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Argentine consumer court rulings on vehicle damages

Overview

A court in La Plata, Argentina, has ordered a service station to pay more than 13 million pesos to a driver following a fueling error. The incident, which occurred in 2016, involved staff mistakenly filling a diesel vehicle with gasoline, causing significant damage to the fuel injection pump, injectors, computer module, and turbocharger.

After a decade of legal proceedings, Judge María Cecilia Valeros De Córica ruled that the company must indemnify the owner for 13,688,000 pesos plus interest to cover repair costs.

Entities

María Cecilia Valeros De Córica · Argentine consumer · Olavarría civil and commercial court · vehicle savings‑plan companies · Axion Energy

Timeline

  1. about 1 month ago

    [CRIME] 3 sources
    La Plata court orders service station to pay 13 million pesos for fueling error

    An Argentine court ordered a service station to pay over 13 million pesos to a driver after staff mistakenly loaded gasoline instead of diesel into his Chevrolet Meriva in 2016.

  2. about 1 month ago

    [BUSINESS] 2 sources
    Argentina court orders multimillion compensation for delayed vehicle savings‑plan deliveries

    Argentina courts ordered over 41 M and 72 M pesos in compensation for consumers hit by delayed or altered vehicle savings‑plan deliveries, citing contractual breaches and consumer‑protection laws.

Sources

0223.com.ar · 100seguro.com.ar · infozona.com.ar