Overview
- Roughly four months after the incident, vehicle owners filed a civil claim seeking about 21 million pesos for material damage, loss of use, and depreciation, with one outlet also noting a penal complaint.
- The filing questions the actor's decision to drive at age 79 and alleges he was operating with an expired licence after a renewal request was rejected for medical reasons.
- Plaintiffs advance an objective-responsibility argument that places the cost on the person in control of a potentially risky activity to protect innocent third parties.
- The July 22 crash at Avenida Córdoba and Concepción Arenal in Chacarita followed a medical descompensation and resulted in damage to parked cars.
- Doctors ruled out a stroke, diagnosed a cardiac-related syncope, and he was treated by SAME, evaluated at Hospital Fernández, and later received a pacemaker at Clínica INMAC.