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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...

More on the Verdict in Pearson v. Custom Cleaners DC Court Finds For Defendants In The $54 Million Pants Suit Talk About Being Taken to the Cleaners (AP) In what had to have been one of her easiest decisions, D.C. Superior Court Judge Judith Bartnoff brought "the trial of the century" to its appropriate conclusion this morning. In her decision, she found that Custom Cleaners does not owe Roy Pearson anything -- in fact he must pay Custom Cleaners' court fees. Additionally, "the defendants' claim for attorney's fees against the plaintiff will be addressed after the defendant's motions for sanctions...

A Washington D.C. dry cleaners says its their business a long-time customer is taking to the cleaners. A $10 dry cleaning bill for a pair of lost trousers has ballooned into a $67 million civil lawsuit.