In D.C., a judge is suing an elderly Korean American couple for $67 million in damages for allegedly losing his pants...
The administrative law judge, Roy L. Pearson, Jr., claims the family-run Custom Cleaners, owned by an immigrant couple that doesn't speak English and works a 70-hour week, breached the District's consumer protection laws by displaying a "Satisfaction Guaranteed" sign in their window while misplacing his pants.
While pundits are having a heyday lampooning the lawsuit, the New York Times reports, the trial is being held-up by activists as a case book example of the abuse of lawsuits and the legal system in the U.S..
The defendants lawyer, Christopher Manning, wrote in court papers that ,“The plaintiff has decided to use his intimate knowledge of the District of Columbia laws and legal systems to exploit non-English-speaking immigrants who work in excess of 70 hours per week to live the American dream."
Nuff said. Read the whole sad tale--lurid details of the plaintiff claiming the laundrette maliciously replaced his designer pinstripes with cheap knock-offs!
Posted by melanie at June 20, 2007 9:06 PM
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