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Posted by: Elliot Cannon May 13 2014, 05:20 PM

I'm surprised it took this long. http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=866888&ocid=ansent11

Posted by: Mike D. May 13 2014, 05:31 PM

I was there that morning, drove around the same corner.
"Wife clams he was driving 55". Yeah but in a 25 mph zone around a 90 degree off camber corner, That has a 15mph yellow warning sign. Not the cars fault.

Posted by: Elliot Cannon May 13 2014, 05:40 PM

Two words. Deep pockets. How much do you think Porsche will pay to make this go away?

Posted by: MDG May 13 2014, 05:58 PM

Oh not this story again . . .

Regardless, and maybe I am remembering this wrong but . . . at the time of the accident it was repeatedly reported that the CGT in question had been modified quite a bit, no? Combined with the police findings of excessive speed (I believe the official finding was over 100mph) . . I see Porsche's giant lawyers squashing this one pretty quickly.

It's an angry, grieving widow looking for someone other than her husband to take the blame I think.

I feel for her.

Posted by: Bob L. May 13 2014, 06:05 PM

He was driving 55 BEFORE the accident. How fast at the time of the accident. Can she sue his parents for designing a faulty driver?
It's sad but...

Posted by: r_towle May 13 2014, 06:33 PM

Of course you are.

Are you even in the right thread?

Posted by: thelogo May 13 2014, 06:56 PM

Yeh I'm thinkin that a 100k + car is not very likely to be defective

And i know this state ment will not be popular here but

Public roads are not race tracks "



I mean you roll the dice with your life and you will pay the price .

But then again I think anybody with a cgt is a idiot for not buying a
550 jimmy dean replica , if your gonna die in a car the 550 is really the only way
To go .


But I m prejudice to air cooled over ,h20








" good news stumpy I'm horny. We're going to reno. those roads are impassable. You lead ill follow . No you don't understand
I'm not going anywhere. No you don't understand , when a man needs a women
A man needs a women ."

The great Ty Cobb

Posted by: boxsterfan May 13 2014, 08:12 PM

I hope Porsche doesn't pay a dime. And that this lady and her scam lawyer have to Porsche's court costs.

Posted by: Mike Bellis May 13 2014, 09:08 PM

Porsche needs this to go away. They can't afford to tarnish the brand.

Posted by: Mikey914 May 14 2014, 04:11 AM

I'm sure this will go away eventually. Really, I feel for the family, but nothing is going to bring him back. This is purely greed. By the way, how did the widow know the speed? Unless they had a black box (which some new cars are coming with), there is no what to truly know.

Posted by: carr914 May 14 2014, 04:22 AM

Porsche Tarnished the Brand when they made SUV's (Now 2), 4 Door Luxobarges, put Plastic Parts in Motors, the IMS debacle, etc.

New Porsches Suck! I would not even like a used Porsche from the last 15-20 years.

As far as the Lawsuit goes, the Widow & her Lawyers are Maggots - maybe they should sue the Trees & Lightpole that they hit too. Maybe the Brand of Gas that was in the GT that caught fire!

The Carrera GT had 5 previous Owners and that Nut Job was doing 90+ MPH - he made Darwin proud!

Posted by: MDG May 14 2014, 05:33 AM

Posted by: Johny Blackstain May 14 2014, 06:08 AM

I hope Porsche decides to counter sue to recover their court costs & legal fees after they win this nonsense, and I hope the lawyers that advised this woman to sue Porsche get disbarred for wasting the courts time.

Posted by: Moneypit May 14 2014, 07:35 AM

Can we counter-sue for murdering one of a limited number of CGT's in the world?

And based off what we know about the guy, He'd probably fess up that it was he and his racing driver buddie's fault they crashed, despite that whole not being alive thing. Also as said there were articles mentioning the car was modified and hadn't been driven much or something. Sounds like an open/shut case.

Posted by: somd914 May 14 2014, 07:53 AM

The American way - Never My Fault!

Posted by: Dave_Darling May 14 2014, 03:51 PM

She hired an expert, who looked at the evidence at the scene and came to the conclusion that the car was traveling 55 MPH. The same evidence that the police used to conclude that the car was traveling 90 MPH.

...So which expert will the jury believe?

--DD

Posted by: sbsix May 14 2014, 04:23 PM

I remember reading that the CGT's tires were 9 years old.

Posted by: Qarl May 14 2014, 05:45 PM

If you've seen the photos of the car... that was NOT a 55mph crash. Sorry. No ifs, ands, or buts. Anyone with any common sense can see due to the amount of damage that excessive speed was involved.

Of course, we all know that attorneys don't have common sense.

Posted by: carr914 May 14 2014, 06:07 PM

Especially my Ex-Wife, the Lawyer & Judge!

Posted by: andys May 14 2014, 06:19 PM

So the expert admits he was driving over the posted speed limit of 45MPH.

In reality, the road and accident site, which is nearly at my office's doorstep, suggests nothing other than high rate of speed....but I'm no expert. I believe the police estimated 90MPH in their investigation.

Andys

Posted by: Elliot Cannon May 14 2014, 06:32 PM

They will probably say that carbon fiber sustains more damage at slow speeds so he wasn't going faster than 55. If I were her lawyer, that's what I would do.

Posted by: Elliot Cannon May 14 2014, 06:35 PM

Except for the one that is representing you. "Everyone hates lawyers right up to the time they really need one".

Posted by: carr914 May 14 2014, 06:58 PM

No, I still Hate Lawyers representing Me!

Posted by: euro911 May 15 2014, 11:37 PM

... and a lot of them become politicians

"Authorities have cited unsafe speed as a cause of the crash. But Kristine Rodas' complaint says her husband was driving the Porsche at 55 mph before the accident."

I guess anybody could say that he was driving at 55 ... at some point before the accident - but not necessarily at the exact moment of the accident

Maybe he didn't have an adequate life insurance policy, enough to cover his family's lifestyle and his business dealings

Posted by: Cap'n Krusty May 16 2014, 12:41 AM

Maybe we can put that lawyer in another CGT and stage a "live fire" reenactment going 55 and see what happens? If he's right, that's OK, and we'll be minus another lawyer. If he's wrong, same thing.

The Cap'n

Posted by: Ductech May 16 2014, 01:01 AM

In the motorcycle industry we would usually sum up a story like this with operator error... and I can only guess the wife is missing the money train...

Too bad the worlds greatest car manufacturer has to get all mixed up in it.

And how do you have that much money and not have the latest tires??? I'm poor and I have good skins on my 968 at least.

Posted by: euro911 May 16 2014, 01:51 AM

Good tires and brakes - the most important items

Posted by: carr914 May 16 2014, 05:05 AM

& Brains!

Posted by: Elliot Cannon May 16 2014, 07:34 AM

And common sense, with a little knowledge about speed, energy, acceleration, inertia and sudden stops. What everyone learns when they first start driving. (Except maybe for the common sense part).