If you'll recall, when we last saw Fancy Pants, he was losing his case against the Chung family, who own and operate "Custom Cleaners." The sad tale began when Pearson took several pants to Custom Cleaners to have them altered, back in 2005. Pearson alleges that the pants he gave the Chungs were blue. The pants he got back were charcoal gray. This, apparently, was a huge problem for Judge Pearson.
CNN says:
He claimed millions of dollars in attorney fees and millions more in punitive damages for what he called fraudulent advertising under the law. He also claimed that a sign in the store's window promising "satisfaction guaranteed" was an unconditional warranty that required the defendants to honor any claim by any customer without limitation.
The Chungs' attorney argued that no reasonable person would interpret the signs to mean an unconditional promise of satisfaction. District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Judith Bartnoff agreed, ruling that Custom Cleaners did not violate the city's Consumer Protection Act.
Now Pearson has lost his appeal and the Chungs hope the ordeal is finally over. Of course, he could appeal again.
Pearson may request that the appeal be heard again by the entire panel of D.C. Court of Appeals judges, Manning [The Chung's lawyer] said. He also could petition to the U.S. Supreme Court for an appeal.
"It is the Chungs' hope that Mr. Pearson will not attempt to appeal any further and will end his frivolous and baseless attacks on the Chung family," Manning wrote in the statement.
"The 3½ years this case has been pending and appealed have been very difficult for the Chungs," he said. "They lost two of their dry cleaning stores and their realization of the American dream."
He said the family wants to "quietly return to their one remaining small dry-cleaning store ... to rebuild their lives."
Pearson was removed from his job as a judge during the trial as not been reappointed.
]]>@danman81: Dexter approves
]]>@TruthAndTheory: they did, and when he didn't accept, they offered to pay him $12,000 (FOR A PAIR OF PANTS!!!). he still didn't accept and then sued.
]]>@Pyrusticia: And I'm sure Pearson considered that the Chung's had 54 million lying around before he decided to take them to court. Suing someone isn't about how much they have, its about how much you want.
]]>Geebus f***ing xmas already, shoot me now.
]]>I think the courts would see this as harassment and force him to pay back the thousands of dollars it has cost the Chungs in legal fees and restore them to a pre-lawsuit status. (get their two stores back.)
So has it been determined if this is a racial thing or he has something against immigrants. Do you think he would do this to people of his own skin color or status? Pretty sad and he was holding a Judge's position...
]]>I did like the idea of loser-pays for suits that are ruled frivolous. That would work better. Having loser-pays built into the system just gives too much room to exploit it, though.
]]>How greedy must this guy be, to ask $54M for a pair of pants. I wonder what he was really after, since he must have known the dry cleaners wouldn't even have that kind of money.
How ironic that while he tried to make someone else lose their job, that he lost his own instead.
]]>They do something like that over in England, and they suffer through far fewer of these silly cases than we do here.
]]>Did I miss anything? (besides public hanging or stoning, which unfortunately they won't do)
]]>@Coles_Law: Actually, my first reaction was that they should counter-sue to cover their losses to date, but then I realized that after pursuing this case for so long, the idiot's probably broke. So, all they would accomplish by a counter-suit is to drag it out further and earn themselves more lawyer fees, even if they won.
]]>His ass should be stripped of his judgeship (for lack of good judgement alone), AND be forced to go out into the real word and WORK in a dry cleaning establishment for at least a year...or maybe 3 1/2 years!
]]>@Patrick Henry: If only we could maybe get him to steal something from OJ simpson. Imagine the spectacle.
]]>Heck, why not? He's put them through legal hell for 3 1/2 years, cost them thousands of dollars in legal fees (It was up around 60,000 when last I heard).
He's one of the worst men in the U.S.
]]>@danman81: Hey Moderators - Disemvowlment at 12 O'clock
]]>@DeanOfAllTrades: If they sue for Pain and Suffering or emotional distress, they would probably win...and when they do, they should call the chain of drycleaners "Fancy Pants Dry Cleaners"
]]>To the two attorneys above, I know where you're coming from but unfortunately, in cases like this, it's those "other" guys that are bringing the sucky publicity to your profession.
]]>This is simple to offset. The loser pays the sum total of defence *and* prosecution costs--to the other party.
Ohhhh... RIAA hired $30 million in lawyers and now has to make a "pirate" an extremely rich man due to even a technical mistake? All of a sudden high priced lawyers don't look so good on either side.
]]>@Edward Lionheart: Did you know that the Chung's offered to settle this case to the tune of $12,000??? Pearson's greed knows no bounds. What a sad, sad man he is.
]]>Entitlement arsehole.
There are legitimate consumer/business related issues in this country and this arsewipe is sucking up all the free pixels and wasting the time of the courts. Just think, some childmolesting, murdering son-of-a-bytch is going to get off on a speedy trial motion because Judge Arsewipe is consuming the valuable time of the court system.
Does anybody know where Judge Arsewipe lives?
Then again, don't actually answer.... I am sure there are enough crazy people out there who might actually do something about the problem.
]]>That's what I was thinking. I re-read your comment a thousand times to figure out where the "a bit much" came in.
I happen to agree with you. Frivolous crap like this SHOULD be punished.
]]>@Sidecutter: odd that your comment attached to mine...
]]>It's mindblowing that he was once a judge.Well, he was just an administrative law judge, not a "full-blown" judge.]]>
*ducks flying tomatoes*
Kidding, but I am seriously annoyed with this guy and I wish he would go away.
]]>/rimshot
]]>Of course he's going to appeal! He'll take this to his death, I'll betcha. This guy is mentally ill. It's mindblowing that he was once a judge. Frightening how your life can just be ruined by some nut who fate throws in your path. I am so sorry for the Chungs - he has ruined their lives.
]]>@LuminousMuse: Yeah, um...a bit much...yeah.
I just want to gather up my friends, load into the van, and go on a roadtrip to beat his ass silly. Not kill him.
]]>@dripdrop: I wish it was feasible for him to be forced to pay up in order for these folks to rebuild the two stores they lost. He should have to make full restitution on everything these folks lost because of his asshattery.
]]>For fuck's sake, he's suing over PANTS. This fact alone boggles the mind. Jeezus, people.. choose your damn battles. It's not that hard.
]]>This would be perfect guy to send after Monster Cable.
I hope Monster mini golf would hire him as their attorney. The resulting fireworks would be better then anything SNL could ever produce.
I must add that this case caused enormous damage for the image of the USA in South Korea. What miserable man.
]]>They've already lost most of their business and any money they had from it defending themselves when he sued them and lost. Pearson will take their lawsuit against him as high as he possibly can with appeals when he loses, and that's going to cost a fortune, and even then they could still lose the appeal at the very end.
Sucks to seek justice in that sort of scenario even if you think it's a sure thing.
]]>Perfect example of why we need loser pays in this country. He should have to pay every nickel of the Chungs' legal fees.
]]>I'm going to get a knife, stick it in his throat, and then slit his throat open all the way until he bleeds to death and he his murdered until he dies forever.
]]>I think there is one thing clear. Fancy pants is a vindictive, small, petty man without a soul. From everything I've read this guy set out to harrass and destroy this family and their business. For that, he should be forced to pay. I think they can make a pretty clear case for this and should countersue this nitwit.
]]>Appeal Denied...
...Now approach the bench so I can punch you right in your stupid face.
]]>@Triborough: No, this is evidence that you don't read Shakespeare.
Many people know Dick the Butcher said "The first thing we do, is kill all the lawyers" in Shakespeare's Henry VI.
But what was the context he was saying it in? And who was he? They were villians planning a murderous plot. So of course they didn't like lawyers or the law, lawyers would interfere with their illegal activities.
Now, if you type in "kill all the lawyers" into google, the first result is some douchebag's blog claiming that the correct interpretation of the line in its context is incorrect. I couldn't figure out how Seth Finkelstein was able to make his result number 1, especially since it is king of poorly reasoned. But then I saw that what he is "a software developer and Internet activist" which I suppose makes it more likely that he can get his b.s. blog to the top of the google results than that he would understand what he's talking about.
]]>Someone needs to kick Mr. Sponge-Roy-Square-Pants in the booty.
]]>I hope the Chungs get all their legal fees and court costs out of him, plus a huge settlement for his harassment.
]]>This guy has nothing left, who's going to hire him after all of this? He'll be fancy pants for the rest of his life. These law suits is all he has left.
]]>@CumaeanSibyl: I can tell you what he has to say about it, "Petition for Writ of Certiorari, DENIED."
]]>I was reading the Examiner this morning on my way to work and there was an article about this. I didn't know this originally, but as you may or may not know, part of his lawsuit pertains to the dry cleaner guaranteeing same day service. I didn't know this but Fancy Pants dropped his clothing off FIVE MINUTES before they closed and expected same day service. And that is part of the reason why he sued.
Regarding the satisfaction gaurantee, Fancy Pants also said, and I quote, the dry cleaner must pay the customer "whatever the customer claims the item is worth if there is a 'Satisfaction Guaranteed' sign in the store, even if the dry cleaner knows the customer is mistaken or lying." That's his argument as to why he feels that he should be given 54 million dollars.
The article also mentioned that Fancy Pants always fights to the end. He even took some of his previously worthless cases to the Supreme Court. I'm sure we have not yet seen the last of him, unfortunately.
]]>I am of the opinion that frivilous lawsuits such as these should have a very serious backlash to the filer. If it is proven to be a huge waste of time for all involved, the judgement should be against the plaintiff and the plaintiff should be required to pay attorney's fees for all parties involved. That would stop this kind of crap from happening, or at least taking as long as this has. I feel for the Chungs, this sucks and it is destroying their business. What a complete ftard (thanks Adisharr, haven't used that term in a while...appreciate the reminder it exists!).
]]>It's incredible what this guy has put the Chungs through. I hope the Chungs sue the pants off him.
Wait-that could backfire...
]]>I hope he burns in hell.
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