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SgtMunro
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 Posted - May 13 2014 : 1:52:50 PM
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Porsche sued over crash that killed Paul Walker
LOS ANGELES (AP) - 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.
Sarge's Assessment - 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 
Vexatious lawsuits like the one being pursed by Ms. Rodas are merely a symptom of a civilization-wide cancer 
YMH&OS,
The Sarge
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Monadnock Guide
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Posted - May 13 2014 : 3:11:57 PM
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| Another "follow the money" event - people and/or companies with a few real or perceived deep pockets are magnets for these maggots. - Back in Maine there was a guy that owned a small machine shop, had about 4-5 employees. One of the guys cut his hand, (common in the trade) and went to the local hospital (St. Andrews) for a few stitches. He had time off with pay & between the insurance & his employer it didn't cost him a dime. - Bingo, - he filed suit against the shop owner for $10,000.00. - The owner went to his lawyer - who told him to pay the a-hole off. ... Reason being, if they went to a jury trail - there are going to be one or two jurors wearing "T" shirts that says - "sh*t happens" & YOU are going to be seen as "the rich white guy" .... I heard they settled for a bit under $10.000.00. |
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SgtMunro
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Posted - May 13 2014 : 3:34:38 PM
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MG, in regards to your machine shop owner, I think he gave the injured employee a terrific deal. Most places would have had the employee fight it out with Workmen's Comp for the insurance and lost wages. Unfortunately, his employee (hopefully now 'former-employee') obviously is an ungrateful slug.
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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - May 13 2014 : 5:25:29 PM
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| Design flaws in a Porche? Really? 55 mph. Really? I was on a jury once where the lawyer for the defense claimed the plaintiff was doing 60 in rush hour traffic in front of the busiest mall in town. We just looked at each other and found for the plaintiff. He would do well to have done 30. It's funny how lawyers think they can sway a jury with BS. |
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