Deborah J. Newman and Terry Newman v. Ford Motor Company, CBS Redi-Mix and William McCoy

Products liability and negligence claims - On May 26, 1993, Deborah Newman was driving her 1988 Ford Aerostar on Highway 125, in Greene County, Missouri. As
she was stopped behind another car waiting for it to make a left turn, Mr. McCoy's truck, loaded with gravel, approached
down a hill from behind, moving at approximately forty-five miles per hour. After realizing that the cars in front of him were
stopped, Mr. McCoy attempted to stop his truck, but was unsuccessful and impacted the rear of Ms. Newman's car at
approximately thirty miles per hour. Ms. Newman's car was thrown forward and collided with the rear of the car ahead of her.
While Mr. McCoy, the other two passengers in Ms. Newman's car, and the five occupants of the first car suffered relatively
minor injuries, Ms. Newman's seat collapsed under the force of the impact, and she was thrown backwards; her shoulders
struck the back seat, fracturing her spine and causing her to become paraplegic.

After trial, a jury assessed the Newmans' damages at $12.5 million and apportioned
fault as follows: seventy percent to CBS and McCoy, twenty-five percent to Ford, and five percent to Ms. Newman. The
judgment is affirmed as modified.

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Affirmed as modified by the Supreme Court of Missouri. The date shown above is the date of the appellate court decision and not the trial date.