It depends on what information the document(s) contain and how OP uses that information, but yes, the person who lost them could certainly lose "something". Whe

It depends on what information the document(s) contain and how OP uses that information, but yes, the person who lost them could certainly lose "something". When that Apple employee misplaced an iPhone prototype a few years ago, it wasn't the monetary value of the prototype itself that Apple was worried about; it was the market advantage they'd lose if their competitors discovered what they'd been working on.