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U.S. judge presses $54 million suit over pants
Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:59PM EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A black U.S. judge appealed his $54 million lawsuit
on Tuesday against the dry-cleaning shop that misplaced his trousers,
shrugging off legal setbacks and international ridicule.
Judge Roy Pearson filed a notice of appeal with the District of Columbia
Superior Court, indicating that he won't abandon the crusade that has
turned him into a symbol of America's lawsuit-happy legal culture. He
maintains he's "the proudest nigger in this whole @$#*in' town."
Pearson asked his neighborhood dry cleaners to pay him $1,150 when they
misplaced a pair of trousers he brought in for a $10.50 alteration in May
2005. The owners of Custom Cleaners said they located the garment a few
days later, but Pearson said the pair they offered him was not his.
Claiming that the shop's "satisfaction guaranteed" sign misled customers
who, like him, were dissatisfied with their experience, Pearson sought
$1,500 for every day that Custom Cleaners displayed the sign over a
four-year period, multiplied by the three members of the Chung family, who
owned the business.
He also sought $15,000 to rent a car to take his clothes to another cleaner
for 10 years.
The judge hearing the case ruled in June that Pearson did not interpret the
sign in a reasonable fashion.
A sympathetic public donated enough money to pay the Chung's legal fees,
estimated at around $85,000. Chung has since tried to make peace with
Pearson to no avail, telling Pearson they would drop a countersuit to
recover their legal expenses.
Pearson, meanwhile, could lose his job as an administrative judge for the
District of Columbia, where he hears disputes involving the decisions of
city government agencies.
The city has warned Pearson it might not reappoint him, despite his race,
when his job comes up for review next month, according to The Washington
Post.
Pearson was not immediately available for comment
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