Carrera GT Crash Settled for $4.5m
The lawsuit was recently settled for a reported total of approximately $4.5 million. The contributions to the settlement were about 49% from the estate of the driver, 41% from the track owners and the event organizers, 8% from Porsche, and 2% from the driver of the Ferrari that was claimed to have triggered the crash.
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Thats sad

 

I settled a Bodily Injury Liability claim the other day for $150.

Doesn't really compare, does it.

 

God God.............!

That's about bass ackwards aint it.

Whatever happened to taking responsibility for ones own actions..........

 

this is America....we don't hold people responsible, we blame and sue others.

 

im sorry. porsche should not be at fault here in the least. so the car doesnt have stability control, big deal. up until recently no car had stability control and with most cars, stability control can be turned off.

as far as the "handling problems" HA!!! it has been WELL documented that the CGT is a tail happy car, you push the car to its limits, it pushes back. not to mention that oversteer is inherent in the design of the car, big heavy block of metal over the rear wheels=oversteer. think of putting wieght in the bed of a truck in snow, sure you get better traction when you try to leave from a stop but enter a corner too fast and before you know it you are facing the same direction that you came from. you can dial it down with suspension tuning but it wont fully go away. this also is something that has been documented with older porsches.

granted, 2% of 4.5mill is only $90,000 but still its the fact that porsche designed and built a car that is a beast, does this mean that porsche needs to take everyone who wants to buy this car and make sure they can handle it?

as far as the driver goes, he didnt need to disclose any "handling problems" because there werent any. from what i read, the car was in perfect running order. the passenger willingly entered the car in a sport that he knew was dangerous. he wasn't forced into the car, he sat himself in the car.

i hate reading about cases like this, its sad but it really bothers me. this whole case and article angers me

sorry for spelling/incoherence, too much going through my mind to make sense of it all

 

sorry for the loss of those two.... but this is pretty stupid.

i can see the course getting blamed for the modified barrier that wasn't
returned...but the rest. sheesh. sounds like the wife just wanted some
money for herself.

 

i wasnt going to be the one to say it, but i sure thought it

 

The driver of the Ferrari got hit with the 2 percent.

Porsche got slapped with 8 percent. That means they paid $360,000.

But I'm with you on this one and for the same reasons you already mentioned. Why would Porsche have to pay a penny ?

 

thanks for the correction , i saw Porsche and 2% right next to eachotehr and in my blind rage i put the two together

 

I love how people think technology will prevent stupidity from killing you. Sure, all cars will have Stability Control, but come on!

So, does this case make signing waivers a waste of effort now?

 

do you think this means i can sue VW for my speeding tickets because my car isnt equipped with a radar detector(legal in RI)? or maybe i can just skid off the road in the snow and hit a tree, then i can sue because my car doesnt have traction control!!! i did it, i found my way i am going to make my millions!!!!

 

I agree with you 100%. One needs skill to go along with that technology. In a super car you need a boatload of skill.

As far as waivers go, they aren't worth the paper they're printed on. Any lawyer will rip one to shreds.

 

This is a stupid law suit and is going to effect future track days and racing in the USA. When you go on a track, it is a calculated risk. (Which by the way, is quite safe and vastly safer than public roads!) The deceased passenger was not forced to ride in the Porsche.

 

very well put, not to mention the effect it could (potentially) have on porsche. will we never see a car like the CGT again?

 

I think the fact that this didn't get into a courtroom is very fortunate. Yes that passenger knew the risk he was taking, but don't be hard on the passenger. It was his spouse that went after big $ & won. Everyone settled because it was the best thing for them to do. If it had gone to court it could have cost 10 times more.

The one problem I have with the whole thing was the configuration of that wall. That was unconscionable. Had that wall not been configured that way, we'd have nothing to talk about here.

Yes it's possible insurance rates for track days could go up & it's just as likely they won't. Time will tell.