If i left a valuable item at a friend's house and then it later got stolen, can i sue my friend?
Not unless she took possession of the laptop, and it doesn't sound like she did, since that would have required a contract of some sort. BTW, her 'building' isn't going to reimburse her, no apartment will do so. If she did not have tenant insurance, there will be no reimbursement coming.
What happens when someone breaks into your locker and steals stuff?
My high school locker was broken into and items valued of over $1000 CAD total was stolen. The school and police have found out who stole it. From what I hear, the items(iPOD, cellphone, buspass) were sold or something. The fact is they're gone. The person who stole my stuff is under 18. Will I ever be compensated for my losses? I've been told to wait but I'm not sure if I will get my stuff or money back. I do not have any insurance. I am in Ontario Canada.
If I borrow an item from someone and it is stolen, am I required by law to repay?
It depends. When you borrow something you take responsibility to take care of it by taking "reasonable steps" to protect it. As a general rule, if you let the item in a locked and secure area, then you might not be liable if someone took extraordinary measures, and/or violence to gain access to the item. Now, if you let the item on a unsecured area while you were not paying attention then you would be liable due to negligence. It also depends if you accepted total responsibility no matter if you were or not at fault. EDIT A car is not exactly a "safe place" to store anything. If this goes to court most likely you would be found liable for the item. Better try to make a deal. If the item was used/old you are even allowed to lower the cost due to depreciation, so make him an offer as if you were buying it used.
Law question, about stealing and stuff?
The value of the item makes absolutely no difference to the charge - it is still theft (or attempted theft, or burglary or whatever). The only difference it would make is in the severity of the sentence - for instance if I steal a chocolate bar valued at $1 I'm not going to get the same sentence as someone who steals $100000 from a bank. The only time value will actually come into it is if someone places civil action against you say for detinue (which is a refusal or inability to return goods). In this situation if it is something like a photo which may be worth very little but have huge sentimental value the court will determine an adequate value which the defendant who took the goods (if proved on the balance of probabilities) will have to pay. In regards to the second part of the question - there is a wide array of charges that could be placed. It is still theft as it is taking something that you're not entitled to. Stealing the points and then trading them in for physical prizes is actually fraud - the accused would be charged with something like obtaining property by deception. Fraud offences are arguably one of the worst offences to committ (obviously excluding crimes against the person) - if you are found guilty of one, no employer will hire you, you will have trouble getting things like loans etc. It really isn't worth it.