additional remarks on the merits. On said occasion, the IACHR also made itself available to the parties in order to reach a friendly settlement in the case in accordance with Article 48.1.f of the American Convention. 8. The IACHR received additional information from the petitioner on the following dates: July 12 and 14, August 11 and 14 and December 26, 2006, January 10, March 21, April 10, July 18, August 3, 7 and 29, September 18, October 24, November 12 and December 18, 2007, January 22, February 21, March 3, April 7, May 22, June 19, July 18, August 6, October 6, and December 3, 2008, March 12 and 31, August 31 and September 8, 2009 and July 21, 2010. Copies of said communications were duly forwarded to the State. 9. The IACHR received observations from the State on the following dates: August 25, October 15, November 5 and December 17, 2008, February 23 and October 15, 2009. Copies of said communications were duly forwarded to the petitioner. 10. In a communication on July 17, 2008, the IACHR requested a copy of the court case file from the State, which it forwarded in a note on October 15, 2008. In a communication on May 3, 2010, the IACHR requested additional information from both parties. The petitioner responded to this request in a communication received on June 3, 2010. In a communication received on June 11, 2010, the State requested an extension to submit said information, which was granted by the IACHR. V. POSITION OF THE PARTIES A. Position of the Petitioner 11. The petitioner alleges that on December 21, 1988, his 14-year-old son Sebastian Furlan went with other boys to play in an abandoned military training field in the area where he resided in Ciudadela, Province of Buenos Aires. On said occasion, Sebastian hung from a 45 to 50 kilogram crossbeam, which broke off and fell on his head, fracturing his skull and knocking him unconscious. He claims that the boy was taken to the hospital where he was diagnosed with cranial trauma, a fractured temporal bone, blood loss through the nostrils, and consequently underwent an operation. Following the operation, he remained in a coma until January 3, 1989, and was released on January 23, 1989. 12. On December 18, 1990, the petitioner filed for damages before Court No. 9, Clerk’s Office No. 28, in the case titled ‘Furlan, Sebastian v National State for damages.’ The judgment of the trial court, issued on September 7, 2000, ascribed 30% of the responsibility to Sebastian and 70% of the responsibility to the State. Finding the claim admissible, it ordered the State to pay 130,000 pesos as damages, and all court costs and attorneys fees. The judgment was appealed by both parties, and was upheld by the court of appeals —Civil and Commercial Chamber No. 1 of the National Chamber of Appeals for Civil and Commercial Matters— on November 23, 2000, with regard to the main issue, but modifying it in relation to the court costs and attorneys fees, and dividing them in proportion with the responsibility ascribed in the decision. Accordingly, the appeals court ruled that the State was responsible for 70% and the petitioner for 30% of court costs and legal fees. 13. The petitioner notes that the proceedings took 10 years for the judgment to be handed down and 13 years until compensation could be collected. He notes that even though the judgment ordered the State to pay in pesos, it was paid out in bonds. He further claims that when the trial court judgment was issued in 2000, the peso was valued at a rate of one dollar to one peso, but following the economic crisis in late 2001, the peso underwent devaluation. He asserts that the court awarded damages for 165,063 pesos and that after attorneys’ fees were paid, the