# Jackass judge sues dry cleaner for $65 million over lost pants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 26, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774 "2007-04-26T20:09:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/1 "2007-04-26T20:09:40Z")
Roy Pearson, an administrative law judge in D.C., is suing a dry cleaner for $65 MILLION for losing a pair of his pants. That’s right - $65 MILLION! This is so ridiculous. This jackass judge, with way too much time on his hands, is costing this immigrant family who owns the dry cleaning business scores of thousands of dollars to defend this suit. Read all about it in [today’s Marc Fisher column in the Washington Post.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/25/AR2007042502763.html?hpid=news-col-blogs) To summarize… > [@](#): > > He says he deserves millions for the damages he suffered by not getting his pants back, for his litigation costs, for “mental suffering, inconvenience and discomfort,” for the value of the time he has spent on the lawsuit, for leasing a car every weekend for 10 years and for a replacement suit, according to court papers. > > The plaintiff, who says he has devoted more than 1,000 hours to represent himself in this battle, says that as a result of poor service at Custom Cleaners, he must find another cleaner. And because Pearson does not own a car, he says he will have to rent one to get his clothes taken care of. > > … > > Pearson’s first letter to the Chungs (the owners of Custom Cleaners) sought $1,150 so he could buy a new suit. Two lawyers and many legal bills later, the Chungs offered Pearson $3,000, then $4,600 and, finally, says their attorney, Chris Manning, $12,000 to settle the case. > > But Pearson pushes on. How does he get to $65 million? The District’s consumer protection law provides for damages of $1,500 per violation per day. Pearson started multiplying: 12 violations over 1,200 days, times three defendants. A pant leg here, a pant leg there, and soon, you’re talking $65 million. > > The case, set for trial in June, is on its second judge. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/2 "2007-04-26T20:16:30Z")
Please please please…can we get a judge to go :dubious: :rolleyes: , bang his gavel, and say “Case dismissed!” ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/3 "2007-04-26T20:23:53Z")
Exactly. What I, and everyone else who was in Marc Fisher’s live online chat today, cannot understand is how this lawsuit has not been dismissed, or how this judge has not been somehow admonished by the city or the bar. You know what though? Somehow, I am not at all surprised that this sort of thing is happening in D.C. It is a very very strange city. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/4 "2007-04-26T20:27:14Z")
Ya know, maybe they were _really_ nice pants. Like the kind that feel really comfortable and look great as well. Ladies; the kind of pants that make your ass look fantastic. Pants like that. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/5 "2007-04-26T20:35:03Z")
[QUOTE=vetbridge] Ya know, maybe they were _really_ nice pants. Like the kind that feel really comfortable and look great as well. Ladies; the kind of pants that make your ass look fantastic. Pants like that. [/QUOTE] They better be coated in gold and come with a personal butler, gardener, hairdresser, and chauffer. Then maybe we’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/6 "2007-04-26T20:36:26Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] They better be coated in gold and come with a personal butler, gardener, hairdresser, and chauffer. Then maybe we’ll see. [/QUOTE] Maybe some kind of really cool little watch pocket? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/7 "2007-04-26T20:37:45Z")
Maybe he left $64,999,940 worth of change in the pockets. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/8 "2007-04-26T20:38:49Z")
Somebody needs a cock-punching. ---
**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/9 "2007-04-26T20:41:21Z")
> [@](#): > > The plaintiff, who says he has devoted more than 1,000 hours to represent himself in this battle, says that as a result of poor service at Custom Cleaners, he must find another cleaner. And because Pearson does not own a car, he says he will have to rent one to get his clothes taken care of. So if he wins his suit they’ll most certainly be out of business. If they’re out of business he’ll have to ‘drive’ elsewhere. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/10 "2007-04-26T20:45:41Z")
[QUOTE=vetbridge] Ladies; the kind of pants that make your ass look fantastic. Pants like that. [/QUOTE] For that price, they’d better make your ass look like “I gotta get me some of that” to every woman on earth. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/11 "2007-04-26T20:46:27Z")
[QUOTE=Snarky\_Kong] Somebody needs a cock-punching. [/QUOTE] OW! That hurt to read. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/12 "2007-04-26T20:49:37Z")
You know that when a Pit thread starts with “Judge Roy”, you’re in for a whole lot of stoopid. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/13 "2007-04-26T21:08:09Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] You know that when a Pit thread starts with “Judge Roy”, you’re in for a whole lot of stoopid. [/QUOTE] Now I have this near-irresistable urge to pit Judge Roy Bean. I truly hope that DC has a frivolous lawsuit statute that allows the dry cleaners, after this bullshit is laughed out of court, to be awarded their costs and fees along with a healthy penalty to this moron. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/14 "2007-04-26T21:13:57Z")
And this guy is still a sitting judge, despite the worm in his brain? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/15 "2007-04-26T21:19:16Z")
> [@](#): > > He says he deserves millions for the damages he suffered by not getting his pants back, for his litigation costs, for “mental suffering, inconvenience and discomfort,” for the value of the time he has spent on the lawsuit, for leasing a car every weekend for 10 years and for a replacement suit, according to court papers. Mental suffering and inconvenince for a pair of lost fucking pants? And what kind of car was he renting? An Enzo that ran on the blood of Dodos? This judge should lose his job if this is what he thinks is a good use of the legal system. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/16 "2007-04-26T21:21:00Z")
[QUOTE=Muffin] And this guy is still a sitting judge, despite the worm in his brain? [/QUOTE] _::slaps **Muffin** for missing the obvious joke::_ “and this guy is still a sitting judge, despite the fact that _he’s not wearing any pants_?!?!” ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/17 "2007-04-26T21:37:42Z")
[QUOTE=wring] _::slaps **Muffin** for missing the obvious joke::_ “and this guy is still a sitting judge, despite the fact that _he’s not wearing any pants_?!?!” [/QUOTE] It’s all right, as long as he doesn’t stand up! ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/18 "2007-04-26T21:38:54Z")
Without any pants it’s probably easier to use the penis pump under the robe. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/19 "2007-04-26T21:45:36Z")
[QUOTE=SnakesCatLady] Without any pants it’s probably easier to use the penis pump under the robe. [/QUOTE] Dammit, I got to the second-to-last post and said to myself, “I can’t believe no one’s posted anything about the penis pump judge yet!” Hmph. Seriously, don’t they have buses in DC? Does he not have any friends or family who he can say, “Hey, gimme a lift to and from the dry cleaner and I’ll buy you a beer?” ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774/20 "2007-04-26T23:08:25Z")
[QUOTE=wring] “and this guy is still a sitting judge, despite the fact that _he’s not wearing any pants_?!?!” [/QUOTE] Ohhh, wait…I see the problem here. Apparently, the judge is simply misinformed about the scarcity of his lost treasure. Let’s fix that right now: * * * Dear Judge Roy, There is _more than one fucking pair of pants in the world, dipshit_. We hope this will bring a bit of clarity to your points on this issue. ## Thank you, Hal [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774.md?page=2)