US judge sues Korean dry cleaners for 54 million over lost pants

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2007

WASHINGTON (AFP) — A US judge took the Korean immigrant owners of a dry cleaning business to court on Tuesday, wheeling out a colorful cast of witnesses to support his demand for 54 million dollars in compensation for losing his pants.

Roy Pearson alleges that Custom Cleaners, run by Korean immigrants Jin and Soo Chung and their son, lost his blue and red-striped grey trousers and misled him with a sign that read "satisfaction guaranteed," according to US media.

He calculated the 54 million dollar penalty under District of Columbia consumer protection laws, at 1,500 dollars for every day the cleaners left the sign up in their shop. The case has dragged on for two years.

Pearson, an administrative judge in Washington, DC, is suing the Chungs and their son...