http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070503/ap_on_fe_st/65_million_dollar_pants
America is doomed.
i seen this on good morning america yesterday morning, was gonna post it but i figured it would only make us all dumber
f’in stupid
thats retarded
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.
Pearson should be shot. 
I’d like to punch that dude in the face…but probably for just saying that, i’m going to get sued for $Leventy Billion
:bloated:
I’m betting he has something against Asian people.
I hope that guy gets jack shit, looses his job, then in turn gets sued for 5mil
what a piece of shit
not only that, but pants that were found, and he was already offered more than fair compensation for the error.
Absolutely absurd.
that would be awesome if they brought it to judge judy.
that guy would get lambasted
I hope he dies in a fire. A fire that starts in his pants.
Can we start the fire with pants? I’m big into ironic deaths.
fucking :picard:
The jerk lost. This is one situation where I would love to see a counter-suit. (no pun intended)
Dry cleaner wins in missing-pants case
By LUBNA TAKRURI, Associated Press Writer 4 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - A judge on Monday ruled in favor of a dry cleaner that was sued for $54 million over a missing pair of pants in a case that garnered international attention and renewed calls for litigation reform.
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District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Judith Bartnoff ruled that the Korean immigrant owners of Custom Cleaners did not violate the city’s Consumer Protection Act by failing to live up to Roy L. Pearson’s expectations of the “Satisfaction Guaranteed” sign that was once placed in the store window.
“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.
Pearson, an administrative law judge, originally sought $67 million from the Chungs after he claimed they lost a pair of suit trousers and later tried to return a pair that he said was not his. He arrived at the figure by adding up years of law violations and almost $2 million in common law claims. Pearson later dropped demands for damages related to the pants and focused his claims on signs in the shop, which have since been removed.
Chris Manning, the Chungs’ attorney, countered that no reasonable person would interpret the signs to be an unconditional promise of satisfaction.
The two-day trial earlier this month drew a standing-room-only crowd, including many Korean and international media outlets covering the story. It even overshadowed the drunken driving trial of former Mayor Marion Barry.
The Chungs also said the trial had taken an enormous financial and emotional toll on them and exposed them to widespread ridicule.
thnaks god