Paul Walker's wrongful death lawsuit: Porsche claims that the actor assumed all risks

Two months ago, Paul Walker’s 16-year-old daughter, Meadow Walker, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against car company Porsche. In response, the company recently denied liability and said that the late actor and star of the “Fast and Furious” franchise assumed all the risks that led to his untimely death.

According to People, the car company’s contention is Walker knowingly and voluntarily assumed all risks with respect to the 2005 Carrera GT that he was in when he met an accident. Porsche said that the dangers were open and obvious at the time, but the actor still chose to expose himself to such perils.

“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,” Porsche said.

Porsche also pointed out that the car in issue was misused and improperly maintained, which was the proximate cause of Walker’s death.

Meanwhile, Meadow alleges that the proximate cause of her father’s death is the lack of stability control in the seatbelt of the car. As petitioner, she claims that despite her father's knowledge of the Carrera GT's history and instability and control issues, the carmaker failed to fix the stability control system of the vehicle that protects the driver against swerving.

The suit further alleges that the car had faulty rubber fuel lines and that if not for such defect, Walker could have exited the vehicle before it caught fire.

Walker died in a collision in November 2013. His friend Roger Rodas lost control of the vehicle, which resulted in the accident that killed both of them. According to police reports, the vehicle was going between 80 to 93 mph at the time.

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