120,000 (one hundred and twenty dollars of the United States of America) for Sebastián Claus Furlan. 315. Regarding Danilo Furlan, the Court considers that the prolonged quest for judicial compensation and the medical care required by his son took up a large part of his time, and this prevented him from devoting himself to the work activities needed to maintain his income from the sale of used cars. Since he suffered financial harm as a result of the need to seek medical assistance for his son, a causal relationship exists between the violations declared in this case and his loss of earnings. 316. The representatives attached documents related to Mr. Danilo Furlan’s work activities482. However, given the types of financial activities carried out by Mr. Danilo Furlan, that evidence is not sufficient to exactly determine the damages for loss of earnings caused to his detriment. Therefore, the Court, based on the principle of equity, sets the sum of US$ 30,000 (thirty thousand dollars of the United States of America) for loss of earnings. In addition it is reasonable to suppose that Mr. Danilo Furlan and Mrs. Susana Fernández incurred expenses in having recourse to the courts of justice and state institutions in order to obtain justice and medical attention for Sebastián Furlan. Therefore, based on the principle of equity, the Court establishes as compensation for consequential damages the sum of US$ 6,000 (six thousand dollars of the United States of America) in favor de Danilo Furlan and US$ 3,000 (three thousand dollars of the United States of America) in favor of Susana Fernández. C.2) Non-pecuniary damage Arguments of the parties 317. The representatives requested compensation for non-pecuniary damages for the “emotional suffering […] reflected in the anxiety, anguish, uncertainty, expectations and frustration that judicial proceedings lasting so many years causes to anyone.” Regarding Danilo Furlan, Susana Fernández, Claudio Edwin Furlan and Sabina Furlan they mentioned “the disintegration of the family following Sebastián’s accident,” as well as the divorce of Susana and Danilo, owing to “the damage to their mental and moral integrity and also the impact on their social and work relationships and on the dynamics of the family unit, which was never able to return to the living conditions that existed prior to the facts.” They requested the Court to order the payment of US$ 150,000.00 (one hundred and fifty thousand dollars of the United States of America) in favor of Sebastián Furlan, US$ 100,000.00 (one hundred thousand dollars of the United States of America) in favor of Danilo Furlan, US$ 70,000.00 (seventy thousand dollars of the United States of America) in favor of Susana Fernández, and US$ 50,000.00 (fifty thousand dollars of the United States of America) each in favor of Claudio Furlan and Sabina Furlan. In addition, they requested compensation amounting to US$ 70,000.00 (seventy thousand dollars of the United States of America) in favor of Sebastián for the presumed harm to his relationships with others. 318. The State argued that these “considerations were already taken into account by the judgment of National Federal Civil and Commercial Court No. 5 of the City of Buenos Aires, and confirmed by the First Chamber of the National Federal Civil and Commercial Chamber.” It added that the representatives sought “to duplicate the compensation by means of this application when, in fact, the underlying reason is their disagreement with the amount 482 Cf. Documentation related to the work of Danilo Furlan, including receipts for the purchase and sale of cars and documents of transactions associated with that work (file of appendices to the brief of pleadings and evidence, volume VII, appendix XXVI, pages 2829 to 3083). 99

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