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Another $67,000,000 Embarassment for Lawyers

Ben Glass

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Posted by Ben GlassApril 26, 2007 9:01 AM

Tags: Rants and Raves

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The Washington Post's Marc Fisher has an article on the front section of today's Metro section of a very disturbing tale of a lawyer (and judge, no less) who is making a mockery of the judicial process.

According to Fisher's piece, Washington D.C. Lawyer and Administrative Law Judge Roy Pearson took a pair of pants to a local dry cleaners for repair. When things didn't turn out as he wanted he threatened a lawsuit.

Amazingly, the dry cleaners at one point offered as much as $12,000 to settle the case because it's legal fees would exceed that. Pearson rejected that offer and has dragged the dry cleaning establishment through the "legal mud" in a lawsuit seeking $65 million dollars in damages, according to Fisher's article.

This is disgraceful and only gives proponents of "lawsuit reform" fodder for their fire. Lawyers should and do condemn this type of lawsuit and gross abuse of the judicial process.

At some point, however, the trial judge may be in a position to sanction Judge Pearson for his actions. Hopefully so and I hope that Marc Fisher reports on that too.

Frankly, whoever monitors "administrative law judges" in the District of Columbia ought to take a look at the character of this man and investigate where he remains fit to be a judge.

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Posted by pennywit
April 26, 2007 10:00 AM

Is he trying to take them to the cleaners?

Bad puns aside, I wonder if the dry cleaners treated him shabbily from the get-go, making him want to go this ballistic. But even in that case, it occurs to me that most annoyed people, if a dry cleaner refuses to repair/replace the improper pants, would simply content themselves with a nice, therapeutic yelling session and a curt letter to the BBB ... and maybe a trip to small claims.

--|PW|--

Posted by Fred Jones
May 03, 2007 9:46 AM

This lawyer and judge appears to be a complete ass. This is why we have to reform the legal system. This is what is wrong with everything in the world. People like him. To do that to another human is deplorable. I hope he gets cancer. Of course, that is just my opinion.

Comment from Ben: His actions are wrong but the fact is that he is in the extreme minority, thus to use this case as a reason to limit YOUR right to sue/use the courts should YOU need legitimate legal help is not reasonable.

To say that his actions are "wrong with everything is the world" is plain silly.

To hope that someone 'gets cancer' is deplorable.

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