Stick that in your shorts mr Wash dc judge!!!!!!!
In Washington Monday, a man suing his dry cleaners over a pair of pants lost his case.
Roy Pearson, a Washington, D.C. judge, sued his dry cleaners after they lost his favorite pair of pants.
Signs in the cleaners’ window guaranteed satisfaction and Pearson wasn’t satisfied. Even when the Chungs, who own the Custom Cleaners, reportedly offered to settle for $12,000, Pearson said “no deal”.
Unable to resolve their differences, Pearson took them to court seeking an unbelievable $54 million.
Bill Schultz, who is with the American Trial Lawyer’s Association, says, “It’s outrageous and...
...shameful and it’s a waste of everyone’s time to pursue this.”
After a two day trial earlier this month, a judge ruled in favor of the Chung family on Monday, saying they had not violated the city’s consumer protection law when they failed to live up to Pearson’s expectations.
The Chungs’ attorney, Christopher Manning, said, “Today [Monday] is a credit to the Chungs for the character that they have in persevering through what was such an aggressive and such a completely unreasonable act taken by Mr. Pearson.”
The ruling judge said there was no reasonable person that would expect the promise ofguaranteed satisfaction to include satisfying a customer’s unreasonable demands.
Now, Pearson will have to pay court costs totaling over a thousand dollars and may even have to eventually repay the Chungs for the thousands of dollars they spent on attorney’s fees.
Pearson has 30 days to appeal Monday’s ruling. Even so, the Chungs say Mr. Pearson need not find another dry cleaner.
Soo Chung says, “If he wants to continue to use our services, then yes, we will accept him.”
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