LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A settlement was reached in a lawsuit filed by the
estate of Paul Walker against that of the man who died with the actor in a 2013
high-speed crash in Santa Clarita, in which “The Fast and the Furious” co-
star’s father sought a return of vehicles his son kept in a car collection.
Attorneys for the two estates told Los Angeles Superior Court Judge
David Sotelo on Thursday that the case was resolved. No terms were divulged.
The actor’s estate and his father, Paul Walker III, filed the lawsuit in
March 2015 against the estate of Roger Rodas and Rodas’ widow, Kristine
Rodas. It sought a return of the cars the actor and Rodas co-owned before their
deaths, when the autos became the exclusive property of the estate of Paul
Walker, according to the complaint.
Walker owned about 30 cars in the collection that he stored in a
Valencia warehouse, but only a portion were co-owned by him and Rodas, the suit
stated. The cars sought from the Rodas estate may have been collectively worth
about $1.8 million, according to court papers filed by lawyers for the Walker
estate.
Among the cars the actor’s estate sought from Rodas’ estate were an Audi
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R8, a 1969 Ford Mustang and a 1970 Dodge Charger, the suit stated.
Paul Walker III is the executor of his son’s estate.
Walker, 40, and Rodas, his friend and business partner, died after
Rodas lost control of a Porsche Carrera GT, which crashed into trees and a
utility pole before exploding in flames on Nov. 30, 2013.