The daughter of the late “The Fast and the Furious” star Paul Walker has signed a million settlement with the family of the driver of the accident vehicle.
the American actress died in a tragic car accident in Los Angeles in 2013. His colleague Roger Rhoda, who lost control of the car and collided with a tree, also died in the accident.
the car that Walker was a passenger in, one Porsche Carrera GT 2005 model, must have had a very high speed shortly before the accident and police believe speeding was a contributing factor to the accident.
This week it became clear that renowned ice daughter Meadow Walker (17) has entered into a settlement with the family of Rhoda. The settlement of $ 10.1 million (about 83 million) was signed in 2014, but initially known now, reports the Los Angeles Times.
– Through their survivors have Rodas, the driver of the car, acknowledged his part of responsibility for the accident, that Walker should have survived, says her daughter’s lawyer Jeff Milam in a statement Friday.
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Have sued Porsche
The daughter has also sued Porsche for his role in the death of his father, because she believes errors or defects in the car prevented Walker from getting out of the burning car.
the lawyer believes settlement with the driver’s family should not affect the outcome of the lawsuit against the car manufacturer.
– Our lawsuit on behalf of Meadow against Porsche AG , a company worth $ 13 billion, intends to show that the company was responsible for having built a defective vehicle that caused Paul Walker’s death.
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US media writes, however, that experts have little faith that the lawsuit to 17-year-old will succeed. Earlier this week rejected namely a judge lawsuit to the driver’s widow, who had also tried to take Porsche to court.
The company has for its part always refused to take on some of the responsibility for the tragic accident. As recently as last year stated that Walker and Rhoda were responsible for the accident because the vehicle they were in was “wrongly used and maintained.”
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Inherited over 162 million
Shortly after the accident it became clear that his father had bequeathed his entire fortune to his daughter. The salary of Walkers latest film project “Fast and Furious 7″ and “Hours”, equivalent to around 162 million, also went to the then 15-year-old.
After the accident certain 17-year-old out to honor his father with the foundation “Paul Walker Foundation.” In an Instagram message with an old photo of her and Walker, she wrote the following:
“I pondered my father, and found myself reflecting on his passion. His passions for the sea, his passion to save animals, his passion for helping people and his passion for spontaneous goodwill. I would start this foundation because I wanted to share that part of him with the world. “
buddy and actor-colleague Vin Diesel also honored Walker by naming his daughter Pauline after Paul last year.
– He was in the room. There were no other I was thinking when I cut the umbilical cord. I just knew he was there. It felt like this was a way of making his memory a part of my family and my world, said Diesel in connection with birth.
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