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ashling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 09:47 PM
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Edited on Mon Jun-25-07 09:48 PM by ashling
To everyone who says "you have got to learn English to be a success in this country"

I give you the Pant$uit Drycleaner dude:



Dry Cleaner Wins Missing Pants Case
By LUBNA TAKRURI (Associated Press Writer)

WASHINGTON - A judge ruled Monday that no pair of pants is worth $54 million, rejecting a lawsuit that took a dry cleaner's promise of "Satisfaction Guaranteed" to its most litigious extreme.

Roy L. Pearson became a worldwide symbol of legal abuse by seeking jackpot justice from a simple complaint - that a neighborhood dry cleaners lost the pants from a suit and tried to give him a pair that were not his.

His claim, reduced from $67 million, was based on a strict interpretation of the city's consumer protection law - which imposes fines of $1,500 per violation - as well as damages for inconvenience, mental anguish and attorney's fees for representing himself.

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Speaking to reporters outside their dry cleaners, the Chungs said they held no hard feelings toward Pearson. "If he wants to continue using our services, then, yes, he is welcome," Soo Chung, a Korean immigrant, said through a translator.



:rofl:
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