Do you think the family Chung have the chance of winning the case? I mean, 67 million just for a pair of pants is absolute crazy. The family getting sued are immigrants working hard. Who should win? How far would this case get?
2007-05-06 03:12:52 · 13 answers · asked by dk 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Usually dry cleaners have a disclaimer on their bills that limits the amount to be paid to 50% of the value of the item that is lost. It is pretty standard and I`m sure that these cleaners had the same. They are usually able to pay it in a dry cleaning credit.
2007-05-06 03:26:35 · answer #1 · answered by Hamish 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It was a judge that placed the lawsuit and the pants were found a week later but the judge said it was too late. The dry cleaners offered to give him the pants plus $12,000 and he refused. The good news is that the judge was appointed and he can be removed. Every lawyer in the area is angered by this as are the other judges. There is no way that the judge can win this case and I hope that he is removed from the bench as soon as possible.
2007-05-06 05:04:25 · answer #2 · answered by nana4dakids 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Chungs; it was not just a lawyer but a Judge, in Washington, D.C. where the bulk of his claim is that (despite that he went to them regularly despite prior problems with them) that they "lost" a pair of pants when he went to pick up a suit 2 days later and wanted the full $1,000 purchase price of the suit.
The Chungs said the pants a week later and refused to payl whereby Judge Pearson decided to get on his high horse and sue not only for the price of the suit, but his interpretation of sof D.C.'s consumer protection law, where violators can be fined at $1,500 per violation, per day and cited them for like 12 different violations for the past few years and multiplied that by the 3 Chung defendants that he named, not including his frivoulous assertion that he felt entitled to have reliable drycleaner within a few blocks of him home and sued them for an additional $15,000 for car rental for the next 10 years to drive to another dry cleaners...give me a break!
The Chungs more than met their obligation when they made their first settlement offer after that in the amount of $3,000, which is 3 times the cost of the suit, then the sencond settlment offer for $4,600, then the third for $12,000, which he denied.
Not only do I think he should be voted off the Bench and any attorney where he presided as Judge request to have his decisions thrown out based on his obvious psycho-power trip, but be permanently disbarred from ever practicing law again!
Abusers of the law not only give the law a bad name, but America a bad name and it should not be tolerated by the tax-paying public or any other U.S. entity for such frivoulous, flamboyant abuse of the system due to his current legislative appointment or knowledge to abuse the laws of our Nation.
2007-05-06 03:53:11 · answer #3 · answered by bottleblondemama 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The person doing the suing is a judge and a disgrace to the judiciary. Unfortunately in the US anyone can be sued for anything. I'd like to think that good sense will prevail here but anything can happen. Remember that a jury gave millions to woman who could not figure out on her own that her coffee was too hot .
2007-05-06 03:25:09 · answer #4 · answered by johnhdavisjrusa20 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
IF the plaintiff could prove that his pair of pants cost $67 million, then yes. If not, then he should pay the defendants the amount he is suing for. That is why companies like airlines have limited liability clauses because of abusive, arrogant lawyers.**
2007-05-06 03:33:49 · answer #5 · answered by ★Spotter★ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They'll lose the suit (they already lost the pants!) but the damages will be the value of the pants. The rest of it is nonsense, but anyone who uses a dry cleaners will understand how annoyed the judge was - and I'll bet they said something to him when he complained that pissed him off even more.
2007-05-06 03:30:18 · answer #6 · answered by Chris S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is just the norm in the US with lawsuits, the courts are tied up with frivolous and stupid lawsuits that should be handled in small claims court or not even be addressed at all - we are a society that is bent on suing and suing everyone for everything.
2007-05-06 03:25:15 · answer #7 · answered by Bethy4 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The case should be thrown out with the plaintiff paying all costs. The defendant should sue for earnings lost due to the malicious and frivolous suit.
2007-05-06 03:16:12 · answer #8 · answered by Timothy M 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Race has no longer something to do with coruption, greed, stupidity, the reality the guy suing is a choose only makes it worse. as nicely, if he has a gown on, why does he desire pants? they have his pants, provided them back, yet i'm questioning if he's only have been given too massive for his britches and can't admit it.
2016-10-30 11:48:32 · answer #9 · answered by gartman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whoever sues for 6,700 grand ($67,000,000) about a pair of lost pants that WERE FOUND LATER is nuts. Small businesses should be protected from crazy lawsuits.
2007-05-06 03:17:52 · answer #10 · answered by awesomenacho 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋