Judge sues dry cleaners over lost trousers.

smashey

An American Judge has sued a dry cleaner over a pair of lost trousers. Wait for it.

$65,000,000.00.

Linkeh.

That's the $65 million dollar question sorted then. Lucky for them it wasn't a three piece suit.

aidan_walsh

According to court documents, the problem began in May 2005 when Pearson became a judge and brought several suits for alteration to Custom Cleaners in Northeast Washington, a place he patronized regularly despite previous disagreements with the Chungs. A pair of pants from one suit was not ready when he requested it two days later, and was deemed to be missing.

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.

"He's somehow purporting that he has a constitutional right to a dry cleaner within four blocks of his apartment," Manning said.

But the bulk of the $65 million comes from Pearson's strict interpretation of D.C.'s consumer protection law, which fines violators $1,500 per violation, per day. According to court papers, Pearson added up 12 violations over 1,200 days, and then multiplied that by three defendants.

Much of Pearson's case rests on two signs that Custom Cleaners once had on its walls: "Satisfaction Guaranteed" and "Same Day Service."

Based on Pearson's dissatisfaction and the delay in getting back the pants, he claims the signs amount to fraud.

What a gimp.

byte

:eek: Jaysus! What a considerate judge!

Sangre

They should counter-sue for bad faith litigation

WindSock

Complete bastard. Is he serious?

smashey

I saw on the BBC that there is a good amount of that for legal fees. Guess what? He is representing himself.

WindSock

How can you sue someone for something they haven't got? Unless they were Laundering Money

Dave!

boreds wrote:

How can you sue someone for something they haven't got? Unless they were Laundering Money

Oh dear........ don't ever do that again.

I can't stand c*nts who sue over stupid sh*t like this. Scumbags.

They're usually just looking for an out of court settlement, aren't they? :rolleyes:

It's probably worth settling for 1 million rather than go through the court and run even the minute risk of being sued for a trillion.......

brianthebard

boreds wrote:

How can you sue someone for something they haven't got? <ignores terrible joke>

Its America, you can do whatever you want with the law. Plus he won't get that much out of them they'll have to file for bankruptcy after he takes the business, house, children's college fund, etc, etc. Bastard of the highest order.

cast_iron

First they offered $3,000, then $4,600, then $12,000.

To think they were bullied into offering $12k over a pair of trousers.

Sangre

Well hes not going to win so I think we can all relax.

Ruen

DaveMcG wrote:

It's probably worth settling for 1 million rather than go through the court and run even the minute risk of being sued for a trillion.......

They probably dont have a million to settle. Even if I could settle for a million I wouldnt just because he's suing for 65mil doesnt mean he'll get anywhere near it....actually if there's more judges like him in the states God knows he'll probably get more. Fcukin headcase

Sam Vimes

Sangre wrote:

Well hes not going to win so I think we can all relax.

you forget, any story no matter how far fetched will be believed* if you start it with the words "In america"


*because its probably true
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MarkR

Poor chungs are being taken to the cleaners. Some dirty goings on here.

Kojak

Hope he looses the case, and has to pay costs/damages to the dry cleaners.

He already got a few thousand dollars from them in damages. It must be one hell of an expensive suit :rolleyes:

griffdaddy

what a cúnt. someone should strangle him with a pair of pants, that'd learn him

DemonOfTheFall

It'd be an awful lot cheaper for them to pay to have that waste of flesh killed than to risk paying $65mill to him...

Bob the Builder

Where's Calgon when you need him? Washing machines last longer with Calgon!

skyhighflyer

He's not going to win.

Like that guy in Leonard v PepsiCo who sued Pepsi for a Harrier jump jet because he thought because of the advertisement he was somehow entitled to one if he collected enough ringpulls :rolleyes:

rannerap

bit of an over reaction isnt it

Goodluck2me

skyhighflyer wrote:

He's not going to win.

Like that guy in Leonard v PepsiCo who sued Pepsi for a Harrier jump jet because he thought because of the advertisement he was somehow entitled to one if he collected enough ringpulls :rolleyes:

Well the Ad said "for 10,000 token you could get this".. the reason it failed was due to the contract law provisions of offer and acceptance.also if a guy can sue himself after hitting himself with a boomerang, for the insurance, this could happen.

phantom_lord

you're such a nit joe.

Tar.Aldarion

I would fine him for idiocy, can they do that?
To think he is a judge..

Hail 2 Da Chimp

He's obviously a judge with a serious crack problem... Thats the only reasonable explanation... He thought it was a good idea because he smokes crack!

Leon11

p.s a few days later his trousers turned up!! he's suing for emotional damage and punitive damages

Hail 2 Da Chimp

I would personally be happier if I didnt have to wear pants!

Jesus Wept

There is no way this guy can keep his job.

DemonOfTheFall

You would think that there's no way he can keep his job after such a frivolous law suit, but look at Jack Thompson. That nut job still hasnt lost all respect in the states and he clearly has no idea about law.

Overheal

This is what my decaying Country has forgotten: Justice is supposed to come Before Law.*
Everybody just wants to screw over everybody else because they don't know how to trust anymore.


*No that doesnt mean kill your best friend for sleeping with your wife: thats not justice

EDIT: has this case been verified? Anyone?