‘Fast and Furious’ Star Paul Walker’s Porsche Death Suit Settled

The Fast and the Furious films revolve around a fantasy of speed and danger.

But when Hollywood heart throb Paul Walker, a star of the franchise, died in a fiery 2013 car crash, the real-life risks involved in high-speed road racing became tragically apparent.

Walker, 40, was killed after the Porsche Carrera GT in which he was riding as a passenger crashed into a tree near a charity event in Santa Clarita, California, on Nov. 30, 2013, and burst into flames.

Gruesomely, it was later established that Walker survived the crash but was burned to death in the vehicle, trapped by his seatbelt.

The car was subsequently determined to have been traveling at at least 80 mph when it hit a telephone pole.

Legal teams acting for Walker’s only daughter, Meadow, were swift to level accusations at the driver of the car—his business partner and top financial adviser Roger Rhodas—and Porsche, the manufacturers of the vehicle, arguing the car maker should have installed better technology that may have prevented the crash or enabled Walker to survive it.

Now, having already collected a $10.1 million settlement in 2016 from the estate of Rhodas, Meadow Walker has reportedly settled her wrongful-death lawsuit with Porsche, claiming design defects in their car contributed to her father’s death.

Source: thedailybeast