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-//- y perjuicios" del 27 de setiembre de 1994). Por ello y lo dispuesto por los arts. 1068, 1078, 1079, 1084, 1085, 1112 y concs. del Código Civil, se decide: Hacer lugar a las demandas iniciadas por Ruben Badín, Mercedes Meroka e Hilda María Flores de Ruiz, por sí y en representación de su hija Nadia Estefanía, contra la Provincia de Buenos Aires, condenándola a pagar, dentro del plazo de treinta días, la suma de treinta y ocho mil pesos ($ 38.000); la de treinta y ocho mil pesos ($ 38.000) y la de setenta mil pesos ($ 70.000) respectivamente. Los intereses se calcularán desde el 5 de mayo de 1990 hasta el 31 de marzo de 1991 a la tasa del 6% anual. A partir de entonces y hasta el efectivo pago se devengarán los que correspondan según la legislación que resulte aplicable (C.58.XXIII "Consultora Oscar G. Grimaux y Asociados S.A.T. c/ Dirección Nacional de Vialidad", sentencia del 23 de febrero de 1993). Las costas serán soportadas, en cada caso, por la Provincia de Buenos Aires (art. 68, Código Procesal Civil y Comercial de la Nación). Notifíquese, devuélvanse los expediente acompañados y, oportunamente, archívese. GUSTAVO A. BOSSERT. ES COPIA

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Badín et al. v. Provincia de Buenos Aires

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Argentina

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Right to adequate standard of living

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Supreme Court of Justice of Argentina

Date: Oct 19, 1995

Summary: On May 5, 1990, a fire started in a correction facility, killing 35 detainees. The appellants sustain that whatever the reasons, the responsibility of the state was evident, since there was a lack of sufficient means to counter the fire, and the presence and use of inflammable polyurethane mattresses. The appellants complained that the authorities could not save the detainees, and such fact makes moot the issue of the cause of the fire, for purposes of establishing liability. The province resisted the challenge and sustained that there were no fallacies in the infrastructure of the facility. Reports of the chief of the facility showed that there was an extreme lack of security mechanisms and the overall precarious situation of the structure. Furthermore, the employed personnel had no specific training, but only a basic knowledge of fire containment. In addition, the facility hosted 3,000 detainees, well above the overall allowed capacity of 1,000. The court found that it was not the first time that it had to deal with deficient structures of correction facilities in the past. Relatively to the case at hand the report of the firefighters acknowledged the precarious conditions of the electric system and of the flammable mattresses, while expert opinions underlined the fact that there were no emergency exits in the structure, and there was an insufficient fire suppression system, and personnel was incapable of managing that and similar emergencies. There had been no fire drill of the structure. Episodes of corruption had been denounced by families, in addition to administrative mismanagement. The rights of the detainees were subject to the corrupted subjugation of personnel. The court ruled in the favour of the plaintiffs, considering the duties of the State to guarantee re-insertion and human dignity essential for the well-being of society.

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