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PAUL WALKERS DAUGHTER SUES PORSCHE OVER HER FATHER'S DEATH

  • l-townfilmclub
  • Sep 29, 2015
  • 2 min read

Paul Walker’s daughter is reportedly suing Porsche over her dad’s death.

16-year-old daughter of the "Fast and Furious" actor who was killed two years ago in a California car crash has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Porsche, claiming the sports car he was in had multiple design flaws.

The suit, filed Monday by Meadow Rain Walker, seeks unspecified damages for defects it alleges contributed to her father's death.

"The bottom line is that the Porsche Carrera GT is a dangerous car. It doesn't belong on the street," Walker's attorney, Jeff Milam, said in a statement. "And we shouldn't be without Paul Walker or his friend, Roger Rodas."

Investigators with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and California Highway Patrol concluded at the time that it was high speed that killed the “Fast & Furious” star— and not a mechanical failure.

Calvin Kim with Porsche Cars North America said the automaker hasn't seen the lawsuit and wouldn't comment on specifics.

"As we have said before, we are saddened whenever anyone is hurt in a Porsche vehicle, but we believe the authorities' reports in this case clearly established that this tragic crash resulted from reckless driving and excessive speed," Kim said.

The high-performance 2005 Porsche Carrera GT was going "between 80 and 93 mph at the time the car impacted a power pole and several trees," the report said. The posted speed limit on the Santa Clarita, California, office park road were the accident occurred was 45 mph.

The lawsuit states a much-slower moving vehicle, traveling "at approximately 63 to 71 mph when it suddenly went out of control."

The suit says the doors on the Porsche used "side door reinforcement bars that lacked adequate welds and consisted of material weaker in strength than what is used in popular mass-market cars ... designed and built to be operated at speeds much slower than the Carrera GT."

Walker and friend Roger Rodas, 38, had no drugs or alcohol in their blood. Both men were wearing seat belts. The airbags deployed as they should have when the car clipped a light pole and several trees, investigators said.

Nothing mechanical went wrong to cause the Porsche to leave the wide road. Investigators found "no pre-existing conditions that would have caused this collision," the report said.

An autopsy revealed "scant soot" in Walker's trachea, suggesting his life ended before the smoke and fire engulfed the car.

The actor's body was badly burned "and in a pugilistic stance. His right wrist was fractured and his left arm was fractured," the report said. Rodas was also described as in "a pugilistic" -- or defensive -- position.

Walker suffered fractures of his left jawbone, collarbone, pelvis, ribs and spine, the report said.

Rodas "rapidly died of severe blunt head, neck and chest trauma," the report said.

Rodas' widow, Kristin, has also sued Porsche, claiming the vehicle's design was flawed.

Last year, in response to Rodas' lawsuit, a Porsche spokesman told Reuters that the "crash was the subject of a detailed investigation" by "proper authorities." The investigation, the spokesman said, "disproves the allegations in the lawsuit."


 
 
 

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