It's not a 100% that anything will be returned, but it's worth a shot to let other's know they're not the only one's with this bug. I myself was killed quite a few times this evening due to the bug. I lost some nice items as well.
Please be patient while we try and work through this. The Mod's have no control and I don't think the problem itself is with the server, but with some of the plugins and perhaps, Bukkit.
-Duelcon