A family is suing a New York parking garage company after a beloved (and expensive) violin was run over.

According to news reports, Beth Bergman and her daughter were visiting New York from California. While unloading the trunk of the car, Bergman placed the violin, in its protective case, on the ground. Bergman claims it was out of the way and not in the drivable path. Yet, the violin was run over by a garage employee. Bergman is suing for $85,000 in damages.

"If you have something very special, you don’t put it on the floor," defendant Victor Asitimbay argued. "Her daughter was crying like somebody died. It’s not our fault, because they leave it on the floor. It [was] scary because they screamed like the guy run over a baby or something."

—Source: wqxr.org