LOS ANGELES — An attorney for actor Paul Walker’s estate said today that a settlement was reached in a lawsuit filed against a warehouse employee who allegedly refused to turn over numerous vehicles that belonged to the “Fast and Furious” star before his 2013 death.
“It was settled amicably and one of the conditions is that we’re getting things back,” Walker estate attorney Christopher Heck said when asked if the accord included a return of the cars and trucks.
Heck said that additional terms of the resolution with defendant Richard Taylor are confidential.
The lawsuit, filed in June 2015, was dismissed Tuesday by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Sotelo in light of the settlement.
According to the lawsuit, Taylor illegally removed the vehicles, including a 2011 Porsche 911 GT3, from storage less than 24 hours after the 40- year-old actor’s Nov. 30, 2013, death in a fiery crash in Santa Clarita.
Walker, a noted car collector, kept about 30 cars in a Valencia warehouse where Taylor worked, according to the suit. Taylor occasionally assisted Walker in caring for the cars and refused to tell his estate their whereabouts “in an effort to extort money and other concessions,” the complaint alleged.
Paul Walker III is the executor of his son’s estate.
Walker and his friend and business partner, Roger Rodas, died after Rodas lost control of a Porsche Carrera GT, which crashed into trees and a utility pole before exploding in flames.
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