US judge demanding millions from dry cleaners files appeal

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2007

WASHINGTON (AFP) — A US judge demanding millions of dollars from a Korean-owned dry cleaning business in compensation for losing his trousers is carrying on his legal battle despite a court dismissal of his lawsuit, authorities said on Wednesday.

Roy Pearson alleges that Custom Cleaners, run by Korean immigrants Jin and Soo Chung and their son, lost his blue and red-striped gray trousers in 2005 and misled him with a sign that read "satisfaction guaranteed."

Pearson calculated that the dry cleaners owed him up to 67 million dollars under District of Columbia consumer protection laws -- at 1,500 dollars for every day the cleaners left the sign up in their shop.

A court rejected his lawsuit two months ago, saying Pearson failed to prove that his trousers had...