What to do if I recently hired a moving company to move my belongings but have since discovered an entire jewelry box has gone missing?

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What to do if I recently hired a moving company to move my belongings but have since discovered an entire jewelry box has gone missing?

The contents worth over 1K in value. I have gone through everything looking for it 3 times over and I’m positive it has been stolen from the movers. I’ve used this company before with no problems. Now I’m completely devastated. What can I do legally?

Asked on December 25, 2012 under Bankruptcy Law, Massachusetts

Answers:

S.L,. Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 11 years ago | Contributor

You can contact the police and file criminal charges against the movers for larceny.  Larceny is the trespassory taking and carrying away of the personal property of another with the intent to permanently deprive.

You can also file a lawsuit against the movers for conversion.  Conversion is an unauthorized act which deprives the owner of her property permanently or for an indefinite time.  Conversion is the unauthorized assumption of the right of ownership over the personal property of another to the exclusion of the owner's rights.  In other words, conversion is theft.

Your damages (monetary compensation you are seeking in your lawsuit for conversion) would be  a forced sale, which is the value of the jewelry box and its contents.

 


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