Nearly everyone has a dry-cleaning horror story. But when former Judge Roy L. Pearson sued for $67 million, most people were probably pretty happy his favorite pair of pants were lost.
Pearson took on two hard-working Korean immigrants, who were so intimidated by the judge's lawsuit, they offered him $12,000 -- and the pants were only valued at $395.
There was no consoling Pearson, who turned them down, though he did reduce his demands to a more reasonable $54 million. He brought the case to trial, where he tearfully testified in open court about the mental anguish he suffered.
Pearson wanted vindication. He wanted the dry cleaner to remove the "same-day service" and "satisfaction guaranteed" signs that hung in the store window.
Pearson not only lost the case, he was forced to pay his two defendants' legal fees. Then, in August, it was reported that a judicial panel recommended to not give Pearson a ten-year term on the bench, noting a lack of "judicial temperament."
Kissing his $100,512 salary goodbye, Pearson not only lost his pants, but his shirt.
