Does my extended warranty cover the casing?

Some time ago, I bought a lock for my MacBook Pro. It seemed kind of flaky, but I think it's pretty much the standard lock. You simply inserted one end of the lock into a tiny hole on the right side of the computer's exterior (I don't know if "casing" is the right term or not), turn the key, and it locks.
I only used it a couple times, then didn't take it with me to work for several months. Recently, I decided to take it to work again, but I discovered I couldn't lock it. I thought I had just forgotten how to use it, but it back to the store where I bought the lock, and their repairman looked at it.
He said it appeared that the lock wouldn't work because the hole you insert it into had more or less been ruined; it had been bent or gouged. I showed it to someone else, and they came to the same conclusion.
So I'm confused. How easy is it to bend or warp the exterior of a MacBook Pro? Is this something my extended warranty would cover? If so, how would Apple handle it? Would they be able to repair it, or would they give me a new computer?
I still haven't been able to figure out how the damage could have resulted. Someone suggested that a person might have actually tried to steal my computer and simply yanked on it really hard. However, this isn't likely, because the lock doesn't work - period. If they had gone to all the trouble of yanking on it, they should have easily discovered that the lock simply falls out.
Thanks.

apple's warranty (including applecare) does not cover accidental/deliberate damage
so unless you have a non-apple warranty that gives extended cover there is not much you can do about it (the cost of repair is likely to be steep, but you could ask for a quote)
if you can prove it is the result of an attempted theft then the insurance covering the premises where it happened might apply, but it sounds like you wouldn't be able to prove the cause
i regularly use a lock with the mbp, i don't think the casing would bend with normal use, but if someone didn't realise that the lock was there and tried to walk off with the mac then i wouldn't be surprised if it caused damage

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