The daughter of the late Fast and Furious actor Paul Walker, who died in a car crash in California two years ago, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Porsche.
Paul Walker died in November 2013 when the 2005 Porsche Carrera GT, in which he was a passenger, careened off the road in Los Angeles.
The car was being driven by friend Rodger Rodas, who lost control of the vehicle and was also killed in the accident.
In her complaint, Walker's daughter, Meadow, alleged that Porsche skimped on safety features for the vehicle, which could have either prevented the crash or at least kept Walker alive.
The lawsuit claimed that the car's seat belts were designed such that in a crash, the shoulder belt anchor would be pulled along with the rear engine compartment while the seat anchor would remain in place.
"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," the complaint added, citing the seat belt design and other issues.
There was no immediate comment from Porsche, but attorneys for the German car company have previously denied the car had any defects.
The company said in April that Rodas was to blame for the crash, following a lawsuit filed by his widow against the company's North American unit last year.
Walker's death at the age of 40 led to a temporary halt in production of Fast & Furious 7, the latest film in the successful series about illegal street racing that helped popularise his career.
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