Pants Suit Judge Loses $54 Million Appeal

More on former Judge Roy Pearson's $54 million pants suit appeal here at Law.com:

The District's Court of Appeals has denied a request for a second appeals hearing for a former U.S. judge who sued a dry cleaner for $54 million over a lost pair of pants.

Roy Pearson Jr.'s request for a second hearing before the entire nine-judge panel was rejected Monday.

In December, three judges on the court unanimously rejected Pearson's initial appeal, saying he failed to show the store's promise of "satisfaction guaranteed" amounted to fraud.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Pants Suit Judge Returns to Court

Judge Roy Pearson is heading back to Court.

This time, he is suing the District of Columbia. He is seeking reinstatement in his lost, D.C. judicial position and damages of $1 million.

The former judge was not reappointed to the bench, in part over his fabled $54 million lawsuit last year against a dry cleaner who lost the Judge's pants.

Apparently his judicial pants were worth $54 million. His job - only $1 million?

Those must have been some snazzy pants..

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Dry Cleaners in Judge's "Pants Suit" Speak

While some have dismissed the video below as anti-trial lawyer "propaganda" by the Institute for Legal Reform, it nonetheless has a story worth telling:

C&L addresses a point not raised in the video:

The Chungs withdrew their motion to recover their own costs and impose sanctions when they recovered their money through fund-raising efforts by benefactors.

We've covered this frivolous litigation in these previous posts:

• D.C. Judge Takes Dry Cleaner to the Cleaners with $54 Million Lawsuit
• Judge's $54 Million Pants Suit Folds
• Pants Judge Presses Suit with Appeal
• Pants Suit Judge Unseated

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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