Less than two months after the actor's daughter Meadow sued Porsche AG for his wrongful death, his father Paul William Walker III files a lawsuit against the car company for the same case.
- November 26, 2015
AceShowbiz -
Less than two months after Paul Walker's daughter Meadow Walker sued Porsche AG for the actor's wrongful death, his father Paul William Walker III filed a lawsuit against the car company for the same case. According to documents obtained by PEOPLE, Paul William also alleged that the Porsche Carrera GT lacked particular safety features.
Similar to the lawsuit Meadow brought against the German-based automobile company, Paul William stated that the car missed security features including a stability control system, side-door reinforcements and a breakaway fuel line which could have stopped the car from catching on fire after serious accident.
According to police investigation, speeding between 80 and 90 MPH was the cause of the actor's fatal accident. In contrast, the lawsuit claimed that if there were no such defects "in the Porsche Carrera GT, Paul Walker would be alive today."
Earlier this month, the car company responded to Meadow's similar wrongful death lawsuit. The company refused to take the blame. In the counter lawsuit, the company stated, "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 PCNA in an amount equivalent to Mr. Walker's fault."
Furthermore, the company believed 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."
