Is This How Justice Works In America??

[tinybear]

Judge in $65 Million Suit Might Keep Seat on Bench

By Marc Fisher
Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page B01

Around the D.C. government and around the world, Roy Pearson -- the man who sued his neighborhood dry cleaner for $65 million in a dispute over a missing pair of pants -- has become a laughingstock, a symbol of a legal system gone wild, another blot on the image of the District.

Marc Fisher - Judge in $65 Million Suit Might Keep Seat on Bench - washingtonpost.com

How can such a law suit not be struck out as an abuse of the legal process?

And the man's a judge, no less! Listen to this folks:

"The lawsuit against the Chung family, the owners of Custom Cleaners on Bladensburg Road NE, where Pearson took his pants for a $10.50 alteration, is scheduled for trial June 11. Court records show that Pearson has turned down a $12,000 settlement offer from the Chungs and refused a Superior Court judge's offer of mediation."

[CoffeeSaint]

Actually, according to that article, he isn't hearing cases right now, though he's still got administrative duties. He has been recommended for reappointment as a judge, and the argument seems to be over whether factors other than his job performance should be considered. In other words, as a judge he's good at his job; does the fact that he rfiled this ridiculous lawsuit mean that he's a bad judge? Or that he shouldn't be allowed to be a judge, just because we disagree with his personal choices?

As for the lawsuit itself, the man stated that the suit had little to do with the lost pants; he said it was because of the signs the dry cleaners had up: Same Day Service and Satisfaction Guaranteed. It sounds to me like he's trying to make a point. And since all he has done so far is file the lawsuit and reject a settlement, it may still be thrown out of court.

Personally, I think it should be thrown out; I don't think the courts should be used to express a philosophical difference of opinion.

[jose]

The Judge tried to sue the pants off the chungs

[tinybear]

The man's not fit to be re-appointed. He abused the court's legal process. He rejected an exceedingly generous out of court settlement offer. He shows lack of judgment and malicious sense of vindictiveness quite unbecoming of a man who aspires to the high office of a judge.

Quite apart from all this, he cried in court. Geez. Don't you just hate to see a grown man cry?

[Milton Bradley]

Quote by: tinybear The man's not fit to be re-appointed. He abused the court's legal process. He rejected an exceedingly generous out of court settlement offer. He shows lack of judgment and malicious sense of vindictiveness quite unbecoming of a man who aspires to the high office of a judge.

Does this make anybody else wonder just what this persons qualifications were to get appointed in the first place.


This is a very large part of whats wrong with this country. People being appointed by criminals who just happen to hold public office.


The Founding Fathers never had this type of legal system in mind for their progeny. ( In fact, that why they advocated the idea of a citizen militia with the right to bear arms. )


Who else is going to wrestle these people from power, the person who appointed them?

[GHook93]

I don't know how the lawyer wasn't slapped with Rule 37 infraction for bringing fivilous suits.

People screw up too much. It is a shame that we can't even trust a dry-cleaner to take care of a pair of pants. And the dry-cleaner looses them? He should have been forced to give the company to the man whose pants he lost, thats the only fair thing to do. I mean really.

[jose]

Quote by: GHook93 I don't know how the lawyer wasn't slapped with Rule 37 infraction for bringing fivilous suits.

no not frivilous,i believe the Judge's suits were a wool blend:)

Quote by: jose no not frivilous,i believe the Judge's suits were a wool blend:)

ha ha

[tinybear]

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