ten months ago, settled her lawsuit with Ford Motor Co. and Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. which was scheduled to go to trial Monday in Corpus Christi, Texas.

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