17 year-old Meadow Walker, the daughter of actor Paul Walker, has been awarded a sum of $10.1 million in a settlement with the estate of Roger Rodas, the driver of the car that Paul was killed in.
Rodas and Walker died when the ‘Porsche Carrera GT’ Rodas was driving crashed and exploded on November, 20, 2013.
In a statement to People on Thursday, Meadow’s lawyer said that
“The amount paid by the estate of Roger Rodas into a trust for Meadow Walker only covers a fraction of what her father would have earned as an international movie star had his life not tragically been cut short”
“Through his estate, Mr. Rodas, the driver of the car, took partial responsibility for the crash. Meadow’s lawsuit against Porsche AG—a $13 billion corporation—intends to hold the company responsibly for producing a vehicle that was defective and caused Paul Walker’s death.”
Meanwhile a judge had earlier ruled that there was not enough evidence to prove that Porsche was responsible for the crash in the lawsuit brought by the Rodas estate. However, Meadow’s lawyer says that ruling has no impact on his client’s case against the car company.
Meadow’s father, the late Paul Walker, was a passenger in the car. He survived the crash but was trapped and burned to death because of the vehicle’s alleged defects. A significant portion of the judge’s decision was based on his rejection of evidence because of missed deadlines and also a failure to sue Porsche AG, the manufacturer.
