Paul Walker's 16-year-old daughter has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Porsche. Meadow Walker claimed that her father was burned to death because the vehicle he occupied, which crashed and killed the "Fast and Furious" actor, was poorly built.

The civil lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Supreme Court on Monday, claims that Walker, 40, was killed because Porsche, the manufacturer of the Carrera GT sports car skimped on "safety features that are found on well-designed racing cars or even Porsche's least expensive road cars."

The car crash took the lives of both Walker and his friend, Roger Rodas, the 38-year-old professional race car driver who was driving at the time of the crash. Both were burned beyond recognition after the car slammed into a concrete lamp post and a tree, on November 30, 2013.

Investigators with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and California Highway Patrol concluded that the crash resulted from high speeds, and not a mechanical failure.

Rodas' widow, Kristin, has also sued Porsche, with claims that the vehicle's design was flawed.

Poorly designed seat belts were among the problems with the car, claimed by the lawsuit.

According to the suit, when the car broke apart, the shoulder belt anchors "traveled with the rear engine compartment while the seat belt anchors remained with the passenger compartment." "This snapped Walker's torso back with thousands of pounds of force, thereby breaking his ribs and pelvis, flattening his seat and trapping him."

The lawsuit claims that he remained there, alive and "in a supine position" until the vehicle burst into flames seconds later.

The suit also claims another design flaw—"rubber fuel lines that lacked break-free fittings to automatically" shut off the flow of fuel—was what caused the fire.

"Absent these defects in the Porsche Carrera GT, Paul Walker would be alive today," the suit says.

Porsche Carrera GT sports car (YouTube screenshot)

In a statement released on Tuesday, Porsche said: "We have not seen the new lawsuit and therefore cannot comment on its specifics. As we have said before, we are saddened whenever anyone is hurt in a Porsche vehicle, but we believe the authorities reports in this case clearly established that this tragic crash resulted from reckless driving and excessive speed."

(Image: YouTube screenshot)

A Porsche spokesman, in response to Rodas' lawsuit last year, said the "crash was the subject of a detailed investigation" by "proper authorities." The investigation, the spokesman said, "disproves the allegations in the lawsuit."

Although investigators concluded that the Porsche was traveling at a speed of up to 94 mph when it crashed, Meadow Walker's lawsuit includes a detailed recounting of the crash and contends that the Porsche was traveling 63 to 71 mph when it spun out of control.

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