wanted on a spring day in 2005 was his pinstriped Hickey Freemans for the first day at a new job. But when he arrived at Custom Dry Cleaners to retrieve them, the Korean immigrant owners could not find the pants. According to The New York Times, Judge Pearson was moved to tears at his trial Tuesday when describing how the cleaners tried to pass off a cheaper pair of pants as his.
Judge Pearson justifies his $67.3 million claim using a complex formula found in Washington’s consumer protection law. The defendants’ lawyer claims that Judge Pearson is exploiting his clients and has “nursed a grudge against [the dry cleaner] since a spat over a different pair of pants in 2002.
” A sampling of other awe-inspiring lawsuits: - "In 2005, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sued Gertrude Walton, who passed away the year before at the age of 83, claiming that she had illegally downloaded and shared more than 700 songs. Watson's daughter claims that she never even had a computer in the house." - "In 2006, Austin Aitken sued NBC for $2.
5 million, claiming that an episode of caused him 'suffering, injury and great pain.' He said that watching the contestants eat rats on television made him dizzy and light-headed, causing him to vomit and run into a doorway." - "In 2006, Allen Heckard sued Michael Jordan and Nike founder Phil Knight for $832 million, claiming to suffer defamation, permanent injury and emotional pain and suffering because people often mistook him for the basketball star.
" - In 2003, Richard Schick was so stressed by the sexual and disability discrimination he faced at work that he robbed a convenience store with a shotgun. He won $5 million in damages and is spending ten years in jail for armed robbery, according to legalzoom.com.
- United Press International reported last month that "a New York mother is suing her son's baseball coach for not teaching him to properly slide into a base. The lawsuit, filed May 4, stems from an episode three years ago when the woman's son Martin attempted to slide into a base and suffered "serious bodily injury" that resulted in "permanent scarring and disability." - And last but not least, how could we ever forget the 2002 lawsuit against McDonald's for making people fat.
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