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In a quirky legal saga, a District of Columbia judge’s audacious $54 million lawsuit against his local dry cleaner over a vanished pair of pants hit a dead end.
The spirited legal tussle saw Judge Roy L. Pearson Jr. trying to prove that the dry cleaner’s “satisfaction guaranteed” sign misled customers. However, Judge Judith Bartnoff of the Superior Court wasn’t swayed.
She ruled that the judge couldn’t convince her of either claim and declared him ineligible for any compensation. The courtroom curtains closed on this extravagant legal spectacle with a verdict of no relief for the plaintiff.
𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯(𝘴) 𝘯𝘰. 𝘊𝘈-4302-05 (𝘚𝘶𝘱. 𝘊𝘵. 𝘋.𝘊. 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘦 25, 2007)
𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦.
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