Only in America: $54 Million for Pair of Pants

Isn't that too much for a Pair of pants?

Everybody would say a big "YES" for it. But it doesn't seems to be a big money for a administrative Judge as compensation for his lost pants. Its was talk of the town all over America and hit the headlines again yesterday when law suit came for trial.

Its considered as one of the ridiculous, shameful, outrageous law suit ever in the US history especially by a judge suing a dry cleaner for a pair of pants they lost.

Administrative law judge Roy Pearson is representing himself in civil court and claimed that he is owed $54 million from a local dry cleaner who he says lost his pants, despite a sign in their store which ensures "Satisfaction Guaranteed."

It made me to wonder, how come he came up with that figure. Here is the detail scoop, he calculated the 54 million dollar penalty under District of Columbia consumer protection laws, at 1,500 dollars for every day the cleaners left the sign up in their shop. Its been 2years since the law suit was filed. He is also planning to call around 63 witnesses to support his side.

Custom Cleaners, owned by Chungs family have more than one laundry/dry cleaning shop around Washington D.C were hard hit by this law suit. They were able to find his pants but Pearon(Judge) refused it accept it saying its not his pants. They did offer him settlement of $12,000 as soon he filed the suit. Pearson again refused to take it.

Another interesting fact was, its not the first time it happens to them. It dates back way to 2002, when they had disagreement with him over another pair of his pants which Custom Cleaners allegedly lost and compensated him for with $150 . Pearson was banned from the store, defense attorney Christopher Manning claimed in court. Pearson pleaded with the Chungs to let him back into the store, because he didn't have a car, he said, and they were the only dry cleaners in the neighborhood.

Chungs are now paying for their wrong decision to let him in to the store. Whatever it may, its really a laughable and yet another story which hit the headlines of TV Channel. It will interesting to watch and hear the final judgement.