How to avoid future $54 million pants suits

Published January 7, 2009 5:00am ET



On December 18th, the D.C. Court of Appeals denied the appeal of former Judge Roy Pearson’s lawsuit demanding $54 million from his local drycleaner for a temporarily misplaced pair of pants.

Jin and Soo Chung, the owners of Custom Cleaners, were sued by Judge Pearson because of an allegedly misleading “Satisfaction Guaranteed” sign hanging in the window of their shop.

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