Posted on 09/11/2008 8:57:25 AM PDT by steve-b
The multi-million-dollar legal battle over a pair of missing pants that put a D.C. dry cleaner out of business is headed back to court, shocking many in the dry-cleaning and legal communities.
A three-judge appellate court panel has agreed to hear an appeal of the case next month, more than a year after a judge ruled against the plaintiff, former D.C. Administrative Law Judge Roy Pearson.
Pearson sued the owners of Custom Cleaners for $67 million in 2005 after it misplaced a pair of his pants. Pearson demanded the family pay $1,000, the cost of the entire suit, according to Pearson. The family refused initially, but eventually offered him $12,000 to settle the case. Pearson refused that, but later reduced the amount of his lawsuit to $54 million....
"To me, it doesn't make any sense to me at all -- it's just nonsense," said Alison Lee, of Sun Cleaners.
(Excerpt) Read more at wjla.com ...
This is so stupid. The lawsuit should be thrown out by now. This judge is an @ss.
The appeals judges are as bad as the original idiot.
” ... dry-cleaning and legal communities.”
I guess these “communities” share a connection — both deal with suits.
bet the ex-’judge’ is a B.Hussein Obamanation supporter.
Most likely the judges are Carter/Clinton apointees
Everyone deserves their day in court. But at a certain point, someone should say, “You’ve had your day in court. You lost. And since you won’t give it up, I sentence you to 5 years hard labor, wearing an orange jumpsuit.”
Were the pants made of solid gold?
Not yet motivated to vote for McCain? JUDGES JUDGES JUDGES!
Your tax dollars at work.
I agree totally, this is all about racial hatred and bigotry.
clown should have been disbarred for frivolous lawsuits the first time around.
this appears to be some extremely bad reporting. First, the suit didn’t force them out of business. they got their legal services pro bono. Their decision to close was independent of the lawsuit. Second, I don’t know about D.C., but everywhere I do know about a first appeal is a matter of right. which means the court of appeals doesn’t “agree” to hear it, they have no choice. to go beyond the first level the court has to agree to hear it.
The judge should be disbarred, immediately. I’d also investigate a RICO claim against him.
That’s usually correct. Folks just need to look at this ridiculous lawsuit by a judge and realize many many judges are arrogant horse’s rear ends.
I have been privileged to know a few truly wonderful judges, but I am aware of so many others who abuse their positions and are about as shallow and arrogant as you get. Also political. Picture all the stupid arrogant lawyers you know and then realize that’s the gene pool.
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