When I first heard about the $54 million dollar lost-pants lawsuit, I (like everyone else) thought ‘damn, that guy has some serious problems.’

And it turns out, I was right! How about that? After losing the suit and being held up for general scorn, the man just can’t stop himself from going back for more:

A customer who sued a dry cleaner for $54 million over a missing pair of pants has asked the judge who threw out the widely mocked case to reconsider, saying she committed a “fundamental legal error.”

…The motion comes less than a week after the South Korean immigrant owners of Custom Cleaners asked the judge to order Pearson to cover $83,000 in legal fees.

“(The) Plaintiff’s motives have been clear — quite simply, to harass Defendants and to attempt to utterly destroy their lives,” attorney Christopher Manning wrote.

Those poor laundry owners. After two years and the threat of a multi-million dollar judgement hanging over their heads, it no longer matters if they were trying to screw the guy out of his pants or not. They’re dealing with a crazy person, and have well learned their lesson about guaranteeing satisfaction. If this sees the inside of a courtroom again, can the judge demand that Pearson see a doctor, maybe get a prescription to calm him the fuck down a bit?


3 Responses to “They must of been one hell of a pair of pants.”  

  1. 1 Andrew

    When I heard about it, I wondered if he was trying to prove some point about the legal system. Not that would have meant he didn’t have serious problems, wielding that lawsuit to do it.

  2. 2 INotI

    This is why I prefer the Canadian method to court costs; in Canada, the loser almost always pays most of the court costs of the winner.

  3. 3 Andrew

    I read that he’s likely to have to do that, and it might bankrupt him.

    Which reminds me, I’ve got a recipe for shadenfreude pie that I was going to try out.

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