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Mzuri
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 5046
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 11:46 am: | 
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Dry Cleaner Wins Missing Pants Case
Jun 25, 11:29 AM (ET)
By LUBNA TAKRURI
Administrative law judge Roy Pearson, left, is questioned by a member of the media as he leaves court after the second day of his lawsuit in Washington in this Wednesday, June 13, 2007 file photo. A judge on Monday, June 25, 2007, ruled in favor of a dry cleaner that was sued over a missing pair of pants in a case that garnered international attention and renewed calls for litigation reform.
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, FILE)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A judge ruled Monday in favor of a dry cleaner that was sued for $54 million over a missing pair of pants.
The owners of Custom Cleaners did not violate the city's consumer protection law by failing to live up to Roy L. Pearson's expectations of the "Satisfaction Guaranteed" sign once displayed in the store window, District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Judith Bartnoff ruled.
"A reasonable consumer would not interpret 'Satisfaction Guaranteed' to mean that a merchant is required to satisfy a customer's unreasonable demands" or to agree to demands that the merchant would have reasonable grounds for disputing, the judge wrote.
Bartnoff ordered Pearson to pay the court costs of defendants Soo Chung, Jin Nam Chung and Ki Y. Chung.
Pearson, an administrative law judge, originally sought $67 million from the Chungs, claiming they lost a pair of trousers from a blue and maroon suit, then tried to give him a pair a pair of charcoal gray pants that he said were not his. He arrived at the amount by adding up years of alleged law violations and almost $2 million in common law fraud claims.
Bartnoff wrote, however, that Pearson failed to prove that the pants the dry cleaner tried to return were not the pants he taken in for alterations.
Pearson later dropped demands for damages related to the pants and focused his claims on signs in the shop, which have since been removed.
The court costs amount to just over $1,000 for photocopying, filing and similar expenses, according to the Chungs' attorney. A motion to recover the Chungs' tens of thousands of dollars in attorney fees will be considered later.
Chris Manning, the Chungs' attorney, praised the ruling, which followed a two-day trial earlier this month.
"Judge Bartnoff has spoken loudly in suggesting that, while consumers should be protected, abusive lawsuits like this will not be tolerated," Manning said in a statement. "Judge Bartnoff has chosen common sense and reasonableness over irrationality and unbridled venom."
Pearson did not immediately respond to a call and an e-mail seeking comment.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070625/D8PVTVCG0.html
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Cynique
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Cynique
Post Number: 8999
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 01:38 pm: |
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Hope that will deter the spate of frivolous law suits burdening the courts. This guy's a judge and you'd think he would've exercised better judgment. |
Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 5050
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 02:06 pm: |
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Really. If you'll look at the pic of his suit you'll notice how the edges of the lapels are puckered. That's the mark of a really cheap suit. So there's no way the lost pants were quality clothing, let alone worth him making himself look like a complete idiot, losing his case and repaying the defendants. He should have accepted whatever the cleaners offered him before and sat his dumb behind down. I hope they sue him for their legal fees plus the damage he has caused their reputation. And I hope he's removed from the bench.
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Ntfs_encryption
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Ntfs_encryption
Post Number: 2318
Registered: 10-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 09:17 pm: |
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"Hope that will deter the spate of frivolous law suits burdening the courts. This guy's a judge and you'd think he would've exercised better judgment."
Thank you. The lawsuit was as pathetic as the Negro who initiated it. E'nuff said.....
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Serenasailor
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Username: Serenasailor
Post Number: 1667
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 10:34 pm: |
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Turning on your Black elistist "lackeys" again I see NTFS??? |
Ntfs_encryption
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Ntfs_encryption
Post Number: 2320
Registered: 10-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 12:21 pm: |
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"Turning on your Black elistist "lackeys" again I see NTFS???"
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! SS, you are quite a character. This is way no one takes you seriously. The case was about a petty frivolous lawsuit brought about by someone who should know better. What in the hell does being a black "elitist "lackey" have to do with a ridiculous lawsuit? Do you just hurl ridiculous insults because you can't make an intelligent or at least reasonably cogent statement? Why are you struggling so hard with the most basic and simple aspects of reality? Just curious......
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