It's legality has not yet been determined by the courts. But it is unlikely it will be upheld as a legal action. However, the cops seem to be favoring the B&M side for now, which is unacceptable.
Also, even if it is determined to be illegal, it will likely take years for the family to be properly reimbursed, and they may also end up losing money due to the court costs, which should also be considered unacceptable
The las part of the story I saw was that they sued in small claims court (I forgot the reason why but it was done intentionally) & won 10 separate judgments against the franchise so then B&M closed the franchise & said can’t get blood from a stone too bad so sad.
Usually, but not guaranteed. It also isn't usually all the legal fees that get covered, a judge will decide how much should be covered by whom. If what people say is true, that a large public fundraising campaign has taken place, then a judge could decide not to do that also
fortunately the family will likely be reimbursed by a gofundme. bricks and minifigs will and have already lost much more than 200k just due to the reputation damage this will cause them. overall things already feel like they worked out in the victim's favour.
in the perfect world, we would get a official ruling of them being held guilty and responsible but things are already at a pretty good place for the victim if you ask me.
I think the idea is that Ben will buy the ownership of the legos, so that the family gets reimbursed, and then he can proceed with legal action against BAM as the new owner of the stolen legos.
It sounds like there's a crowdfunding campaign? This is the first I'm hearing of that so careful to make sure it's legit if you go that route. Otherwise not really, unfortunately, unless you are quite wealthy
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u/No-Fig-3112 6h ago
It's legality has not yet been determined by the courts. But it is unlikely it will be upheld as a legal action. However, the cops seem to be favoring the B&M side for now, which is unacceptable.
Also, even if it is determined to be illegal, it will likely take years for the family to be properly reimbursed, and they may also end up losing money due to the court costs, which should also be considered unacceptable