Overview
- Owners of the damaged vehicles filed civil and penal actions roughly four months after the July 22 collision in Chacarita, seeking about 21 million pesos for repairs, loss of use and depreciation.
- The filings argue negligence because the 79-year-old actor had documented heart problems and a license renewal reportedly rejected on medical grounds.
- Doctors at Hospital Fernández ruled out a stroke after the crash and diagnosed a syncope, a brief loss of consciousness linked to cardiac issues.
- Reports say he was later transferred to Clínica INMAC, where a pacemaker was implanted following the incident, after prior open-heart surgery in 2024.
- Claimants’ lawyers invoke the principle that the custodian of a dangerous thing bears the cost to protect innocent third parties as the case moves through the courts.