Thursday, July 5, 2007
Judge to Appeal $54 Million Lawsuit Against Neighborhood Dry Cleaners Over Missing Pants
From the Washington Post: The $54 Million Pants Suit That Wouldn't Die, by Mark Fisher:
He's baaaa-ack: Roy Pearson, the D.C. administrative law judge who filed, fought and lost a $54 million lawsuit against the Korean immigrants who own his neighborhood dry cleaners, chose the Fourth of July holiday to make it clear that he will not be going away. Despite a clear finding by D.C. Superior Court Judge Judith Bartnoff that Pearson's case against Custom Cleaners had no merit and that the cleaners' possible misplacing of a pair of Pearson's pants was not worth a penny to the plaintiff, Pearson is back. He wrote to defense lawyer Christopher Manning this week to let the Chung family know that Pearson plans to file today a motion arguing that Bartnoff failed to address Pearson's legal claims and asking the judge to reverse her verdict in the case.
(Hat Tip: David Lat.) Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:
Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:
- Judge Rules for Dry Cleaners in $54 Million Lawsuit Over Missing Pants (6/25/07)
- NY Times on Judge's $54 Million Suit Over Dry Cleaner's $10 Alteration to His Pants (6/13/07)
- Trial Begins Today in Judge's $54 Million Suit Over Dry Cleaner's $10 Alteration to His Pants (6/11/07)
- Judge Sues for $54 Million Over Dry Cleaner's $10 Alteration to His Pants (4/26/07)
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2007/07/judge-to-appeal.html
Why hasn't he been disbarred, nailed for filing a frivolous suit, jailed for contempt, adjudicated insane, placed in an institution, given electroshock therapy and fed into a logchipper to fertilize a pretty garden?
Has America sunk so far?
Posted by: Mike Williamson | Jul 16, 2007 2:21:21 PM