Dave J Hogan/Getty Images / CBS NewsPaul Walker's father, Paul Walker III, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Porsche, almost two years to the day of the Fast & Furious actor's fatal car crash.
On Nov. 30, 2013, the 40-year-old star was riding in a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT driven by friend Roger Rodas, 38, north of Los Angeles when the vehicle spun out of control, slammed into a tree and caught fire, killing them both.
Paul Walker III filed a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit against Porsche at a Los Angeles court just before the Thanksgiving holiday. The company has not responded to his filing.
The actor's dad, who is the executor of his son's estate, says in his filing, obtained by E! News, that the car the actor rode in "lacked safety features that are found on well-designed racing cars or even Porsche's least-expensive road cars—features that could have prevented the accident, or, at a minimum, allowed Paul Walker to survive the crash."
The star's 16-year-old daughter, Meadow Walker, had sued the car company in September and made similar claims in her lawsuit. Porsche had said in response that the actor "knowingly and voluntarily assumed all risk, perils and danger in respect to the use of the subject 2005 Carrera GT."
The actor's father says in his filing that the design of the car the star rode in was "defective" in terms of how its seal belts and rubber fuel lines were designed. He is seeking a jury trial.
Investigators had said there was evidence that both Walker and Rodas wore seat belts and that the airbags deployed for both of them. In addition, no alcohol or drugs were found in their system.
Investigators had determined the cause of crash, which took place inside a town, was "unsafe speed for the roadway conditions." Police estimated the actor and the driver were traveling between 80 and 93 mph, while a coroner's report estimated their speed to be about 100 mph.
Rodas' widow, Kristine, had also sued Porsche in 2014 for negligence and wrongful death, claiming the car he and the actor rode in lacked a proper crash cage and other gas tank safety features and that an allegedly faulty part in the car's suspension system helped cause the crash. Neither her nor Meadow's cases have been resolved.
Attorneys for Porsche said at the time in a statement to NBC Los Angeles that "Roger Rodas's death, and all other injuries or damages claimed, were the result of Roger Rodas's own comparative fault." The company also stated the car was "abused and altered" and "misused or improperly maintained."
—Reporting by Baker Machado