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May 12, 2008
Lost-Pants Plaintiff Sues Again

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Roy Pearson, the District of Columbia Administrative judge who filed suit against his drycleaner for $54 million last year, is at it again. Having lost both his lawsuit and his job as a result of the alleged loss of a single pair of pants, Pearson is suing to get his job back.

November 5, 2007
'Lost Pants' Judge Loses Job

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Roy Pearson lost his job as a District administrative law judge last week, only months after losing his $54 million lawsuit against Custom Cleaners over an allegedly lost pair of pants.

Pearson was asked to vacate his office last Tuesday after a six-person review panel voted against his appointment to a 10-year term. The panel said Pearson hadn’t demonstrated “appropriate judgment and judicial temperament” and was often “combative” with coworkers during his initial two-year term.

September 24, 2007
Custom Cleaners Closes Due to Lost-Pants Suit

WASHINGTON, D.C. — So Jin and Soo Chung, defendants in the $54 million lost-pants lawsuit brought by Roy Pearson, have closed Custom Cleaners. The Chungs sold the plant due to the ongoing revenue losses and emotional toll resulting from the Pearson v. Chung lawsuit.

August 15, 2007
Pearson to Appeal Lost-Pants Verdict

WASHINGTON, D.C. — D.C. administrative judge Roy Pearson filed an appeal this morning to overturn the verdict in the ongoing $54 million lawsuit he brought against Custom Cleaners operators So Jin and Soo Chung over an allegedly lost pair of pants. Judge Judith Bartnoff ruled against Pearson in D.C. Superior Court in June, rejecting his claim and charging him the Chungs’ court costs.

July 30, 2007
Chung Fundraiser Nets More Than $62,000

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A fundraiser benefiting Jin and Soo Chung, operators of Washington, D.C.’s Custom Cleaners, netted more than $62,000 last week to help cover legal costs incurred in defending themselves against an ongoing $54 million lost-pants lawsuit.

July 18, 2007
Motion to Reconsider Lost-Pants Suit Denied

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Judge Judith Bartnoff denied a request for reconsideration of her verdict from Roy Pearson, the plaintiff in the lost-pants lawsuit against Washington, D.C.’s Custom Cleaners. Bartnoff’s verdict refuted Pearson’s $54 million claim and also charged him the defendants’ legal fees.

July 9, 2007
Pearson Files Motion to Reverse Verdict

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Roy Pearson, the District of Columbia judge who lost his $54 million lawsuit against the operators of Custom Cleaners last month, filed a motion last week seeking to reverse D.C. Superior Court Judge Judith Bartnoff’s verdict in the case.

Bartnoff ruled last month that Pearson’s case had no merit, awarding him none of the $54 million in compensation he sought for an allegedly missing pair of pants. She also charged the defendants’ court costs to the plaintiff.

June 25, 2007
Plaintiff Gets Nothing in Lost-Pants Verdict

WASHINGTON — D.C. Superior Court Judge Judith Bartnoff announced her verdict this morning in the multimillion-dollar lawsuit brought by Judge Roy Pearson against So Jin and Soo Chung, operators of Custom Cleaners in Washington, over a lost pair of pants.

June 20, 2007
Lost-Pants Plaintiff Breaks Down in Court

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Judge Roy Pearson, the plaintiff in the $54 million lost-pants lawsuit against Custom Cleaners, broke down and cried during testimony in D.C. Superior Court last week, before reducing his claim to a comparatively reasonable $2.5 million.

“Never before in recorded history has a group of defendants engaged in such misleading and unfair business practices,” Pearson said in his opening statement. He then presented eight witnesses who related unhappy experiences with Custom Cleaners.

June 6, 2007
Damages Cut to $54 Million in Lost-Pants Trial

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Plaintiff Roy Pearson has reduced damages requested to $54 million in his lawsuit against So Jin and Soo Chung, operators of Custom Cleaners in the Fort Lincoln area of Washington. Pearson filed for $65 million in damages last month, almost two years after the Chungs allegedly lost a single pair of his pants.

May 7, 2007
Custom Cleaners Defense Fund Launched

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The backlash against what many inside and outside the industry consider a frivolous lawsuit has resulted in the establishment of a legal defense fund on behalf of Washington, D.C.’s Custom Cleaners.

May 3, 2007
The $65 Million Pant Suit

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Washington, D.C., judge is suing his local drycleaner for an incredible $65 million over a lost pair of pants.

Plaintiff Roy Pearson filed papers last week against the operators of Custom Cleaners, a three-store operation in the Fort Lincoln neighborhood of Washington. The cleaners allegedly lost a favorite pair of pants he wished to wear on his first day on the bench, resulting in mental duress.