Korean cleaners off the hook in 54-million-dollar lost pants suit

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — A US court Monday ruled against a man seeking 54 million dollars from the Korean immigrant owners of a dry cleaners who he said lost his pants despite a promise of "satisfaction guaranteed."

Roy Pearson alleged that Custom Cleaners, run by Jin and Soo Chung and their son, lost his blue and red-striped gray trousers and misled him with a sign promising satisfaction.

But a judge ruled against him on all counts, denied him the 54 million he sought and ordered him to pay the Chung's legal fees.

Pearson, "takes nothing from the defendants," Judge Judith Bartnoff ruled.

She said the Chungs should be held to a "reasonable interpretation" of their guarantee, one "espoused by every witness at trial who was asked about the sign, with the...