After a federal judge gave the go-ahead for Craig Breedlove to pursue his lawsuit against the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry for allegedly damaging Breedlove’s Spirit of America, museum officials decided this week to settle with Breedlove rather than let the suit go to trial.
Terms of the settlement, which Breedlove and the museum announced in a joint statement on Monday, were not disclosed.
Breedlove filed his lawsuit in June, accusing the museum – to which he’d loaned Spirit of America in August 1965 and which returned the record-breaker to him in 2015 – not only of failing to properly take care of the three-wheeler but also of cutting and rewelding the vehicle’s frame, thus causing poor panel fit, and of extending the jet engine’s intake duct mounts. In addition, Breedlove claimed the museum allowed visitors to scratch graffiti into the paint and did not return to him various parts of the vehicle, including the seat.
In his lawsuit, Breedlove asked for no less than $395,000, the estimated cost to repair the damages.
Seems like the museum didn't live up to its expectations.
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