If this was held in an office or somewhere static only in DLs control and not publicly accessible then you have a SLIM argument at best. If he chose to leave them spinning around south baggage claim all night then that’s negligence on the equipment owner.

I NEVER check anything but clothes and if it is not being directly transferred from one plane to another and has any sort of overnight I pick up my bags and check them for the flight the next day when I return. Sometimes people think once it’s checked it’s the airlines responsibility to the final destination which it’s kot. If it was less spinning at south baggage claim then that’s the equivalent of leaving your bags on a curb for the day with no one around and hope they don’t get stolen....