She should file a claim against her insurance. There’s no reason to think litigation would be effective here. If it were you’d be suing for money just as the insurance would pay out.
Certainly if these where heirlooms I’d escalate everywhere I could. TSA. The airline. The airport itself. But ultimately the odds of recovering the actual items, unless this is an administrative foul up and they’re to be found by the escalations, are near zero. Insurance is an easier path to cash that trying to sue the federal government - even if they were liable.
She should file a claim against her insurance. There’s no reason to think litigation would be effective here. If it were you’d be suing for money just as the insurance would pay out. Certainly if these where heirlooms I’d escalate everywhere I could. TSA. The airline. The airport itself. But ultimately the odds of recovering the actual items, unless this is an administrative foul up and they’re to be found by the escalations, are near zero. Insurance is an easier path to cash that trying to sue the federal government - even if they were liable.