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It was just revealed that Paul Walker‘s daughter Meadow reached a $10.1 million settlement with the driver of the vehicle in which her father passed away.

A lawyer for the 17-year-old told TMZ that the basis of the settlement was to partly blame driver Roger Rodas for the fatal accident.

The settlement was actually reached 2014, but remained under the radar because it was not filed under Meadow‘s name.

“The amount paid by the estate of Roger Rodas into a trust for Meadow Walker only covers a fraction of what her father would have earned as an international movie star had his life not tragically been cut short,” the lawyer explained.

Meadow is still in the middle of a lawsuit against Porsche AG for “producing a vehicle that was defective and caused Paul Walker‘s death.”

Paul Walker‘s father has filed legal papers against the heirs of Roger Rodas, saying his family is holding $1.8 million worth of his son’s car collection, TMZ reports.

The documents state that there are a number of exotic cars in the family’s possesion. Roger and Paul co-owned Always Evolving, a racing shop. Paul‘s father wants the cars returned or the cash value immediately.

The family has rejected the claim.

Roger was driving the 2005 Porsche Carrera GT that tragically killed both him and Paul last year.

The car that Paul Walker and his good friend Roger Rodas died in on Saturday afternoon (November 30) may have crashed due to mechanical failure, according to TMZ.

Sources that are connected to Always Evolving, the auto shop co-owned by the pair, tell the site that they saw evidence “of a fluid burst and subsequent fluid trail before the skid marks at the accident scene.”

Because there were no skid marks until just before the crash site and also because the fire spread so quickly in the front of the car, it points to the theory that there was a fluid leak of some sort.

The auto shop also never modified the $500,000 Porsche Carrera GT and it was rarely driven, so the sources believe it must be a factory defect. They also say it is “preposterous” that Roger could have lost control of the car as he was “a world class driver.”

The alleged driver of the car that was involved in a crash that killed Paul Walker has been identified as former race car driver Roger Rodas, according to a Santa Clarita radio station with sources close to the situation.

Roger was the CEO of the company Always Evolving, a car customization shop. The charity event for Reach Out Worldwide was being held at the company’s headquarters in Santa Clarita that afternoon when he went for a drive with Paul in a Porsche Carrera GT, which happens to be one of Roger‘s favorite cars. Both of them died in the crash after the car exploded into flames.

The friends had met when they raced cars together at the Pirelli World Challenge series years ago.

We send our continued thoughts and prayers to both Paul and Roger‘s families during this difficult time.