“We are lost and do not know what comes next in our lives. “Everyone in our group has been emotionally and financially destroyed,” the plaintiffs said in a statement on Tuesday.
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The theft occurred near the “Flying J” rest stop and gas station in the unincorporated community of Lebec, about 75 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, as the items were being sent overnight from a jewelry show in the San Francisco Bay Area down to the Los Angeles region for another event.īrink’s is seeking to limit potential payouts to the jewelers, who say their cargo was worth $100 million and that the security company is trying to deny compensation to its customers for a theft “its drivers practically invited to happen.”įourteen jewelers and jewelry companies alleged breach of contract and negligence in a lawsuit filed Monday against Brink’s in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
The security company’s lawsuit alleges that the jewelers under-declared the value of the items that were being transported and the company is only responsible for the declared value. 4 in New York, stated that the pickup manifests signed by the jewelers reported a total of $8.7 million worth of merchandise in the 22 stolen bags. If the latter figure is accurate, it would be one of the largest jewelry thefts in modern history.īut Brink’s, in a federal lawsuit filed Aug. The heist nabbed a haul that’s been described by some as worth less than $10 million and others as roughly $100 million and the value is now the subject of two lawsuits filed this month.
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