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Porsche accuses a fatal car accident on Paul Walker driver Roger Rodas.
The driver was at fault in the accident of fire of a Porsche sports car that killed actor Paul Walker in California in 2013, and not design flaws with the car, the lawyers for the German automaker said this week .
Walker was a passenger in a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT driven by Roger Rodas, who lost control of the vehicle before it struck trees and a utility pole in Santa Clarita, northwest of Los Angeles, killing two men .
Rodas's widow filed a lawsuit against the North American unit of Porsche AG last year, alleging negligence and wrongful death, among other claims.
Paul Walker and Roger Rodas s died in a Porsche car accident in November 2013 said Rodas, who was driving, was responsible for the fatal accident.
Paul Walker crosses the runway at Fashion Week in Sao Paulo in March 2013.
Walker died in November 2013 at the age of 40 led to a temporary halt in production of fast Furious 7, the last film of the hit series on illegal street racing that helped popularize his career Film is set to open on Friday.
There was a decision in the case in February when the judge dismissed some of the plaintiff's claims, but said Porsche is facing complaints as to whether the car was defectively designed and Porsche lawyers in their response Monday rejected the blame on Rodas.
Paul Walker was a passenger in a Porsche that crashed in California in November 2013.
The death of Roger Rodas, and all other claimed injury or damage was the result of the comparative fault of Roger Rodas, the lawyers said.
Rodas chose to behave so as to expose these and other perils, dangers and risks, they added.
Lawyers for the automaker denied that there were defects in the car, and said they believed the vehicle was misused and modified after the company bought so could not predict and which could have been a factor in the accident.
In his lawsuit unspecified damages, the widow of Rodas alleged failure of the suspension took place on the CAR authorities ruled the accident was caused by excessive speed, not mechanical failure.
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