Posted on 06/17/2007 9:50:41 PM PDT by gpapa
When attorney Roy Pearson filed suit demanding $67 million from the Chung family, whose Washington dry cleaners had mishandled his pair of trousers, he must have felt he was sitting pretty. Menacing a merchant who's annoyed you with terrifyingly high legal penalties--that's the way to show who wears the pants, right?
Mr. Pearson probably had no idea that his Great American Pants Suit--the trial of which just wound up in a Washington courtroom last week, with a verdict expected this week--would stir commentary around the world and come to symbolize the extent to which lawsuits in America can serve as a hobby for the spiteful and a weapon for the rapacious.
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Hitlery is red with envy.
Sorry. Wrong author. Should be Walter Olson
The author is right. The laws here, pertaining to incedents such as this, are seriously screwed.
If Al Sharpton wants to know what real racism is, he need look no further than this, beause that is exactly what this case is all about. He has nothing to do with the pants, it`s just one more example of a black who has it in for Koreans. This POS should join Nifong and get his arse dibarred IMMEDIATELY.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Pearson won his case. After all, this is Washington DC. And the plantiff is Black and the defendants are Asian.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Pearson won his case. After all, this is Washington DC. And the plantiff is Black and the defendants are Asian.
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Ouch !! How true !!
Can you say OJ jury !! I thought you could !!
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