Judge suing for $54M for lost pants

[saintsfanbrian]

Judge Now Wants Just $54M From Cleaner

By LUBNA TAKRURI, Associated Press Writer

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WASHINGTON - A judge who was seeking $67 million from a dry cleaners that lost his pants has loosened the belt on his lawsuit. Now, he's asking for only $54 million, according to a May 30 court filing in D.C. Superior Court.

Roy L. Pearson, a District of Columbia administrative law judge, first sued Custom Cleaners over a pair of pants that went missing two years ago. He was seeking about $65 million under the D.C. consumer protection act and almost $2 million in common law claims.

He is now focusing his claims on signs in the shop that have since been removed.

The suit alleges that Jin Nam Chung, Soo Chung and Ki Chung committed fraud and misled consumers with signs that claimed "Satisfaction Guaranteed" and "Same Day Service."

But Chris Manning, the Chungs' attorney, says that can be considered fraud only if the signs misled a "reasonable" person. No reasonable person, he says, would interpret them to be an unconditional promise of satisfaction.

Pearson, who is representing himself, said in an e-mail that the focus of the case, from the start, was based on the "false, misleading and fraudulent advertisements displayed by the Chungs."

From the AP from Comcast.net home page.

Now, I may not be a genius, but I think when you place a sign up in your property stating satisfaction guaranteed that it means if you aren't happy, they will do what ever it takes (within reason) to make you happy.

Maybe the Chung's should get a better command of the English language before ordering signage for their establishment.

[molonlabetn]

Wow... and this could have been solved by replacing a pair of pants?

Yikes. Musta been some nice pants...

[Marswolf]

I saw this when it first hit the news some time back. I think this judge is a dipstick who needs to be removed from the bench.

[Guest Ghostrider]

In 2002, Custom lost a pair of pants that Pearson had put in for cleaning. One week after the error was discovered, Custom gave Pearson a check for $150 for new pants

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/25/AR2007042502763_2.html

Guess it wasn't as much as he wanted...

[Guest Len]

Incredible.

Both parties at fault here. "Satisfaction Guaranteed" to a "reasonable person" means "SATISFACTION GUARANTEED!!!!!"

And a judge (of all people) filing what can only be considered a frivolous lawsuit requesting a huge judgment is the perfect example of a legal system gone crazy.

[DaveTN]

This is a good example of how ignorant Judges and lawyers can be and how out of control the legal system is.

I’m sure the Chung’s don’t have $54M, aren’t insured for that, and a court would never award that much; so that number is meaningless.

This should have gone something like this…

1. Suit filed.

2. Case heard.

3. Judgment made.

4. Done deal.

If there is any good in this… it is that this kind of case should insure that this Judge will never be elected to office. Although I know he won’t be; he should be disbarred.