http://abcnews.go.com/The...381&page=1

Is somebody getting taken to the cleaners?

A $10 dry cleaning bill for a pair of trousers has ballooned into a $67 million civil lawsuit.

'I'm Being Sued for WHAT?'Plaintiff Roy Pearson, a judge in Washington, D.C., says in court papers that he's been through the ringer over a lost pair of prized pants he wanted to wear on his first day on the bench.

He says in court papers that he has endured "mental suffering, inconvenience and discomfort."

He says he was unable to wear that favorite suit on his first day of work.

He's suing for 10 years of weekend car rentals so he can transport his dry cleaning to another store.

The lawsuit is based in large part on Pearson's seemingly pained admission that he was taken in by the oldest and most insidious marketing tool in the dry cleaning industry arsenal.

"Satisfaction Guaranteed."

Pearson did not return numerous calls from ABC News for comment.

It's the kind of lawsuit that makes liability reform advocates' temples throb.

"People in America are now scared of each other," legal expert Philip Howard told ABC News' Law & Justice Unit. "That's why teachers won't put an arm around a crying child, and doctors order unnecessary tests, and ministers won't meet with parishioners. It's a distrust of justice and it's changing our culture."

The civil trial, set for June, has the scope of a John Grisham courtroom thriller and the societal importance of a traffic ticket.

Pearson plans to call 63 witnesses.

Defending themselves against the suit -- for two years running -- are Korean immigrants Jin and Soo Chung and their son, who own Custom Cleaners and two other dry cleaning shops in the Fort Lincoln section of Washington, D.C.

The ABC News Law & Justice Unit has calculated that for $67 million Pearson could buy 84,115 new pairs of pants at the $800 value he placed on the missing trousers in court documents. If you stacked those pants up, they would be taller than eight Mount Everests. If you laid them side by side, they would stretch for 48 miles.

what a fucking asshole! he wants to bankrupt an immigrant family over a pair of PANTS?! how did this not get thrown out? why is our justice system so completely fucked?

ugh

What a goddmaned idiot. He of all people should be aware of what frivolous lawsuits do the justice system.

evenstar3 said:

i hope he has to pay them mega damages (they made a very generous offer to settle the case) AND gets dis-bared.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...diLGfMWM0F

"Pearson asked the cleaners for the full price of the suit: more than $1,000.

But a week later, the Chungs said the pants had been found and refused to pay. That's when Pearson decided to sue.

Manning said the cleaners made three settlement offers to Pearson. First they offered $3,000, then $4,600, then $12,000. But Pearson wasn't satisfied and expanded his calculations beyond one pair of pants.

Because Pearson no longer wanted to use his neighborhood dry cleaner, part of his lawsuit calls for $15,000 — the price to rent a car every weekend for 10 years to go to another business."

On the flip side let this be a warning of to those providing less than adaquate services.
Im quite sick of the half-assed mediocre tripe that gets shoved in our faces as legitmate businesses that we supposedly want and desire.

Especially resturaunts.

Oh and those that provide car matainence.

And contractors and people who renovate homes.

People in general who say they can fix this or do that, but dont have a clue, just so they can make a buck.

Its a waste of MY TIME and MONEY.

SlamGlam said:

The worst part is that he's a judge who should know better about abusing the system.

NastyPig said:

you know, it's funny, i've never had bad service in a restaurant in my life. maybe i'm just lucky, but i think people generally treat you like you treat them.

evenstar3 said:

its has nothing to do with how i treat them , ass.

besides, the quality of work that your being PAYED to do
shouldnt have any bearing on the behavior of the person you are providing service to.
ITS YOUR JOB.

NastyPig said:

my, looks like someone had extra helpings of bitchiness & entitlement this morning.

maybe they are his lucky pants

evenstar3 said:

He says in court papers that he has endured "mental suffering, inconvenience and discomfort."

He says he was unable to wear that favorite suit on his first day of work.

He's suing for 10 years of weekend car rentals so he can transport his dry cleaning to another store.

bitch please!

i bet that suit was ugly anyways
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Christopher said:

i do not think you can recover mental suffering if a pet dies much less a pair of slacks.

it reminded me of the will smith line from "the pursuit of happiness"

Doesn't a judge's missing pants make it only half a lawsuit?

Illustrator said:

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A judge wears a gown anyways, so I think the bitch's lawsuit should be thrown out immediately!

He should definitely be dis-barred AND relieved of his duty as a freakin' JUDGE!