US Man wins $54 million for suing dry cleaner
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what this world getting to?!
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actually u no need to go to US to see how the world is changing....our own country is already changing....if u know what i mean ~ (july 1st.....)Originally posted by toyota-corolla:what this world getting to?! -
to me, it's just bullying.
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sigh
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sum1 posted this b4... sometime ago..
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U can try...ur case will be thrown out and U wouldnt be getting USD54 million.Originally posted by ahtansh:Wonder any one will try such stunt in Singapore.
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but why the fark that immigrant go put they wld give over 60 millions to dissatisfied customers on the signboard if they dun mean it!? who ask em lie through their teeth one!?Originally posted by dbowie:ccb, making some immigrant life miserable, so what if he's judge? yeah I hope he die soon. Very soon.
thats obviously looking for trouble. and the troublemaker found em! serve em right!
can't they juz promise a free pen or free holiday or free voucher or something they can afford?
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i think we can only find this sort of lawsuit in american.
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i've mixed feelings about not having these sort of lawsuits here. here, the products can put wadever label they want and we can't do shit; knowing case is a paper tiger.Originally posted by allentyb:i think we can only find this sort of lawsuit in american. -
KARMA will pay... evil guy, dam him to hell
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theses kind of things when will happen here?
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last time got laopek who sued mcdonalds cos he burned his lips on a pickle
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Ummmm......the sign only said "Satisfaction Guaranteed.Originally posted by Ito_^:but why the fark that immigrant go put they wld give over 60 millions to dissatisfied customers on the signboard if they dun mean it!? who ask em lie through their teeth one!?
thats obviously looking for trouble. and the troublemaker found em! serve em right!
can't they juz promise a free pen or free holiday or free voucher or something they can afford?
""Does the sign read: 'If you are not satisfied with our service, you the customer can ask for whatever you want, including $67 million, and you will receive it'?" attorney Chris Manning asked."
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wtf, he's looking for trouble,
if he's in singapore,
he pay instead of the couple coz he gave trouble to judges. -
WTF? 54 million for just a lost pants? and he won?! There is no justice man!
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Ummm, this article merely says "IF HE WINS". As of last week, they finished the case. Today the ruling came out.Originally posted by ahtansh:Reuters- The judge who sued his dry cleaning shop for US$54 million over a lost pair of trousers said as the trial wrapped up on Wednesday that he would use any winnings he might get to encourage others to follow suit.
Roy L. Pearson, an administrative judge for the District of Columbia, said he only needed $2.5 million for himself to cover the emotional distress he suffered after Custom Cleaners misplaced a pair of pants he brought in for alteration.
The remainder, he said, would be used "as an incentive for other attorneys in private practice to take on these kinds of cases."
Wonder any one will try such stunt in Singapore.
HE LOST! WAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Monday, June 25, 2007; 4:18 PM
The D.C. Superior Court judge who ruled that an administrative law judge deserved nothing in his $54 million lawsuit against a neighborhood dry cleaner over a pair of lost pants "chose common sense over irrationality" said the attorney who represented the Chung family, owners of Custom Cleaners.
"Obviously, it's a great day for the Chungs, and honestly it's a great day for American justice," attorney Christopher Manning said at a Monday afternoon press conference outside the Chungs' store. Link here.
And what's even better, the Chungs prevailed in court against pearson's lawsuit. Now they get to sue Pearson for the real money, all the money that the Chungs had to pay the lawyers to defend themselves against this "lawsuit" AND damages against Pearson for trying this stunt in the first place.
Keep in mind that there's a racial angle to this lawsuit. Pearson thought he could get away with it because the Chungs were Korean (Asian) Americans and that they would never fight back! That's the image of Asians here in the States. -
Sensibility prevails!
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this is a dumb miscreant of american justice that could only have happened in america. and this idiot was a former judge too. hope he loses and is forced to pay the poor koreans legal fees. this is the kind of people that clog up the justice system. idiota
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Originally posted by abraxis:
yes. this is good. stupid racist asshole i'll use my asian ass to whack u u sob
Ummm, this article merely says "IF HE WINS". As of last week, they finished the case. Today the ruling came out.
[b]HE LOST! WAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Monday, June 25, 2007; 4:18 PM
The D.C. Superior Court judge who ruled that an administrative law judge deserved nothing in his $54 million lawsuit against a neighborhood dry cleaner over a pair of lost pants "chose common sense over irrationality" said the attorney who represented the Chung family, owners of Custom Cleaners.
"Obviously, it's a great day for the Chungs, and honestly it's a great day for American justice," attorney Christopher Manning said at a Monday afternoon press conference outside the Chungs' store. Link here.
And what's even better, the Chungs prevailed in court against pearson's lawsuit. Now they get to sue Pearson for the real money, all the money that the Chungs had to pay the lawyers to defend themselves against this "lawsuit" AND damages against Pearson for trying this stunt in the first place.
Keep in mind that there's a racial angle to this lawsuit. Pearson thought he could get away with it because the Chungs were Korean (Asian) Americans and that they would never fight back! That's the image of Asians here in the States.
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there is no need to drag race into this..
the asswipe may still appeal.. however, sometimes i do think the US Justice system needs a few judges like our CJ..
you appeal frivolously, you get hammered even worse..
just like this asshat, he would not only be hammered with legal costs for the Chungs, he would probably be made to pay other court charges for wasting the time of the court..
the first judge who heard the initial case should have chastised him, threw it out and told him to go to the small claims court if he wanted to really claim for his pants.. -
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Originally posted by abraxis:
great day for american justice that allowed successful sueing for unlabeled hot coffee from mac. talk about hypocrisy
Ummm, this article merely says "IF HE WINS". As of last week, they finished the case. Today the ruling came out.
[b]HE LOST! WAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Monday, June 25, 2007; 4:18 PM
The D.C. Superior Court judge who ruled that an administrative law judge deserved nothing in his $54 million lawsuit against a neighborhood dry cleaner over a pair of lost pants "chose common sense over irrationality" said the attorney who represented the Chung family, owners of Custom Cleaners.
"Obviously, it's a great day for the Chungs, and honestly it's a great day for American justice," attorney Christopher Manning said at a Monday afternoon press conference outside the Chungs' store. Link here.
And what's even better, the Chungs prevailed in court against pearson's lawsuit. Now they get to sue Pearson for the real money, all the money that the Chungs had to pay the lawyers to defend themselves against this "lawsuit" AND damages against Pearson for trying this stunt in the first place.
Keep in mind that there's a racial angle to this lawsuit. Pearson thought he could get away with it because the Chungs were Korean (Asian) Americans and that they would never fight back! That's the image of Asians here in the States.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2007/06/25/DI2007062500437.html
full report here.
on why the case was not thrown out of court.
Bowie, Md.: How much did this cost the Chungs?
This is one of my nightmares -- I know a couple who made an enemy of someone who happened to be a lawyer, and the resulting case cost them $50k even though the result was that the suit was dropped if they apologized.
What's to protect me from being the target of a vengeful lawyer?
Marc Fisher: Not a whole lot. The system relies to a far greater extent than might make any of us comfortable on goodwill and the self-correcting mechanisms of the courts. Judges do have more leeway to toss frivolous or vindictive court actions than they generally take advantage of. Lots of folks have argued that this case should have been tossed early on, but when you have a smart guy like Pearson, and perhaps more important, someone for whom cost is no issue, then there really aren't a lot of brakes that can be slammed to stop the thing. Money is the crucial factor here: Ordinarily, the ability of a really ticked-off plaintiff to make life a living hell for a given merchant or other defendant is limited by the ability of the plaintiff to pay for his court action. But when the plaintiff is a lawyer who is happy to put 1,400 hours of work into a case, as Pearson says he did here, then that natural braking action becomes irrelevant.
here is my fav part:
Alexandria, Va.: Seriously, Pearson cried at one point? What's the story behind that?
Marc Fisher: Pearson wept twice. He was at the point in his narrative where he came back to the dry cleaners seeking to pick up his pants, only to be presented with pants that he said were not his. At the moment when he told the court about how the Chungs insisted these were indeed his pants when he was certain they were not, he seemed overwhelmed by the surreal nature of the encounter and began to weep. He had to halt the proceedings. When they resumed after a break, he again cried as he told that part of the story.
Oddly enough, Mrs. Chung broke down in tears at almost exactly the same point in her testimony.
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now thats justice!
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I'm glad that sense prevailed at the end. It would be interesting to see how Pearson managed to convince the judge at the initial hearing not to toss the case out.
Its people like Pearson that give lawyers a bad name.
Bloody lawyer.....