Paul Walker's 16-year-old daughter has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Porsche. Meadow Walker claimed that her father was burned to death because the vehicle he occupied, which crashed and killed the "Fast and Furious" actor, was poorly built.
The civil lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Supreme Court on Monday, claims that Walker, 40, was killed because Porsche, the manufacturer of the Carrera GT sports car skimped on "safety features that are found on well-designed racing cars or even Porsche's least expensive road cars."
The car crash took the lives of both Walker and his friend, Roger Rodas, the 38-year-old professional race car driver who was driving at the time of the crash. Both were burned beyond recognition after the car slammed into a concrete lamp post and a tree, on November 30, 2013.
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Trudy Knockless
Trudy Knockless is a reporter on ALM Media's Business of Law desk. She has a background serving legal and insurance publications. Contact her at [email protected] or on LinkedIn at Trudy Knockless.
