This is a tale of a man who loved and lost. He had pants. He loved them. He cared for them. Then in a brutal act of dry cleaning, he lost his beloved pants. “Vengence will be mine!” he cried to the heavens. Setting himself up against the drycleaners who had so wronged him, he decided to sue the pants off them.
But the cruel fates and crueler legal system failed him:
A judge in the District of Columbia has dismissed a case against a dry cleaner who was sued for $54 million in damages over a pair of missing pants.
Roy L. Pearson, an administrative law judge, originally sought $67 million from the Chung family, owners of Custom Cleaners. He claimed they lost a favorite pair of his suit trousers and later tried to give him a pair that were not his.
Man, he must really have loved those pants.
When the drycleaners tried to pull up some other man’s pants, and pass those phony pants off as his own, he was not swayed. When they tried to offer him payment for replacement pants, he was not mollified.
Over the course of the litigation, the Chungs said they made three settlement offers — $3,000, then $4,600, then $12,000 — all rejected.
He demanded satisfaction. The satisfaction that the drycleaners so boldly guaranteed on their front sign. He refused to drop his pants suit.
What price freedom? What price pants?
Thanks for sharing this, jenny. You have become a remarkable source of pants. And thanks, John, for sending me this other article.
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i read that whole deal yesterday. you know, i kinda want to kick that guy. and his pants.
I heard about this guy and his history of frivolous lawsuits. Didn’t they find the pants eventually but he claimed emotional hardship? I want to kick him too. In the pants.
jen-
Yeah, a kick in the pants is what he needed. I actually almost feel sorry for the guy. I think he must have been unhinged.
KC-
I hadn’t heard about his history of lawsuits. I did see he was a judge. Not a great combination. (I also saw he represented himself in court. Fool for a client, and all that..) Yeah, he did claim emotional hardship and false advertising as well as false pants. Well, at least he claimed they weren’t his pants.
well, the guy was an administrative judge – not a real one. administrative judges sit in big administrative agencies (like the one i fled not too long ago) and ponder the meaning and interpretation of really boring administrative law issues. it’s bound to make them unhinged, especially when they sit on cases outside their area of expertise.
like drycleaning law, apparently.
jenny-
Ah, I hadn’t realized what an administrative judge was. Glad to know he’s not a real judge, seeing as he seems to be lacking in real judgment.
I knew I could count on you to comment on this one.
This guy has only confirmed the belief from outside the US in Americans’ litigiousness (is that a word? I know I can count on you…)
Hey, don’t underestimate the relationship between a man and his pants. He should have been given one hundred gazillion dollars…and one cent!!