NationStates Jolt Archive

So this lawyer took his pants to the cleaners. They lost the pants, and now he wants to sue them for sixty five million dollars. The article breaks down how one pair of pants ends up being worth that much money. Also the guy is a judge. If I ever need to sue someone I hope it's in his court. If a pair of pants is worth 65 million, I'd say a fender bender could be worth upwards of a billion dollars.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/25/AR2007042502763.html

For 65 million dollars, they better be pants made of solid gold.

Over here, the guy would get laughed out of the courtroom. That really is ridiculous!

Do these pants pleasure you while you wear them or something?

Can the cleaners sue the guy for being a complete and utter jackass?

Edit: Damn...just realised I should've made a 'taking them to the cleaners' joke...

Can the cleaners sue the guy for being a complete and utter jackass?

Edit: Damn...just realised I should've made a 'taking them to the cleaners' joke...
If he loses, I would sue him for "mental and emotional distress" and some such other tenuous things and force him to pay the lawyer bills and then some.

that's

a) fucking ridiculous

b) fucking disgusting and alarmingly greedy

and c) that guy must be one major asshole


that said, the the article suggests the cleaners gave very poor service. but not 65 million dollars worth of poor service...

If you don't like the pants, get out of the cleaners! If you don't like their service go somewhere else. Don't sue! I get really frustrated at this country because of the sue happy people that live here.

No you shouldn't have. I considered putting one in the OP, but decided it was kind of cheezy.
That was kind of the point. :)

Solid gold pants are cheaper than that. I recommend this guy be defrocked of his judges robes. He's a disgrace to the profession.

Can the cleaners sue the guy for being a complete and utter jackass?

Edit: Damn...just realised I should've made a 'taking them to the cleaners' joke...

No you shouldn't have. I considered putting one in the OP, but decided it was kind of cheezy.

If he loses, I would sue him for "mental and emotional distress" and some such other tenuous things and force him to pay the lawyer bills and then some.

That's another scary thing. If he loses? He should lose! But we have stupid judges that reward stupidity, greed, and the such. Common sense has left the building.

I know that if the cleaner's lost my pants, I'd be protesting outside their shop without pants holding up a sign "They lost my pants!".

That's a lot funnier than sueing them - and I'm sure that the cleaner's would try to improve their service (and maybe get you another pair of pants?).

The thing is, at one stage they offered the nut 12,000.....Whereas laughing boy is his own legal team, they must have spent a lot of money at this stage....

The thing is, at one stage they offered the nut 12,000.....Whereas laughing boy is his own legal team, they must have spent a lot of money at this stage....

It's probably cheaper to hire someone to get rid of him than to deal with his bullshit. Too bad it's illegal.

It's probably cheaper to hire someone to get rid of him than to deal with his bullshit. Too bad it's illegal.

cheaper to go to jail... and possibly not as life-ruining...

That's another scary thing. If he loses? He should lose! But we have stupid judges that reward stupidity, greed, and the such. Common sense has left the building.
On the ocean and in court you are depending on the Lord... (German proverb, slightly mistranslated maybe)

i hope when the judge losses this case the drycleaners sue him for damage done to their business.

That I can't answer you.*
However, you have answered my (unspoken) question as to 'wonder what the pettiest greediest arsehole in the world lives'
shame they didn't post a pic so I'd know what he looked like as well.



*can't answer you 100%, but I reckon they'd look something like this:
http://files.myopera.com/velmu/blog/MCHammer.jpg
or maybe this:
http://blogs.bootsnall.com/legon/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/57383.jpg
or even this:
http://thecoolhoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/mc_hammer.jpg

Hammer Time!

For 65 million dollars, they better be pants made of solid gold.

encrusted with diamonds :p

It's probably cheaper to hire someone to get rid of him than to deal with his bullshit. Too bad it's illegal.

Only if you get caught.

I especially like this bit.
In a closet of a lawyer's office in downtown Washington, there is a pair of gray wool pants, waiting to be picked up by Roy Pearson.

"We believe the pants are his," Manning says. "The tag matches his receipt."
What a crazy world we live in...

It's probably cheaper to hire someone to get rid of him than to deal with his bullshit. Too bad it's illegal.
For $65 million, you could bribe a set of juries as well as the judge, probably buy a Hind helicopter with which to blow his car up and still have enough money to ironically buy him some solid-gold trousers.

I want to know what a 400 dollar haircut looks like.

*looks at picture of John Edwards*

Oh, that's what it looks like. I think he was robbed.

One can only hope the judge will toss this shit out of court. There are already too many stupid cases going through, the judge can't let in stuff that wouldn't pass the laugh test into the system.

So, when I looked at the thread I read the title as being "I wonder what a 65 million year old pair of pants looks like". :eek:






... You know, a pair of pants that old might actually be worth $65 million.

So this lawyer took his pants to the cleaners. They lost the pants, and now he wants to sue them for sixty five million dollars. The article breaks down how one pair of pants ends up being worth that much money. Also the guy is a judge. If I ever need to sue someone I hope it's in his court. If a pair of pants is worth 65 million, I'd say a fender bender could be worth upwards of a billion dollars.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/25/AR2007042502763.html

See there.. a freakin judge doing this. I've never respected them bastards. They are like politicians. And good ones are few and far between.

With $65 million, who needs pants?

Those pants better have been made out of diamonds or something like that. Even if he is a judge, no one in their right mind would actually rule in favor of him, would they?

I should sue him for emotional distress. People like him are ruining my faith in the American justice system and I beleive I should earn compensation for it!









I'll sue his pants off!

For 65 million dollars, they better be pants made of solid gold.

More like Californium.