Carrera GT Crash Case Settled at $4.5M - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

70Sixter · 10-24-2007, 12:46 PM

Reminds me of the dumb a$$ broad who plunged her 911 Turbo into downtown La Jolla back in the late 70s/early80s. Sued Porsche for making a car with too much power for her to control.

She won.

Oh-by-the-way, she was drunk at the time and was convicted. Her lawyer kept the conviction out of the lawsuit trial because she had plead nolo contendere to the drunk driving charge. CA law apparently.

I was very suspicious of La Jolla and San Diego in general after that.

ChrisZang · 10-24-2007, 01:16 PM

as I said earlier: read the whole article and not only the headline

10-24-2007, 01:42 PM

Very interesting read.

blinkwatt · 10-24-2007, 02:06 PM

Wow,that crazy! I wonder how many CGTs there are left after seeing all these wrecked ones on the net.

Tool Pants · 10-24-2007, 02:21 PM

This article has been all over the message boards.

100 years ago I skydived solo, static line. I signed a release. Now if there was popcorn instead of a properly packed parachute on my back I would have been pissed, or maybe my heirs would have been sad after I died.

Corey Rudl, who was a passenger in the CGT, died.

Folks keep talking about Ben Keaton, who also died. The driver and owner of the Carrera GT. The focus has always been Ben Keaton and the car.

What on earth did Corey Rudl do to deserve to die on that day?

He went for a ride.....

blinkwatt · 10-24-2007, 02:59 PM

@TP,

do you know how long ago the crash happened?

mdex · 10-24-2007, 03:26 PM

As an organizer of track events I am concerned about the 41% judged against the track and organizers. I would like to see how the blame was distributed, and also to know what waivers were signed. Up until this case, as far as I knew the track waivers that the insurance companies use had yet to be defeated in court (although this was a settlement).

Marc

10-24-2007, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mdex

As an organizer of track events I am concerned about the 41% judged against the track and organizers. I would like to see how the blame was distributed, and also to know what waivers were signed. Up until this case, as far as I knew the track waivers that the insurance companies use had yet to be defeated in court (although this was a settlement).

Marc

Marc, did you read the whole article? You really need to. Then you'll understand more.

Perfectlap · 10-24-2007, 03:27 PM

June 2005.

I remember reading about it as it unfolded. First came a TV local news report about a crash at Fontana and within hours the guys on Rennlist figured out it was "Ben in la jolla". The passenger Corey Rudl was a well known internet millionaire who made his money from spam emails.
I'm sure the Ferrari community writes about Corey more than Ben Keaton.
Crazy how quickly times go by...