Posted on 09/19/2007 12:40:22 PM PDT by SmithL
WASHINGTON, (AP) -- The owners of a dry cleaner who were sued for $54 million over a missing pair of pants have closed and sold the shop involved in the dispute, their attorney said Wednesday.
The South Korean immigrants are citing a loss of revenue and the emotional strain of defending the lawsuit. They will focus their energy on another dry-cleaning shop they still own, said their attorney, Chris Manning.
"This is a truly tragic example of how devastating frivolous litigation can be to the American people and to small businesses," Manning said in a statement.
Soo Chung and her husband, Jin Nam Chung, faced more than two years of litigation after a former customer at Custom Cleaners alleged they had lost a pair of his pants, then sued for $67 million under the District of Columbia's strict consumer protection act.
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Liberal lawyers and judges, where would this nation be without them?
Stupid g*ddamn lawyer who started this should be whipped till he’s dead.
A lot better off?
Dry Cleaner in Pants Suit Zips Up Case..................
RE: Dry Cleaner in Pants Suit...
First thought - Hillary owns a dry cleaning business?
“Stupid g*ddamn lawyer who started this should be whipped till he’s dead.”
BUMP.
This kind of abuse of the judicial system happens a lot more frequently than gets reported. It is disgusting.
That the courts in the District would even allow this suit to be filed is a joke. But...so is the District of Columbia(Plutonia).
Hard working folk lose part of their business because some self-centered, supercillious meathead got ticked off about his trousers.
I am so glad that I live across the river from “Meathead Central.”
I thought the guy was an "administrative law" judge.
What the hell is wrong with the people in DC? This type of suit should hae brought more business into his shop as a sign of support.
Just to put a different spin on this, they didn’t shutter the place. They SOLD the locations to someone else. Big deal. They now have cash instead of part of their business, and they have the ability to grow their business again. No doubt, the administrative law judge is a donkey’s behind, but let’s not over-dramatize the victims here.
He was inded an administrative law judge.
Well, that’s ok. I believe that somewhere, sometime, this putz will get his reward — either in this life or the next one.
I propose that per plaintiff punitive damages on all law suits be capped at the minimum of
PEOPLE — The Plaintiff did not have a lawyer. He filed his own lawsuit. He was a nut job adminsitrative law judge.
Nope.
He was a JUDGE.
Sorry this had to happen.
Here’s wishing them the best of success at the other location!
Sorry to interrupt the lawyer bashing with an injection of fact; but no lawyer would take the judge's case. Thats why he brought it himself.
Why was this suit not thrown out of court for silliness and the Judge not disbarred?
The injustice is that our courts let this wierdo drive the cleaners out of business for no apparent reason other than the judge is a jerk.
I hope this stupid judge has to wear wrinkled pants for the rest of his days.
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