flummuxt
Joined: 15 Mar 2007
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 Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:33 pm Post subject: "Judge" appeals ruling in Korean cleaners suit!!! |
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Yikes! Some people are real slow learners.
This guy (a judge??!!) loses his lawsuit against the cleaners, the presiding judge issues a 23-page ruling making it absolutely, perfectly clear he has not the slightest sympathy for the plaintiff, and he appeals!
It looks like this bone-headed move is going to cost him his job and legal fees.
From the Washington Post:
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Judge May Not Be Reappointed to PostDry Cleaner Lawsuit Cited inWarning Letter
The D.C. judge who sued his dry cleaner for $54 million over a pair of pants could be nearing the end of his tenure on the bench.
A city commission has voted to formally notify Administrative Law Judge Roy Pearson that he may not be reappointed. The Commission on Selection and Tenure of Administrative Law Judges sent him a letter, a key step toward denying him a full 10-year term.
The panel cited Pearson's infamous failed lawsuit against Custom Cleaners, the business that he claims lost his pants and failed to honor a sign promising "Satisfaction Guaranteed." But its letter focused mainly on his work as a judge the past two years. Pearson could press to keep his job by appearing before the commission at its next meeting in September. |
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Legal reform groups have called for his ouster, based on the lawsuit and a lack of public confidence in him as a judge.
"Judicial temperament is a critical characteristic of an outstanding jurist. Any individual who chooses to pursue a case such as Judge Pearson's, at a minimum, calls into question his or hers," American Tort Reform Association President Sherman Joyce wrote to the commission in April. |
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/09/america/NA-GEN-US-$54-Million-Pants.php
More:
http://www.legalnewsline.com/news/199314-case-of-the-54-million-pants-presses-on
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/13/AR2007081300867.html
The 23-page ruling, in PDF, in case you are really bored, or an aspiring jurist:
http://www.legalnewsline.com/content/img/f197183/PantsOpinion.pdf
This story has gotten international coverage, and it seems to me it is an embarrassment to the United States.
Last edited by flummuxt on Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:46 am; edited 3 times in total |
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