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U.S. ex-judge files appeal with supreme court over lost pants
By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- A former U.S. judge Tuesday brought to the supreme
court his claim that a Korean immigrant should pay him US$54 million for a pair
of pants lost at a dry cleaner.
An appeals court dismissed last month the case brought by Roy Pearson months
earlier, saying the former judge failed to prove Chung Jin-nam defrauded him.
"I was told by my lawyer that Pearson had filed the final appeal with the supreme
court," said Chung, the Korean-American owner of the dry cleaner.
Chung, who quit the dry cleaning business soon after he was sued by Pearson, said
he was sorry to hear that Pearson took the legal action again.
"I wish he would change his mind," Chung said. "As a Buddhist, I wish I could end
my karma in this life."
He quoted his lawyer, Christopher Manning, as saying that chances were slim the
supreme court will deliberate Pearson's appeal as the highest court will not be
able to find any changes in the situation that led to lower courts rejecting the
case.
After winning the lower court battles, Chung had said that he will forgive
Pearson who he said has been a "nightmare" for a couple of years.
Pearson accused Chung of failing to meet the store policy of "Satisfaction
Guaranteed" as posted on a store window and sought daily fines of $1,500 under
the city's consumer protection law.
"A reasonable consumer would not interpret 'Satisfaction Guaranteed' to mean that
a merchant is required to satisfy a customer's unreasonable demands or to accede
to demands that the merchant has reasonable grounds to dispute," a lower court
ruling had said.
Pearson was fired by the Washington D.C. administration last year, just months
after he lost his suit against Chung amid media criticism for his excessive
compensation claim.
Chung said he has been serving at an association of Korean-American elderly while
trying to forget about the past years, hoping to start a new job soon.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for Legal Reform has said the case
proved that the U.S. legal system "is truly broken and in bad need of repair."
hdh@yna.co.kr
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- A former U.S. judge Tuesday brought to the supreme
court his claim that a Korean immigrant should pay him US$54 million for a pair
of pants lost at a dry cleaner.
An appeals court dismissed last month the case brought by Roy Pearson months
earlier, saying the former judge failed to prove Chung Jin-nam defrauded him.
"I was told by my lawyer that Pearson had filed the final appeal with the supreme
court," said Chung, the Korean-American owner of the dry cleaner.
Chung, who quit the dry cleaning business soon after he was sued by Pearson, said
he was sorry to hear that Pearson took the legal action again.
"I wish he would change his mind," Chung said. "As a Buddhist, I wish I could end
my karma in this life."
He quoted his lawyer, Christopher Manning, as saying that chances were slim the
supreme court will deliberate Pearson's appeal as the highest court will not be
able to find any changes in the situation that led to lower courts rejecting the
case.
After winning the lower court battles, Chung had said that he will forgive
Pearson who he said has been a "nightmare" for a couple of years.
Pearson accused Chung of failing to meet the store policy of "Satisfaction
Guaranteed" as posted on a store window and sought daily fines of $1,500 under
the city's consumer protection law.
"A reasonable consumer would not interpret 'Satisfaction Guaranteed' to mean that
a merchant is required to satisfy a customer's unreasonable demands or to accede
to demands that the merchant has reasonable grounds to dispute," a lower court
ruling had said.
Pearson was fired by the Washington D.C. administration last year, just months
after he lost his suit against Chung amid media criticism for his excessive
compensation claim.
Chung said he has been serving at an association of Korean-American elderly while
trying to forget about the past years, hoping to start a new job soon.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for Legal Reform has said the case
proved that the U.S. legal system "is truly broken and in bad need of repair."
hdh@yna.co.kr
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