Would you pay $54 Million for a pair of dress pants????
Roy Pearson, a judge in Washington, DC thinks someone should.
He has filed a civil suit claim seeking $54 million in damages. Apparently, his local Dry Cleaners misplaced his pants and he had to wait several days for them to find them.
Mr. Pearson took his pants to the Custom Cleaners, owned Korean immigrants Jin and Soo Chung. Mr. Pearson said that he was caught by their claim of ‘Satisfaction Guaranteed’.
Now, it is funny because, Mr. Pearson claims in his court papers that he had brought a pair of pants to Custom cleaners in 2002, and they were lost. Custom Cleaners gave a check for $150 to resolve the issue. Like an idiot, three years later he brought another pair of pants to Custom Cleaners, and guess what… They lost them.
He demanded $1200 for a new suit. Custom Cleaners first offered $3000, then $4600, finally $12,000 to settle. He declined the final offer and upped the price. Now Mr. Pearson is a lawyer and with that he obviously used his skills to his advantage.
Mr. Pearson believes he is entitled to $1,500 for each consumer protection law violation, each day during which the “Satisfaction Guaranteed” sign and another sign promising “Same Day Service” was up in the store — more than 1,200 days.
And he’s multiplying each violation by three because he’s suing Jin and Soo Chung and their son. He also wants $500,000 in emotional damages and $542,500 in legal fees, even though he is representing himself in court. He wants $15,000 for 10 years’ worth of weekend car rentals. He said he needs the car to get his dry cleaning to a store outside his neighborhood. He is also seeking other fees.
So let’s do the math:
$1,500 per protection law violation x 1,200 days = $1,800,000.00
$1,800,000.00 x 2 ( total number of protection law violations) = $3,600,000.00
$3,600,000.00 x 3 ( number of defendants being suied) = $10,800,000.00
$500,000 emotional damages + $542,500 = $1,042,500.00
$15,000 x 10 = $150,000
$10,800,000 + $1,042,500.00 + $150,000 = $11,992,500.00
Then he his seeking money for other fees. That is about $43 Million in other fees. Damn!
This is an ridiculous case. The pants cost about $800. The Chungs claim to have found the pants a week after Mr. Pearson came to pick them up. The pants have the ticket matching his receipt. But Mr. Pearson says that the pants are not his pants.
It will cost the taxpayers in D.C. $2,500 a day to process this case. They have been in legal battle for over two years. The judge who finally did hear the case threw it out and it is now in the hands of another judge and so the Chungs will have to continue to pay legal fees for this frivilous case.
Mr. Pearson went as far as breaking down and crying on the stand when re-encountering the ordeal he went through with Custom Cleaners.
Here’s why I’m mad—
1. He is a man, or rather a consumer who is abusing his rights
2. He is a black man and could be using his legal skills for something far more productive
3. He wants $54 FUCKING MILLION!!!!!!!
4. We ALL know he’s not getting it. If The Chung’s had $54 Million would they even have a Dry Cleaning business anymore??
5. This Jerk-off originally was seeking $64 Million, but dropped to a lesser amount
6. It’s messed up that America allows cases like this fruition. But innocent people get convicted without a fair trial
7. Mr. Pearson… You need some good, toe-curling, see fireworks Pun-tangy!!! Release some stress, MAN!!!!!!!!
~f@ke
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