Verdict in in Pants Suit

rack'm

Jaded
The administrative law judge who sued a D.C. drycleaner for $54 million will get nothing. A judge ruled that Roy Pearson did not prove his case.


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jenbengen

Watch it
rack'm said:
The administrative law judge who sued a D.C. drycleaner for $54 million will get nothing. A judge ruled that Roy Pearson did not prove his case.


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The best part of it all is that this guy has to pay all of the court costs for the dry cleaners. :razz: Serves him right. :yay:
 

itsbob

I bowl overhand
rack'm said:
The administrative law judge who sued a D.C. drycleaner for $54 million will get nothing. A judge ruled that Roy Pearson did not prove his case.


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I was hoping that not only would they rule in favor of the Chung's but the Judge could order him to pay the Chung's for their legal fee's and anguish that he put on them..

It was ridiculous from the start, and this guy is a JUDGE!??

You take a lawyer that can't hold down a job (I find that almost unbelievable, how much of a screw up do you have to be for that) and make him a Judge.. yep, good choice there..
 

itsbob

I bowl overhand
jenbengen said:
The best part of it all is that this guy has to pay all of the court costs for the dry cleaners. :razz: Serves him right. :yay:
I hope that's the case, but I didn't see that anywhere.
 

aps45819

24/7 Single Dad
Good, that guy is a real jerk, They offered him a $12k settlement, but turned it down. Since he's a DC judge, I'm sure he'll appeal
 

Tinkerbell

Baby blues
itsbob said:
I hope that's the case, but I didn't see that anywhere.
Third paragraph:

"Plaintiff Roy L. Pearson, Jr. takes nothing from the defendants, and defendants Soo Chung, Jin Nam Chung and Ki Y. Chung are awarded the costs of this action against the plaintiff Roy L. Pearson, Jr.," the ruling read.
 

itsbob

I bowl overhand
Tinkerbell said:
Third paragraph:

"Plaintiff Roy L. Pearson, Jr. takes nothing from the defendants, and defendants Soo Chung, Jin Nam Chung and Ki Y. Chung are awarded the costs of this action against the plaintiff Roy L. Pearson, Jr.," the ruling read.
VERY COOL.. thanks!

Seeing how they were defending a Multi Million dollar lawsuit, I guess it would be in the realm of reality that their legal fees could surpass a couple hundred thousand..
 

Tinkerbell

Baby blues
itsbob said:
VERY COOL.. thanks!

Seeing how they were defending a Multi Million dollar lawsuit, I guess it would be in the realm of reality that their legal fees could surpass a couple hundred thousand..
Yeah, apparently this really caused them great financial hardship.

Now... to hope that crazy judge boy doesn't do the whole appeal route and make it even worse on them.
 

itsbob

I bowl overhand
Tinkerbell said:
Yeah, apparently this really caused them great financial hardship.

Now... to hope that crazy judge boy doesn't do the whole appeal route and make it even worse on them.
He'll probably pull a JPC.. Quit his job in the face of paying the legal fees, turn around file for bankruptcy, and the Chung's get NOTHING!
 
:shocker:

Man Wants Do-Over In $54M Pants Suit

A customer who sued a dry cleaner for $54 million over a missing pair of pants has asked the judge who threw out the widely mocked case to reconsider, saying she committed a "fundamental legal error."

Roy L. Pearson, a local administrative law judge, argued Wednesday that District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Judith Bartnoff failed to address his legal claims.

Bartnoff had ruled that the business owners did not violate the city's consumer protection law by failing to live up to his expectations of a "Satisfaction Guaranteed" sign once displayed in the store.


"The court effectively substituted a guarantee of satisfaction with 'reasonable' limits and preconditions for the unconditional and unambiguous guarantee of satisfaction the defendant-merchant chose to advertise for seven years," Pearson wrote. "That was a fundamental legal error."

If Bartnoff rejects Pearson's motion, he could take the matter to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

The motion comes less than a week after the South Korean immigrant owners of Custom Cleaners asked the judge to order Pearson to cover $83,000 in legal fees.

"(The) Plaintiff's motives have been clear -- quite simply, to harass Defendants and to attempt to utterly destroy their lives," attorney Christopher Manning wrote.
 

Larry Gude

Strung Out
Not enough...

jenbengen said:
The best part of it all is that this guy has to pay all of the court costs for the dry cleaners. :razz: Serves him right. :yay:


Bartnoff ordered Pearson to pay clerical court costs of about $1,000 to defendants Soo Chung, Jin Nam Chung and Ki Y. Chung. A motion to recover the Chungs' tens of thousands of dollars in attorney fees will be considered later.

He put these poor people out of business.
 

Ponytail

New Member
Larry Gude said:
He put these poor people out of business.

That was his goal all along. I would n't be surprised however if the donations came pouring in to save that business.
 
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