워싱턴 한인 세탁소, 바지 분실 소송사건
This is World News Tonight, brought to you by HYUNDAI SONATA. It should be a simple case of lost laundry 세탁물. “This is a case about one pair of pants.” But unfortunately, for the Chung family, owners of Washington D.C.’s Custom Cleaners, the pants they lost belonged to a lawyer, this man, Roy Pearson, actually an administrative judge 행정법원판사. And he’s in court asking for $54 million for these not so fancy 고급의 pants. “It’s laughable. It’s like a parody 패러디, 서투른 모방 of the American system of justice.”
How does Pearson come up with ~을 제안하다 such a number? He won’t explain in public. But his original court documents claim he had to rent a car to drive to a less convenient 가까운 drycleaners. And he charges the Chung’s posted signs that guaranteed satisfaction and same day service.
And for everyday the signs were posted and he was not satisfied, that’s 1,200 days, he says they owe ~에게 지불할 의무가 있다 him $3,000 times three because he names Mr. and Mrs. Chung and their oldest son as defendants 피고인 plus $500,000 in emotional damages and $542,000 in legal fees even though he’s representing himself.
“It’s outrageous 터무니없는 and shameful and it’s a waste of everyone’s time, you know, to pursue this.” In fact, in court time alone, D.C. taxpayers are paying approximately 대략 $2,600 a day for this trial. And in time wasted, the D.C. courts are so busy that a case file could take up to 2 years to reach trial.
On the witness stand, Pearson broke down in tears 울음을 터뜨리다 trying to describe how he was treated by the cleaners, a family-run business that says they found the pants and offered him $12,000 to settle. A frivolous 어이없는 case, perhaps, but one that turned the American dream into a nightmare for this couple. Jim Avola, ABC News,