Paul Walker's daughter files wrongful death lawsuit against Porsche
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[B]Paul Walker's Daughter Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Porsche[/B]
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Nearly two years after Paul Walker’s fatal crash riding passenger in a Porsche Carrera GT, the actor’s now 16-year-old daughter has filed a lawsuit against the automaker claiming the Carrera GT is “a dangerous car that doesn’t belong on the street.”
After the accident, investigators concluded that unsafe speed and not mechanical problems were responsible for the crash. That car’s tires were also aged and in poor condition.
According to the LA Times, the new one filed by Meadow Walker, Paul Walker’s only child, blames the car’s design instead.[/quote]
Yeah... no. As much as I respect her dad, I hope the judge dismisses this case in less time than the Carrera GT accelerates from 0 to 60 MPH.
lolwut? People always want money from something no matter the circumstance.
Bitch doesn't have enough money already?
think of all the lawsuits for bad car design if this is successful
Someone tell her that suing Porsche won't bring her father back. In fact, she could go ahead and sue the state for planting the tree in which he crashed, and *still* won't understand it.
She needs to get over it, and understand that his father died in an accident, nothing else. There's no one else to blame.
[QUOTE=taz0;48787034]think of all the lawsuits for bad car design if this is successful[/QUOTE]
Except this car was of great design.
[QUOTE=agentfazexx;48787042][QUOTE=taz0;48787034]think of all the lawsuits for bad car design if this is successful[/QUOTE] Except this car was of great design.[/QUOTE]
On that note, the early gen Vipers (1st and 2nd, IIRC) shared pretty much the same reputation of the Carrera GT - I keep reading how much of a wild beast it was, a complete exercise in restraint. Give it more throttle than you wanted, and it'd bite you right back in the ass.
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I guess Dodge should be thankful he didn't die in one of these instead.
Seems like not running into things while racing illegally down a city street would prevent the car from needing to stop you from dying
[QUOTE=Sableye;48787098]Seems like not running into things while racing illegally down a city street would prevent the car from needing to stop you from dying[/QUOTE]
On 9 year old tyres.
[QUOTE=Leestons;48787108]On 9 year old tyres.[/QUOTE]
Dumb bitch needs to understand that tires are consumables, not the fault of the company if you don't maintain your car.
[QUOTE=agentfazexx;48787114]Dumb bitch needs to understand that tires are consumables, not the fault of the company if you don't maintain your car.[/QUOTE]
do you need to chill for a sec or what
Im pretty sure this cant even happen.
Someone smarter than me probably knows the name but there is a law protecting companies of this. Its why you cant go after gun companies when murders are committed with there weapons. Or how you cant sue McDonalds for making you fat.
The only way she would be able to have a chance is if she could prove that specific car they were in had a known and life threatening fault with it that caused the accident. Too bad that isnt the case at all. Plus Paul Walker put himself in a life threatening situation himself by choice and it ended up being the wrong one that night.
[QUOTE=agentfazexx;48787017]lolwut? People always want money from something no matter the circumstance.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=redBadger;48787030]Bitch doesn't have enough money already?[/QUOTE]
why don't you assume the obvious, that it's most likely out of grief rather than having this knee-jerk "ugh fucking gold digger BITCH" reaction
[QUOTE=HoodedSniper;48787281]Im pretty sure this cant even happen.
Someone smarter than me probably knows the name but there is a law protecting companies of this. Its why you cant go after gun companies when murders are committed with there weapons. Or how you cant sue McDonalds for making you fat.
The only way she would be able to have a chance is if she could prove that specific car they were in had a known and life threatening fault with it that caused the accident. Too bad that isnt the case at all. Plus Paul Walker put himself in a life threatening situation himself by choice and it ended up being the wrong one that night.[/QUOTE]
[I]Technically,[/I] you can sue anyone. The court doesn't have to hear the case though. They can say "lol GTFO" if they want.
[QUOTE=HoodedSniper;48787281]Im pretty sure this cant even happen.
Someone smarter than me probably knows the name but there is a law protecting companies of this. Its why you cant go after gun companies when murders are committed with there weapons. Or how you cant sue McDonalds for making you fat.
The only way she would be able to have a chance is if she could prove that specific car they were in had a known and life threatening fault with it that caused the accident. Too bad that isnt the case at all. Plus Paul Walker put himself in a life threatening situation himself by choice and it ended up being the wrong one that night.[/QUOTE]
guns aren't a good comparison. it'd make sense to sue a gun company if they were selling faulty/unreliable weapons, for example
[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;48787299]guns aren't a good comparison. it'd make sense to sue a gun company if they were selling faulty/unreliable weapons, for example[/QUOTE]
You can sue a car company if they're making shitty cars, too. Remember the Toyota issue with the gas pedals getting stuck down? [url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/toyota-reaches-12-billion-settlement-to-end-criminal-probe/2014/03/19/5738a3c4-af69-11e3-9627-c65021d6d572_story.html[/url]
[QUOTE=agentfazexx;48787307]You can sue a car company if they're making shitty cars, too.[/QUOTE]
yes you kind of repeated what i said
[QUOTE=agentfazexx;48787114]Dumb bitch needs to understand that tires are consumables, not the fault of the company if you don't maintain your car.[/QUOTE]
Yeah screw this stupid 16 year old dumb bitch
[QUOTE=agentfazexx;48787307]You can sue a car company if they're making shitty cars, too. Remember the Toyota issue with the gas pedals getting stuck down? [url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/toyota-reaches-12-billion-settlement-to-end-criminal-probe/2014/03/19/5738a3c4-af69-11e3-9627-c65021d6d572_story.html[/url][/QUOTE]
Can you sue a car company for having dodgy emission test results?
[QUOTE=karlosfandango;48787329]Can you sue a car company for having dodgy emission test results?[/QUOTE]
I'm sure VW will be having lawsuits from their latest emissions issue.
Technically, she may have a point. Some of the higher performance cars really have no place in traffic.
You can go on about your rights to own the car of your dreams, but you have to admit there is something irrational and even negligent about selling a car to the public that readily exceeds its own handling limitations to the point where a subtle difference in application of throttle or steering can be the difference between maintaining and fully losing control in close proximity to other drivers. Vehicles in which even the most skilled and experienced drivers need to maintain constant vigilance to prevent harming and killing themselves or others don't really have a place on a crowded freeway, under the control of potentially unskilled or inattentive hands.
[QUOTE=FreakyMe;48787434]Technically, she may have a point. Some of the higher performance cars really have no place in traffic.
You can go on about your rights to own the car of your dreams, but you have to admit there is something irrational and even negligent about selling a car to the public that readily exceeds its own handling limitations to the point where a subtle difference in application of throttle or steering can be the difference between maintaining and fully losing control in close proximity to other drivers. Vehicles in which even the most skilled and experienced drivers need to maintain constant vigilance to prevent harming and killing themselves or others don't really have a place on a crowded freeway, under the control of potentially unskilled or inattentive hands.[/QUOTE]
No, she doesn't have a point. If you want the easiest car to drive, don't buy a fucking sports car.
It's like trying to sue for cutting yourself with a razor blade, when you only really know how to use a shaver.
The driver was going like twice the speed limit and hit a pole in 150km/h or something.
If somebody survives a 150km/h hit into something solid it's a fucking miracle completely regardless of what their car is, and I find it honestly kinda disrespectful to try to blame Porsche for an accident caused when seriously breaking the road rules.
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[QUOTE=FreakyMe;48787434]Technically, she may have a point. Some of the higher performance cars really have no place in traffic.
You can go on about your rights to own the car of your dreams, but you have to admit there is something irrational and even negligent about selling a car to the public that readily exceeds its own handling limitations to the point where a subtle difference in application of throttle or steering can be the difference between maintaining and fully losing control in close proximity to other drivers. Vehicles in which even the most skilled and experienced drivers need to maintain constant vigilance to prevent harming and killing themselves or others don't really have a place on a crowded freeway, under the control of potentially unskilled or inattentive hands.[/QUOTE]
I don't have a statistic on hand but I doubt sports cars like this one cause more common harm to other people in the traffic than any other cars, by percentage.
If anything, SUVs should be banned.
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What I would be perhaps willing to support is making a separate driver license class for high performance vehicles like this, which would require additional exams including race track capabilities evaluation and such.
[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;48787299]guns aren't a good comparison. it'd make sense to sue a gun company if they were selling faulty/unreliable weapons, for example[/QUOTE]
So if you shoot yourself in the face because you're a dumbass and did something not smart (e.g look in the barrel) and not because of an accident, that doesn't relate how
It's sad, the girl is obviously having a hard time coping with her fathers loss. Who can blame her?
However the car was brilliant, there's no fault in Porsche at all. The cold truth is that it's his fault.
Of all the cars to die in, why a porsche
[QUOTE=FreakyMe;48787434]Technically, she may have a point. Some of the higher performance cars really have no place in traffic.[/QUOTE]
Well [I]technically[/I], the disgruntled mom of a guy who died in a street racing crash could go ahead and sue her family, Vin Diesel and the rest of Universal Studios for promoting reckless driving in their Fast and Furious movies.
That doesn't change the fact that she, along with this imaginary mom, would be laughed out of court.
Being able to do it doesn't mean one *should* do it.
The Carrera GT is a fucking deathtrap but you aren't gonna win a case claiming a lack of stability control was a factor. That's like suing nissan for not putting infiniti's crash avoidance on every car
What should happen in court:
[quote=Plaintiff] I understand that my father died because the driver of the car he was in was being a dumbass, but Porsche should have anticipated that and made a physics defying car that would have let my dad walk away from that![/quote]
[quote=Judge]Shut the fuck up you moneygrubbing whore. Your father died because someone was being a moron behind the wheel. There isn't a car on the road that could have protected him in that crash. Additionally, that crash could have happened in pretty much any car on the road, he was only going ninety when he hit that pole which is well within the speed capabilities of a typical family sedan. Now fuck off out of my courtroom before I fine you for filing a frivolous lawsuit.[/quote]
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;48787083]On that note, the early gen Vipers (1st and 2nd, IIRC) shared pretty much the same reputation of the Carrera GT - I keep reading how much of a wild beast it was, a complete exercise in restraint. Give it more throttle than you wanted, and it'd bite you right back in the ass.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/c5mWAjn.jpg[/IMG]
I guess Dodge should be thankful he didn't die in one of these instead.[/QUOTE]
That's one of the things I loved about that car, honestly. I adored how it, in an era where everyone was freaking out about nannying electronics and safety this automatic that here comes this modern day muscle car that's just 'Hey, here's a stonking huge engine, a couple seats, four rubber donut-shaped things, a bit of class, some corpse retainment straps. Go nuts'.
Also applies to the Corvette.
[QUOTE=TestECull;48788324]What should happen in court:
That's one of the things I loved about that car, honestly. I adored how it, in an era where everyone was freaking out about nannying electronics and safety this automatic that here comes this modern day muscle car that's just 'Hey, here's a stonking huge engine, a couple seats, four rubber donut-shaped things, a bit of class, some corpse retainment straps. Go nuts'.
Also applies to the Corvette.[/QUOTE]
2005 GTO falls into this as well.
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