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Driver claiming partial disability sues boxer; Golota caused AArrttiiccllee ttoooollss crash, woman says Save this article Article from: CChhii ccaaggoo SSuunn-- TTii mmeess Article date: SS ee pp tt ee mm bb ee rr 11 00 ,, 22 00 00 77 Author: SS t ee v ee PP aa t t ee r s oo nn More results for: JJ oo nn aa t t hh aa nn RR oo ss ee nn f f ee l l dd Print this article Top boxer is being sued over an April traffic accident that allegedly left a woman partially disabled. E-mail this article

Juliet Mendez says the fighter blew through a stop sign and slammed into the side of her car at Export to Microsoft Word Armitage and Honore on April 6. Cite this article Mendez, 18, was "permanently injured to her back and neck" and incurred "substantial medical bills" after the accident, according to her attorney, JJoonnaatthhaann RRoosseennffeelldd. Related articles

"She has no idea who he is," he said of Golota's notoriety. "She's only concerned with seeing to it that she gets fair compensation for her injuries." RReesseeaarrcchh CCeenntteerr Golota, who is training for a heavyweight fight, did not return calls. But his wife, attorney Mariola Golota, All saved items said the accident "looked like a fender-bender to me."

Golota was driving a friend's 2007 Lexus north on Honore when he allegedly slammed into a 1999 Saved articles Chevy Malibu driven westbound on Armitage by Mendez, a clerical worker. Saved searches Golota, an Olympic bronze medalist for who has had multiple shots at 's heavyweight title, was ticketed, but charges were later dropped. No ambulance went to the scene, and accident reports Alerts indicate only property damage, according to his attorney, Matthew P. Walsh II. Your account Walsh and Golota have not seen the lawsuit filed last week in Cook County Circuit Court, which seeks in excess of $50,000.

This isn't the first time Golota -- who has fought the likes of and -- has been sued for causing a traffic accident, court records show. In 2003, Golota settled a civil suit stemming from a traffic accident by paying $500,000, while he settled a 1999 case for $60,000.

Last year, he was found guilty of failing to have a proper gun permit. He was fined and was put on probation.

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