Paul Walker: Late Actor's Daughter Files Lawsuit Against Porsche for Wrongful Death

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Originally Posted by Perfectlap

"It's a race car for the street. Simple as that. It asks for and needs respect at all time. It's not a car for people who don't have experience driving high end vehicles or race cars really for that matter."

Roger Rodas (born October 31, 1975 in El Salvador) was a race car driver and co-founder of Always Evolving, an auto parts business, from El Salvador. He started Always Evolving with actor Paul Walker.

Actually from everything you can google on Roger Rodas.... He's no Noob Either. His Wife also filed Suit against Porsche for the same reasons. There was a ruling in the case in February in which the judge dismissed some of the plaintiff’s claims but said Porsche must face claims over whether the car was defectively designed and made. Porsche's attorneys in their response on Monday laid the blame on Rodas.

"Roger Rodas’s death, and all other injuries or damages claimed, were the result of Roger Rodas’s own comparative fault," the attorneys said.

Rodas "chose to conduct himself in a manner so as to expose himself and others to such perils, dangers and risks," they added.

The automaker's attorneys denied there were defects in the car, and said they believed the vehicle was "abused and altered" after being purchased in a way the company could not have foreseen and that could have been a factor in the accident.

In her lawsuit seeking unspecified damages, Rodas's widow alleged a suspension failure occurred on the car. Authorities ruled the crash was caused by excessive speed and not a mechanical failure.