Porsche Claims Paul Walker ‘Assumed All Risk’ In His Fatal Accident
Porsche responds to 16-year-old Meadow
Walker's wrongful death lawsuit.
Back in September, Paul Walker ’s teen daughter
Meadow initiated legal measures against
Porsche, the manufacturer of the vehicle that
the “ Fast and Furious” star was tragically killed
in after a high-speed one-car accident in
November 2013.
Now, Porsche has officially responded to the
wrongful death lawsuit, claiming that Walker was
responsible for his own death according to new
documents obtained by PEOPLE .
Per the documents, the company “alleges that
Mr. Walker knowingly and voluntarily assumed all
risk, perils and danger in respect to the use of
the subject 2005 Carrera 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.”
Meadow’s lawsuit maintained that the Porsche
Carrera GT, which her father and driver Roger
Rodas were driving in, had “a history of instability
and control issues” and that certain features of
the vehicle, including its safety belts and its
stabilization system, contributed to the tragic
outcome of the vehicle’s crash, which killed both
her father and Rodas. However, Porsche’s
official statement implies that the late actor
knew the potential risks involved in riding in the
vehicle and did so anyway.
Porsche also claims that the car “was misused
and improperly maintained, and that the misuse
and improper maintenance proximately caused or
contributed to the incident and to Mr. Walker’s
death.”
The “Fast and Furious” star died in a collision
after his friend Rodas lost control of the vehicle,
resulting in the accident that killed both.
According to police reports, the cause of the
accident was deemed speeding, saying that the
driver was going between 80 and 93 MPH , in a
45 MPH zone, at the time of the tragic incident.
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