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Sue you for $65M...for a pair of pants!
Some rich fucks have the nerve...seriously...
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WASHINGTON - The Chungs, immigrants from South Korea, realized their American dream when they opened their dry-cleaning business seven years ago in the nation's capital. For the past two years, however, they've been dealing with the nightmare of litigation: a $65 million lawsuit over a pair of missing pants. ADVERTISEMENT Jin Nam Chung, Ki Chung and their son, Soo Chung, are so disheartened that they're considering moving back to Seoul, said their attorney, Chris Manning, who spoke on their behalf. "They're out a lot of money, but more importantly, incredibly disenchanted with the system," Manning said. "This has destroyed their lives." The lawsuit was filed by a District of Columbia administrative hearings judge, Roy Pearson, who has been representing himself in the case. Pearson did not return phone calls and e-mails Wednesday from The Associated Press requesting comment. 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. Pearson has appointed himself to represent all customers affected by such signs, though D.C. Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz, who will hear the June 11 trial, has said that this is a case about one plaintiff, and one pair of pants. Sherman Joyce, president of the American Tort Association, has written a letter to the group of men who will decide this week whether to renew Pearson's 10-year appointment. Joyce is asking them to reconsider. Chief Administrative Judge Tyrone Butler had no comment regarding Pearson's reappointment. The association, which tries to police the kind of abusive lawsuits that hurt small businesses, also has offered to buy Pearson the suit of his choice. And former National Labors Relations Board chief administrative law judge Melvin Welles wrote to The Washington Post to urge "any bar to which Mr. Pearson belongs to immediately disbar him and the District to remove him from his position as an administrative law judge." "There has been a significant groundswell of support for the Chungs," said Manning, adding that plans for a defense fund Web site are in the works. To the Chungs and their attorney, one of the most frustrating aspects of the case is their claim that Pearson's gray pants were found a week after Pearson dropped them off in 2005. They've been hanging in Manning's office for more than a year. Pearson claims in court documents that his pants had blue and red pinstripes. "They match his inseam measurements. The ticket on the pants match his receipt," Manning said. |
What a prick.
$65 million? No offence to the US but i really hope the UK doesn't take on the same approach you guys have towards sueing. "No Win, No Fee" adverts have really started hitting our screens over the past decade and are really getting worse now.
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| "This has destroyed their lives." |
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| But a week later, the Chungs said the pants had been found and refused to pay. That's when Pearson decided to sue. |
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| part of his lawsuit calls for $15,000 � the price to rent a car every weekend for 10 years to go to another business. |
How in God's name did this guy get elevated to the bench to begin with?
Reading that just ruined my day.
What a sick person. If I knew him irl I'd probably beat him unconscious with his own limbs
lol you got at least give him some credit for knowing his law.
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| Originally posted by chach lol you got at least give him some credit for knowing his law. |
imagine if it was that nigga Cho's folks' joint ? lol...
If he wins, in encourage the Chungs to just off him, what a retard.
maybe he has fond memories with his pants
they are.............priceless.......or $65m
Add another one to the list of people that, if I ran across them in real life, I'd give no second thought to simply walking up to and punching square in the face.
what a cunt. If god existed he'd have smited bastards like this a long time ago.
If I am not satisfied I can sue
Well... look what happened with one red paper clip...
If anyone EVER deserved a throat-punch, it's this Fn guy.
Ok, forget the don't-buy-gas-on-May-15th bullshti; Now it's going to be throat-punch-this-guy-back-to-the-stone-age-on-May-15th.
What moronic judge lets this go?
I would just dismiss it, force the drycleaners to give him the pants back and a monetary compensation of no more than $1000 for the trouble (just to keep that fuckwit happy).
This is retarded.
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| Originally posted by Fledz ....a monetary compensation of no more than $1000... |
Yea that can work. The reason I say that is if he doesn't get any then another judge will bring it back into court as there was no compensation.
NICE, just in time, i have to do a report tomorrrow in my world history honors class, im using this article, thanks.
Give his pants, don't charge him for the cleaning, and offer a free cleaning the next time he comes back. Case closed. Fuck off.
What a douchetard.
seriously how sad this is...they are hardworking people..having started a hard business...and now are living a nightmare because some rich ****** who buys $2000 pants say he isn't satisfied and they lied to him.......
what a sick world...
That angers me. Way to boost the confidence of small asian businesses - the backbone of small lifestyle services.
He would probably sue a bug for splatting on his windshield if he could.
If he's this big a judge, what the hell he doing renting a car?
Couldn't he buy one?
What a douche!
What I don't get it this lost and found concept.
Should the cleaners have a sign "If lost we are not repsonsible" whould that of made his case fail??
If someone loses something I get mad. I should get monetray compensation equal to the cost of that artcile lost and thats it. If found they would give it back to me and the cost I assume to keep as for compensation for dealing with the loss for that period of time so i could purchase the same thing. That seems fair?
But he does not just want to cost of the pants back no matter.F him and he is taking advanatge of the system and those people. Hope his neighboors kick him out of his town when there down with the waste of time
they should award the this prick whatever the cost of drycleaning his suit was because they lost it.
and the Chung's should counter sue this prick for for all these unnecessary expenditures on legal fees to defend themselves and lost business time because of this frivilous lawsuit (heh pun intended i guess 
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in addtion they should be awarded fees for emotional distress
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