The $67 Million Pair of Pants

[Wingate1217]

Crazy guy is suing his dry cleaner for losing his pants. And this guy is a judge....:(

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3119381&page=1

 

[BB73]

The business owners claim they have his pants, but he's pressing ahead with his suit.

I can't take credit for this line. :tongue2:

Even if the pants are really worth $800 like he claims, he's only asking for 83,750 replacement pairs. (ABCnews used fuzzy math to get 84,115)

 

[Buckeyedynasty]

See it's cases like this that just make me not want to wear pants ever again. I promise I will look better than this guy though.

 

[fourteenandoh]

this dude should be disbarred for making lawers look like jackasses. what a prick

 

[BB73]

Just throw out the lawsuit, and charge him 1% of what he was asking for.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

It's fucking ass-clowns like this judge that make all lawyers look like blood-sucking leeches...someone ought to "clean" his clock.

 

[BuckeyeRyn]

People like this judge just make my blood boil. He really should be disbarred and forced to work at the dry cleaners the rest of his life... JERK!

 

[DEBuckeye]

Someone should be hired, or appointed maybe, to review lawsuits that come in to the court system in each district (or whatever- I'm not a legal expert) and throw out the stupid ones like this. Shit like this should be denied and ordered to settle in small claims court.

 

[Cornerback6]

Probably just wanted to get his 15 minutes. Done deal.

I actually feel really bad for the Chung family here. This guy is a prick times ten.

 

[Jagdaddy]

It's fucking ass-clowns like this judge that make all lawyers look like blood-sucking leeches

Actually, it's people who think that the actions of any single ass-clown make all members of a group he's part of look bad who do that.

 

[Romanowski]

Roy Peterson needs to be kicked in the junk...times 3 (Mr. and Mrs. Chung and Son) per person, per day, and 15 times on the weekend for 10 years...

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

He brought one pair in for alterations and they went missing -- gray trousers with what Pearson described in court papers as blue and red stripes on them.

First, Pearson demanded $1,150 for a new suit. Lawyers were hired, legal wrangling ensued and eventually the Chungs offered Pearson $3,000 in compensation.

No dice.

Then they offered him $4,600.

No dice.

Finally, they offered $12,000 for the missing gray trousers with the red and blue stripes.

Pearson said no.

What a fucking asshole.

 

[Ttown]

IMO Attorneys are just about all crooks. All they want to do is sue and sue some more. I wouldn't trust any of them any farther than I can throw one.
Did I mention that I don't like attorneys.

 

[BuckeyePride]

It's the legal system that allows this stuff.

 

[sandgk]

Pantsless in Court -- yep, today was the day the $54 Million Pants Suit came to trial.

A Washington, D.C. law judge broke down in tears and had to take a break from his testimony because he became too emotional while questioning himself about his experience with a missing pair of pants.

Seriously - would anyone fall for that in a court of law?

Administrative law judge Roy Pearson is representing himself in civil court and claimed that he is owed $54 million from a local dry cleaner who he says lost his pants, despite a sign in their store which ensures "Satisfaction Guaranteed."

The case gained national attention soon after the lawsuit was filed. The pants are expected to be introduced into evidence, although the judge says the pants are not his, and the correct pants are still missing.
The sartorial loss caused Pearson to suffer what he calls severe "mental suffering, inconvenience and discomfort."
The defendants, who own Custom Cleaners in the Fort Lincoln section of the district, told ABC News last month that they, too, are feeling inconvenience and discomfort.

And there is rich stuff from the first day ...

In his opening statement, Pearson came out swinging, telling the court "never before in recorded history have a group of defendants engaged in such misleading and unfair business practices."

Repeatedly referring to himself as "we,'' Pearson sought to represent himself as the leader of a class of tens of thousands, if not a half million local residents he believes are at risk of falling for such insidious business practices as posting Satisfaction Guaranteed' signs and "Same Day Service."
"Mr. Pearson, you are not "we.'' You are an "I," Judge Judith Bartnoff told Pearson.
But as he explained the details of the missing pants, Pearson struggled to get through his hour and a half of testimony, most of which concerned his credentials and his background.
He became visibly emotional when he reached the point in the story where he confronted Soo Chung from the dry cleaning store.
"These are not my pants,'' he testified yesterday, telling her "I have in my adult life, with one exception, never worn pants with cuffs."
But Chung insisted, Pearson testified.
"These are your pants."
Pearson rushed from the courtroom, tears streaming down his face.

Too ridiculous - they ought to disrobe the judge and let him go completely naked into the sunset. He clearly has a screw very loose.