Unlike the late actor’s family lawsuits against Porsche, his sole child’s settlement with another party has gone unnoticed.
This, Reuters reports, changed on Friday when Jeff Milam, Meadow Walker’s attorney, announced that she has reached a settlement with the estate of Paul Rodas, the man who was driving the fateful Carrera GT at the 2013 accident that claimed both his and Walker’s lives.
According to Reuters, it amounts to $10.1 million and will go into Walker’s teen daughter trust fund. Rodas, stated Milam, was partially responsible for the 40-year old actor’s death and the sum his teen daughter will receive is “a fraction of what her father would have earned as an international movie star had his life not been tragically cut short”.
The settlement has been reached since December 2014 and, until Milam’s statement, remained unknown because it was filed under the name Meadow W. This, said the attorney, had nothing to do with the ongoing lawsuit against Porsche AG who the Fast and Furious star’s daughter “intends to hold responsible for producing a vehicle that was defective and caused Paul Walker’s death”.
This comes right after a federal judge ruled against Rodas’ wife Kristine lawsuit against Porsche AG, clearing the automaker of any wrongdoing. Rodas’ wife will file an appeal, and the ruling does not affect Walker’s daughter and father separate wrongful death lawsuits.