Late Hollywood actor, Paul Walker lost his life while driving a Porsche.
Paul Walker’s dad has now filed a lawsuit against
Porsche for what he calls “wrongful death of his son” on Wednesday,
November 25.
In the court documents, obtained by People magazine,
Paul Walker Snr. – who is the executor of Walker’s estate – claims that
the Porsche Carrera GT lacked certain safety features that could have
saved the lives of Walker and his friend, Roger Rodas, who was driving
at the time of the 2013 accident.
Similar to the wrongful death lawsuit Walker’s
daughter Meadow filed against the car company, Walker’s father states
that the missing features include a stability control system, side-door
reinforcements and a breakaway fuel line that could have stopped the car
from catching on fire after it hit three trees.
After investigating, police determined the cause of
the fatal accident to be speeding, stating that the driver had been
going between 80 and 90 MPH at the time of impact. Despite the official
investigation, the new lawsuit states, “absent these defects in the Porsche Carrera GT, Paul Walker would be alive today.”
Porsche reps are yet to respond to Mr. Walker’s recent suit but to Meadow’s claims, they said:
“Mr. Walker knowingly and voluntarily assumed all
risk, perils and danger in respect to the use of the subject 2005
Carerra GT. That the perils, risk and dangers were open and obvious and
known to him and that he chose to conduct himself in a manner as to
expose himself to such perils, dangers and risks, thus assuming all the
risks involved in using the vehicle.
“Mr. Walker’s voluntary assumption of the risk
should bar the plaintiff’s recovery or, in the alternative, should
reduce the plaintiff’s right to recovery from the PCNA in an amount
equivalent to Mr.Walker’s fault.”
