The late Paul Walker's daughter sued Porsche in September, claiming design flaws were to blame for the actor's death in a Los Angeles crash in November 2013.
Not so, Porsche says. "Mr. Walker's death, and all other injuries or damages claimed, were the result of Mr. Walker's own comparative fault," the company responded in court documents first posted by Deadline.
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Walker died as he was in the middle of filming "Furious 7," which was shot largely in Atlanta.
His daughter Meadow Walker, in papers filed by her attorney, claims that the seatbelt in the 2005 Porsche Carrera GT that he was a passenger in snapped the actor back, breaking his ribs and pelvis, trapping him in the seat as the car burned around him.
The wrongful death suit also claims that the driver, Walker's friend Roger Rodas, was not driving as fast as the police report claimed.
In its response Porsche said "Mr. Walker knowingly and voluntarily assumed all risk, perils and danger in respect to the use of the subject 2005 Carrera GT, that the perils, risk and danger were open and obvious and known to him, and that he chose to conduct himself in a manner so as to expose himself to such perils, dangers and risks, thus assuming all the risks involved in using the vehicle."
The company also stated in court documents that the car “was abused and altered after being placed in the stream of commerce in a manner that was not reasonably foreseeable to (Porsche)" and that "Mr. Walker was a knowledgeable and sophisticated user of the 2005 Carrera GT."
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Credit: Jennifer Brett
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