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A Cook
County personal injury lawsuit involving an Illinois
auto accident that left a 19 year-old girl a quadriplegic
recently received a 6.05 million settlement. The bulk of the
settlement in Perez v. Baeza, et al., No. 09 L 3958 came
from Sparco, a
distributor of race car seats that was involved in the case
under product
liability claims. Sparco contributed 6 million, which was the
full extent of its insurance policy.
The events leading to the
case began in 2005 when Perez’s boyfriend, Baeza, was driving them
home from a quinceaera, i.e. a coming of age
celebration for a 15 year-old girl. Baeza had been drinking and was
speeding along when his car left the roadway and struck a tree. He
was later charged with an aggravated DUI.
At the time of the Illinois
car crash Perez was a passenger in the front seat. Baeza had
modified the front seats of his car, replacing the
factory-installed seats with race car seats distributed by the
California-based Sparco Motor Sports,
Inc. Perez was left a quadriplegic as a result of the auto
accident.

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