I agree that it is FBs for as long as she wants it. I just meant to emphasize how special this particular guitar is. It should be Frances Bean’s but, if she doesn’t want it, then it should be everybody’s.

I'm concerned that you do not know the meaning of common terms, like cliché, and troll.

I’m going out on a limb here and saying that this is not a good person. The only “mistake” she made was posting her vile, completely illegal mean girl snark to the whole world rather than just to her (no doubt equally vile friend).

Yeah, I have no idea of CL ever actually owned this but, either way, it should belong either to his daughter or the Smithsonian. A creditor, at least, would have likely sold it to a collector who would take care of it. I imagine this dude over tuning it while trying to play for some poser band and ultimately trading…

No, a cliché is, and I quote here, “a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought”

Petty would be if he refused to return her favorite T shirt. This is a significant family heirloom, worth millions, that belonged to the father she lost when she was a baby. The only place on earth this guitar should be, if not in FB’s home, is the Smithsonian.

As an attorney, I feel competent to tell you that a cliché is not precedent.

If she hasn’t passed it down to his daughter it would have been seized by her creditors years ago. One of her few good decisions.

Wow, the most useful, informative comment I have ever read on Gawker. I’m looking forward to dinner tonight.

If the theater left that door open and someone else came in that way, the theater is on notice that someone can get in that way. It’s then potentially liable for something that happened because someone could get in through that unlocked door. This wasn’t a shooter with a concealed handgun. This guy was wearing body…

Sorry for the snarkiness of my last reply. I think there's a delay in kinja.

I’ve answered your “how much should they spend” without a single “oh, golly”. And I can tell you that if they have ever had anyone sneak in through an unlocked door like that in the past, for any reason, this was not a frivolous lawsuit. They were on notice that someone could get in through a door like that and they…

Is this a moral question or a legal strategy question?

My understanding is that he came in a back door that lead directly into that theatre. Why wasn’t that door locked?

I am a lawyer. In fact, I am a litigator who represents defendants in exactly this kind of lawsuit. These legal bills happen when a deep pocket insurance company goes all out on experts, videotaped depositions in exotic locales, massive amounts of document production and lots and lots of frivolous pre-trial motions.…

Two points:

There is nothing that says this was a frivolous lawsuit.

Yes, they are demanding that the families pay their legal costs. And there is not reason for the costs to be this high (I know, I am a defense lawyer in cases like this). It is a strategy for a deep pocket defendant to spend huge amounts of money to overwhelm less well financed plaintiffs with experts, etc. then, when…

Why is everyone assuming this lawsuit was frivolous? I don't know enough about this claim and, I bet, neither do you. There may have been very good grounds for suing the theater.

No, the point is that they have ridiculous amounts of money to spend on legal bills. They use that money to bludgeon the families, who do not have anywhere near the resources, to fight them.. Then, when they have successfully spent the families out of court, they turn around and demand that these families pay their…