Paul walker of fast and furious fame dead.
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y2blade said:
Just reading that article and several fireballs (as part of an ad) went cruising across the screen.Great work, E Online. (Horrible
s) Guvernator said:
y2blade said:
Oh dear god, just why?? I love how people are trying to blame an inanimate object for this now. It wasn't the cars fault, it was the person doing unsafe speeds and loosing control of it that is to blame. Sure the CGT is a bit of an extreme road car but surely that should mean you treat it with a modicum of respect on a public road. We don't see every other CGT spinning off the road and exploding in a fireball. Personal responsibility\accountability seems to no longer matter with everyone trying to blame someone else. The lawyer has actually said it's an unsafe car not fit to be on the road, FFS!
Anything the car does is at the hands of the driver.
Edited by 98elise on Thursday 7th April 08:40
"Porsche was not to blame for the high-speed crash that killed Fast & Furious star Paul Walker and his friend and driver Roger Rodas, a California court has ruled.
US district judge Philip S Gutierrez said Kristine Rodas had failed to prove her case that the Carrera GT model being driven by her husband at the time of the fatal crash lacked vital safety features. “Plaintiff has provided no competent evidence that Rodas’s death occurred as a result of any wrongdoing on the part of defendant,” he wrote in a judgment at the Los Angeles superior court."
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/apr/06/judge-...
US district judge Philip S Gutierrez said Kristine Rodas had failed to prove her case that the Carrera GT model being driven by her husband at the time of the fatal crash lacked vital safety features. “Plaintiff has provided no competent evidence that Rodas’s death occurred as a result of any wrongdoing on the part of defendant,” he wrote in a judgment at the Los Angeles superior court."
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/apr/06/judge-...
Most unlikely to end there.
"The ruling against Kristine Rodas has no bearing on two other cases against Porsche which have been filed by Walker’s father Paul William Walker III, who is also the executor of the actor’s estate, and his daughter Meadow Walker. Both are pending cases at the LA superior court."
"The ruling against Kristine Rodas has no bearing on two other cases against Porsche which have been filed by Walker’s father Paul William Walker III, who is also the executor of the actor’s estate, and his daughter Meadow Walker. Both are pending cases at the LA superior court."
The daughter of late actor Paul Walker has settled her wrongful death lawsuit with Porsche two years after she claimed the car company was responsible for her father's death.
According to paperwork obtained by ABC Los Angeles station KABC, Meadow Walker and Porsche resolved the lawsuit earlier this month and will keep the terms of the settlement confidential.
Porsche has also settled a separate lawsuit filed by Paul Walker's father, Paul Walker III, who is the acting executor of his son's estate.
Attorneys for the Walkers and Porsche did not immediately respond when asked for comment.
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/paul-walkers-d...
According to paperwork obtained by ABC Los Angeles station KABC, Meadow Walker and Porsche resolved the lawsuit earlier this month and will keep the terms of the settlement confidential.
Porsche has also settled a separate lawsuit filed by Paul Walker's father, Paul Walker III, who is the acting executor of his son's estate.
Attorneys for the Walkers and Porsche did not immediately respond when asked for comment.
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/paul-walkers-d...
Paul Walker was very well liked, arguably even more so after he died in that strange way that famous people seem to attract more attention when they are deceased. In a popularity contest between Walker and the big bad German car company, there would only been one winner in the eyes of the public, even if Porsche were eventually exonerated of blame. Galling though it might be for car fans, better that they sweep it under the carpet quietly.
Ironically I very much doubt PW would have approved of someone suing Porsche on his behalf for making an "unsafe" car.
Ironically I very much doubt PW would have approved of someone suing Porsche on his behalf for making an "unsafe" car.
garyhun said:
I'm assuming Porsche settled just to end the legal game rather than it being an admittance of anything on their behalf.
Given that Porsche had previously been found to be party liable for a fatality due to the design of the Carerra GT, I'm sure they were anxious to avoid a trial.http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2007/10/porsche-p...
mko9 said:
garyhun said:
I'm assuming Porsche settled just to end the legal game rather than it being an admittance of anything on their behalf.
Given that Porsche had previously been found to be party liable for a fatality due to the design of the Carerra GT, I'm sure they were anxious to avoid a trial.http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2007/10/porsche-p...
mko9 said:
Given that Porsche had previously been found to be party liable for a fatality due to the design of the Carerra GT, I'm sure they were anxious to avoid a trial.
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2007/10/porsche-p...
I think the design fault in this case was that the car was capable of going well in excess of the speed limit which should have negated all claims except against the driver.http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2007/10/porsche-p...
In future maybe all cars will be limited to speed limits ??
Porker make wobbly, snap-oversteery cars that are a nightmare in anything but bone-dry and glass-smooth conditions. It is part of the reason why their cars are so popular. The "test pilot" syndrome, where medallion man wants to tame the beast. PW couldn't tame the beast and his offspring got a tidy sum.
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