$67 Million Suit Over Lost Pants Gets Former Judge Suspended

A former administrative judge who made headlines for suing his dry cleaner for $67 million for allegedly losing his pants was suspended for 90 days by Washington’s highest court.

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals said on Thursday that it agreed with its professional responsibility board that Roy L. Pearson Jr.'s litigation tactics “went beyond aggressiveness and crossed the boundary into abusiveness.”

Pearson sued the dry cleaner in 2005, alleging it didn’t provide him with “satisfaction guaranteed,” as a sign on the storefront advertised. But his demands for compensation, which started at $30,000, escalated dramatically, the court said.

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