Daughter Sues Car Company For Late Father’s Fatal Death

Meadow Walker, 16, has filed a ‘wrongful death’ lawsuit against German carmaker Porsche for perceived safety errors leading to her father’s death in a car crash nearly two years ago.

Paul Walker and daughter, Meadow.

Meadow is the daughter of late American actor Paul Walker who passed in a fatal car crash in November, 2013.

Walker was on the passenger seat with a friend, Roger Rodas, and the Porsche Carrera GT was driven at 94mph (151kph) in a 45mph region when it ran into a lamppost, according to the BBC.

According to Los Angeles Times, Meadow has alleged Porsche bypassed safety procedures by placing a 605-horsepower engine in the Porsche Carrera GT, an engine strong enough to do 205 mph, whilst selling it as a race car licensed for the road.

Thousands gathered at the crash site to pay tributes to the late star. Credit: Daily Mail

Meadow’s complaint, according to LA Times, said the carmaker had knowledge of the car’s record of instability but failed to install a control mechanism to sort out the issue.

According to the suit: “[Porsche knew the model] had a history of instability and control issues but failed to install its electronic stability control system, which is specifically designed to protect against the swerving actions inherent in hyper-sensitive vehicles of this type.” 

The car model also had seat belts that were unusually fashioned so that they trapped him in the accident, the lawsuit said.

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“[The car’s seatbelt] snapped Walker’s torso back with thousands of pounds of force, thereby breaking his ribs and pelvis, flattening his seat and trapping him in a supine position, where he remained alive until the vehicle erupted into flames one minute and 20 seconds later,” it read.

Meadow and her lawyers are pressing charges against Porsche Carrera GT for its “[lack of] safety features… that could have prevented the accident or, at minimum, allowed Paul Walker to survive the crash.”

Jeff Milam, Meadow’s lawyer, said she filed the lawsuit but will not comment on it.

“She’s a teenage girl who is dealing with the tragic loss of her father. The bottom line is that the Porsche Carrera GT is a dangerous car. It doesn’t belong to the street,” Milam concluded.

Porsche has not responded the lawsuit and allegations.

Paul Walker attended a charity function on November 30, 2013 and they drove a 2005 Porsche Carrera.

The star was already filming ‘Furious 7’ at the time but was on a break and so attended the charity event.

The fatal crash occurred at 3.30pm on Hercules street, Santa Clarita, California.

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In 2014, Rodas’ widow pressed charges in a related suit, blaming the accident on Porsche’s negligence. But the attorneys of the automobile company dismissed the allegations,  saying the late driver was at fault.

“Roger Rodas’s death, and all other injuries or damages claimed, were the result of Roger Rodas’s own comparative fault,” the attorneys said to Kristine Rodas

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