Paul Walker’s daughter sues Porsche over fatal crash

The daughter of late actor Paul Walker – who died in a car crash aged 40 in California two years ago – has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Porsche in Los Angeles this week. Meadow Walker, 16, claims that the German automaker does not provide enough safety features for the sports vehicle, which could have either prevented the crash or at least kept Walker alive. In November 2013, the late Fast & Furious star was a passenger in a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT with driver Roger Rodas, who lost control of the car before it crashed into trees and a utility pole. Both men lost their lives in the crash. The lawsuit also claims that Porsche AG knew the model had a "history of instability and control issues”, citing an issue with the seat belts. "This snapped Walker's torso back with thousands of pounds of force, thereby breaking his ribs and pelvis, flattening his seat and trapping him in a supine position, where he remained alive until the vehicle erupted into flames one minute and twenty seconds later," the filing said. "Absent these defects in the Porsche Carrera GT, Paul Walker would be alive today.” This is not the first lawsuit to be filed against Porsche for this incident. Lawyers for the German automobile company said in April that Rodas was to blame for the crash after his widow filed a lawsuit against the company's North American unit last year.