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Ryan Dunn Fatal Crash - Can Porsche be sued?
IBTimes New York ^ | June 22, 2011 11:47 PM EDT | Unattributed

Posted on 06/22/2011 9:36:27 PM PDT by BraveMan

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The question here, obviously, is - who is responsible for the accident? Some can claim that Porsche should not make its car to speed up that much. Porsche 911 GT3, the car he drove during his fatal crash on Monday, was capable of hitting speeds around 190 miles per hour. Porsche is known to be the car James Dean loved, and eventually drove to death - Dean was driving Porsche 550 Spyder when the fatal accident occurred, killing the American film hero on September 30, 1955.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: porsche; ryandunn
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To: faucetman

That is it. You win for post of the thread. RIP big guy.


21 posted on 06/22/2011 10:08:33 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: BraveMan
Before they sue Porsche, they might as well sue Budweiser and the jackass franchise first.
22 posted on 06/22/2011 10:09:13 PM PDT by Slicksadick (Go out on a limb........Its where the fruit is.)
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To: BraveMan

Sure he can sue Porsche. Doesn’t mean he’ll win.

And I’d love to be in the courtroom when Porsche starts feeding the CKY videos and the Jackass movies into the DVD player.


23 posted on 06/22/2011 10:09:31 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Join the AFL-CIO. The Communist Party needs new blood.)
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To: Paleo Conservative

It is very difficult to tell that this wreckage was ever a car.


24 posted on 06/22/2011 10:09:31 PM PDT by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: Paleo Conservative

I am kind of blown away by the narrow skid pattern. Hard left & hard on the brakes is what I read . . .


25 posted on 06/22/2011 10:09:31 PM PDT by BraveMan
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To: BraveMan

As soon as I read about the crash I predicted lawsuit city for Porsche and the dealer. I would expect one to hit the courts before Labor Day.


26 posted on 06/22/2011 10:10:19 PM PDT by Cyman
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To: BraveMan

And some can claim that Ryan should not have made himself to get drunk that much.


27 posted on 06/22/2011 10:11:12 PM PDT by RichInOC (Stupidity is its own punishment...and sometimes it's capital.)
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To: Slicksadick

He was probably more a liquor guy.


28 posted on 06/22/2011 10:12:16 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: BraveMan

I think it’s more the fault of the booze manufacturer...or whoever designed and built the road. Anyone besides the jackass who got drunk and then drove his car beyond his capability to control it.


29 posted on 06/22/2011 10:12:22 PM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: RichInOC

Sue Obama!


30 posted on 06/22/2011 10:12:59 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: BraveMan

I have a two word term about this incident that Libs don’t want to hear. Its called PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY! You act like a Jackass and the consequences will eventually catch up with you. You cannot blame Porsche, Seagrams, Jim Beam Anheuser-Busch or Bailey’s for your lack of common sense or personal responsibility.


31 posted on 06/22/2011 10:14:57 PM PDT by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: BraveMan

I almost forgot. PALIN’S FAULT! Blaming Bush isn’t in vogue these days.


32 posted on 06/22/2011 10:16:33 PM PDT by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: BraveMan
Jeez - how fast do you think that new 556 hp Cadillac will go?

Also check this out -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jznoUT76wlg
The driver survived the crash - not sure if he lived too much longer though.

33 posted on 06/22/2011 10:17:21 PM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: newzjunkey

“Driver’s fault.”

Bush’s fault, because he kept gas reasonably priced and manufacturers kept making high-performance cars.

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34 posted on 06/22/2011 10:19:03 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: eyedigress

“He was Drunk. Not only can his family not sue Porsche, he does not collect and damn near any insurance he ever had. My Hondas go really, really fast. If I am intoxicated I lose all insurance for the most part.”

Driving while intoxicated is a crime. Almost any conventional insurance policy states in the “fine print” that there is no coverage if the vehicle is used during the commission of a crime.


35 posted on 06/22/2011 10:21:48 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: BraveMan

who’s Ryan Dunn and why should anyone care!


36 posted on 06/22/2011 10:24:26 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: The Antiyuppie

Exactly. Most policies specifically state intoxicated driving. His estate gets nothing on policy regarding the vehicles. It is sad that he died this way but to bring up lawsuits is stupid. Wait until the masses hear he was .25 or greater.


37 posted on 06/22/2011 10:26:25 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: BraveMan

I think the case law is pretty well established on this. There have been many attempts to sue car manufacturers for making cars with “too much horsepower” for ordinary non-professional drivers to cope with. I think all those cases have failed and been dismissed.

It’s not the engine that’s the problem, it’s the foot on the pedal.


38 posted on 06/22/2011 10:27:39 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: 1FreeAmerican
For a surprisingly small sum, the laboratories at Lingenfelter Performance Engineering will amplify the 6.2-liter LSA V-8 under the hood of the Cadillac CTS-V from the stock 556 hp to a reality-check 700.


39 posted on 06/22/2011 10:29:41 PM PDT by BraveMan
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To: dalereed

He was in the mix and had fans and such. It blows over and life goes on. It is like whether Kinneson (sp) could ever sue whatever he was driving on 95. Nope.


40 posted on 06/22/2011 10:29:53 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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