$54 million Trousers? Judges gone Wild!

thomaska

Council Member
May 24, 2006
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Great Satan
If anyone ever deserved to be hit in the face with a brick, it is this Judge in D.C.

WASHINGTON — A judge had to leave the courtroom with tears running down his face Tuesday after recalling the lost pair of trousers that led to his $54 million lawsuit against a dry cleaner.
Administrative law judge Roy L. Pearson had argued earlier in his opening statement that he is acting in the interest of all city residents against poor business practices. Defense attorneys called his claim "outlandish."
He originally sued Custom Cleaners for about $65 million under the District of Columbia consumer protection act and almost $2 million in common law claims. He is no longer seeking damages related to the pants, instead focusing his claims on two signs in the shop that have since been removed.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,281313,00.html
 

Unforgiven

Force majeure
May 28, 2007
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If anyone ever deserved to be hit in the face with a brick, it is this Judge in D.C.

WASHINGTON — A judge had to leave the courtroom with tears running down his face Tuesday after recalling the lost pair of trousers that led to his $54 million lawsuit against a dry cleaner.
Administrative law judge Roy L. Pearson had argued earlier in his opening statement that he is acting in the interest of all city residents against poor business practices. Defense attorneys called his claim "outlandish."
He originally sued Custom Cleaners for about $65 million under the District of Columbia consumer protection act and almost $2 million in common law claims. He is no longer seeking damages related to the pants, instead focusing his claims on two signs in the shop that have since been removed.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,281313,00.html

I totally agree with you.