It seems that Paul Walker's daughter, Meadow, is not willing to live with the police's conclusion that her father's death two years ago was the result of Roger Rodas' speeding. According to the latest gossip news updates, the bereaved teenager is suing Porsche due to their Carrera GT's supposedly lacking the necessary safety features to keep the famous actor alive. Walker's daughter is said to be asking for all lost income and earnings that Paul would have made in not for his untimely death, which could be quite the windfall given Vin Diesel's recent announcement. The Fast and Furious 7 executive producer and star cast member announced on Faceboook that in addition to Fast 8 he will be making 2 more sequels for Universal before retiring the franchise for good.
While the authorities may have determined in the investigation of Paul Walker's death that the car crash that claimed his life was brought about by excessive speeding, the Fast and Furious star's daughter begs to differ in a the lawsuit she recently filed against Porsche.
According ot court documents, Meadow and her lawyer argue that not only was Roger Rodas driving between 63 and 71 MPH instead of the 80 to 93 the police determined -- the car was not properly equipped to adequately sustain a crash (via E! News):
"[The Carrera GT] lacked safety features...that could have prevented the accident or, at a minimum, allowed Paul Walker to survive the crash...had a history of instability and control issues.
"Porsche 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 fact that Meadow is asking that Porsche be held responsible for "without limitation, all lost income and earnings (present and future), expenses, and all general and special damages to the extent allowed by law" is very significant given the Vin Diesel just announced Universal's intentions to make another Fast and Furious trilogy after the last filmed grossed more than $1.5 billion.
Although the deal was actually signed quite a while ago, Diesel made it official last week by announcing the final Fast trilogy on Facebook:
"The fans of the Fast & Furious SAGA are the best fans in the world...I promised the studio I would deliver one last trilogy to end the saga."
For now, Porsche is still insisting, however, that it is not on the hook for the tens of millions of dollars that Walker would have made off the films, because their vehicle was in no way responsible for his death.
Earlier today Porsche spokesperson, Calvin Kim, made it clear to Deadline that it is the company's position that the police have already determined the cause of the crash to be due to user error:
"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."
What do you think about Meadow's lawsuit?
Was her father 's death really caused by a corporation's negligence?
Or, does Walker hyper familiarity with supercars stemming from his Fast and Furious career interests seem to suggest that Paul would have known better than most what could happen behind the wheel of a fly-by-wire vehicle like Porsche's Carrera GT?
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