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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message Icon:                             Message: Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by SgtMunro[/i] [br][size=5][b][maroon]Porsche sued over crash that killed Paul Walker[/maroon][/b][/size=5] [size=4][maroon][b]LOS ANGELES (AP) -[/b][/maroon][/size=4] [size=3][maroon]The widow of the man who was driving a Porsche sports car that crashed and killed actor Paul Walker sued the automaker on Monday, claiming design flaws caused both men to die in a fiery crash in November. The wrongful death lawsuit by Kristine M. Rodas says her husband was driving at 55 mph — not at unsafe speeds as law enforcement investigators determined — before it crashed last year. Roger W. Rodas was driving a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT capable of more than 200 mph, but his wife's lawsuit says the vehicle lacked a proper crash cage and safety features in the gas tank that would have saved both men's lives. The lawsuit also contends that a failure in the car's suspension system forced it to careen out of control and strike three trees while driving down a street in Santa Clarita. "The Carrera GT was unsafe for its intended use by reason of defects in its manufacture, design, testing, component and constituents, so that it would not safely serve its purpose," the lawsuit states. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages from Porsche Cars North America, which did not immediately return email messages seeking comment. Kristine Rodas' attorney, Mark Geragos, said he hired the top experts in the country to evaluate the wreckage and crash. The results, he said, were an unbiased look at the accident that refutes an official investigation that determined the sports car was speeding at up to 94 mph when it crashed. The results of an investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and California Highway Patrol was released in March and concluded that it was unsafe speed and not mechanical problems that caused the crash. That investigation was aided by engineers from Porsche, who evaluated the wreckage of the rare car. The differing opinions on the crash will likely be a part of any trial over the lawsuit, which could take years to resolve. Roger Rodas was trained as a race car driver, according to his wife's lawsuit. He left behind two young children upon his death. Walker, the star of the "Fast & Furious" film franchise, co-owned an auto racing team with Rodas named Always Evolving. Walker's death occurred on a break in the filming of "Fast & Furious 7," and the actor's two brothers are helping complete action scenes in the film. The film's release has been delayed until April 2015. [/maroon][/size=3] [size=4][b][i][navy]Sarge's Assessment[/navy] [black]-[/black][/i][/b][/size=4] [size=3][black]First and foremost, let's dispel the myth about the 'unbiased' investigation by the so-called experts hired by Attorney Geragos (he is the counsel for the plaintiff, so his experts will be biased toward his client... to believe otherwise would show a level of ignorance which is incapable of intellectual honesty!), and instead look at the absurdity of this lawsuit. The fact that this woman believes that her deceased husband's poor driving skills are the fault of the manufacturer, speaks volumes for her own tenuous grasp on reality. Both men would still be alive today were it not for Mr. Rodas attempting to drive beyond his own abilities and conditions. Unlike the imaginary character Mr. Walker portrayed in 'Fast & Furious' (the movie series, not the Obama/Holder gun-running operation), there were no skilled stuntman and/or FX technicians to 'fill in the blanks' and make the improbable, believable. Apparently this mental-giant believed his own PR [CT:;] Vexatious lawsuits like the one being pursed by Ms. Rodas are merely a symptom of a civilization-wide cancer [B)][/black][/size=3] [size=3][black][b][i]YMH&OS,[/i][/b][/black][/size=3] [font=Comic Sans MS][size=4][navy][i]The Sarge[/i][/navy][/size=4][/font=Comic Sans MS] [/quote]    Upload an Image File From Your PC For Insertion in Your Post    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.