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[DMczaf]

This thread reeks of lawyer racism.

We lawyers made this country and we can break it too!

Who is more hated in America, Lakers or Lawyers? You put yourself in this situation!

 

[farnham]

Listen to yourself. You think that lawyers are so different from everyone else? We came to this country just like everyone else, looking for a dream.

You sir, and most of the people in this thread disgust me.

:lol :lol :lol :lol

 

[worldrunover]

0__o
Are lawyers a race?

I think some kind of demi-human.

 

[ElectricBlue187]

lawyers are truly the lowest form of humanity

just below hitler

 

[bionic77]

Well I have heard them referred to as the lowest form of life known to man....

I think some kind of demi-human.

You guys are rabid anti-lawites! Oh it starts with a few jokes and some slurs and the next thing you know it, you are suggesting that lawyers have their own schools and have to sit at the back of the bus!

Rest in peace MLK. They obviously didn't learn their lesson. Looks like the lawyers have to save the day again...

 

[levious]

Looks like the lawyers have to save the day again...

strap on the suspenders and bow tie... it's time to go to war!

 

[worldrunover]

You guys are rabid anti-lawites! Oh it starts with a few jokes and some slurs and the next thing you know it, you are suggesting that lawyers have their own schools and have to sit at the back of the bus!

They do have their own schools!

 

[commish]

This thread reeks of lawyer racism.

We lawyers made this country and we can break it too!

Yeah!!

 

[commish]

lawyers are truly the lowest form of humanity

just below hitler

You say that until you need us. Then you are like, "OMG SAVE ME."

 

[UltraMarioMan]

You guys are rabid anti-lawites! Oh it starts with a few jokes and some slurs and the next thing you know it, you are suggesting that lawyers have their own schools and have to sit at the back of the bus!

Rest in peace MLK. They obviously didn't learn their lesson. Looks like the lawyers have to save the day again...

MLK used to say "except lawyers" under his breath during his speaches. I DARE you to prove he didn't!

 

[Triumph]

 

[Tralfamadore64]

Listen to yourself. You think that lawyers are so different from everyone else? We came to this country just like everyone else, looking for a dream.

You sir, and most of the people in this thread disgust me.

Are you retarded?

Spoiler

If so, I apologize.

My question was in response to somebody claiming that the lawyer hatred in this thread was a result of racism--being the hatred or intolerance of another race or races. It was a rhetorical question. I already know the answer: Lawyers are not a race. They are linked neither by heredity nor a common descent. They are people who choose a profession.

If I would have said something to the effect of "Are lawyers human?", then your response would have been warranted. Well, it would have been warranted if it wasn't--

Wait.

Oh.

I see what you did there. v__v

Reading comprehension ftw.

Spoiler

I was going to delete all of the stuff at the top, but I figured I'd let you know how embarrasingly stupid and gun-jumping I am. The internet has made a monster of me.

 

[bionic77]

You say that until you need us. Then you are like, "OMG SAVE ME."

Seriously WTF do these people expect us to do?

I mean when a guy comes into my office and tells me that he is an emotional wreck because some massive foreign dry cleaning outfit has ruined his life (and pants), what do they expect us to do? His life is obviously over. We are just trying to get justice. And obviously in this case justice came out to be a little over 60 million dollars. That sounds like a lot of money, but when you think about it, can anyone really put a value on a pair of pants (especially the old rare kind)? This money will buy this man some piece of mind and send a message to dry cleaners everywhere that there are serious consequences to losing or destroying peoples' pants.

Yeah lets all make fun of the lawyers until they ruin your pants. Then suddenly we are your best friends!

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

The mother ****er is asking for $65 million for a pair of pants. Lawyer or not, the man's a cock sucker, bottomline.

 

[commish]

Seriously WTF do these people expect us to do?

I mean when a guy comes into my office and tells me that he is an emotional wreck because some massive foreign dry cleaning outfit has ruined his life (and pants), what do they expect us to do? His life is obviously over. We are just trying to get justice. And obviously in this case justice came out to be a little over 60 million dollars. That sounds like a lot of money, but when you think about it, can anyone really put a value on a pair of pants (especially the old rare kind)? This money will buy this man some piece of mind and send a message to dry cleaners everywhere that there are serious consequences to losing or destroying peoples' pants.

Yeah lets all make fun of the lawyers until they ruin your pants. Then suddenly we are your best friends!

Exactly. Gaf makes me sick right now.

 

[pel1300]

If I were them I would seriously plan revenge at all costs.

 

[elostyle]

Why would any judge let this drag out for so long?

 

[JdFoX187]

Exactly. Gaf makes me sick right now.

I believe

Spoiler

and hope

he's being sarcastic.

 

[glistenm]

I secretly hope that this guy is just pulling a giant "prank" on everybody to show the absurdity of shit that can get pushed through the legal system.

 

[fallengorn]

If I were them I would seriously plan revenge at all costs.

Seriously, I hope they take the lawyer to the cleaners.

 

[AstroLad]

I secretly hope that this guy is just pulling a giant "prank" on everybody to show the absurdity of shit that can get pushed through the legal system.

Serv'd.

 

[Meier]

I hope they take the lawyer to the cleaners.

Excellent.

 

[madmook]

I secretly hope that this guy is just pulling a giant "prank" on everybody to show the absurdity of shit that can get pushed through the legal system.

More disheartening is that the guy is probably dead serious (in his mind) with the lawsuit.

 

[ElectricBlue187]

Seriously, I hope they take the lawyer to the cleaners.

well done sir

 

[mashoutposse]

Damn, $65 million?!?


Dude, it's missing pants we're talking here. I would've expected $65 BILLION.

 

[AstroLad]

Maybe he was a Never Nude.

 

[temp]

I believe

Spoiler

and hope

he's being sarcastic.

Well duh

 

[Mute]

****ing civil suits.

 

[Mugen]

Pearson's first letter to the Chungs sought $1,150 so he could buy a new suit. Two lawyers and many legal bills later, the Chungs offered Pearson $3,000, then $4,600 and, finally, says their attorney, Chris Manning, $12,000 to settle the case.

What a greedy American bastard.

 

[Ketchup Boy]

lol bionic is hilarious

one time my family got sued for like $10,000 because our dog allegedly bit him. we lived in a rich neighborhood, so they thought they could make bank, but sadly, we were poor, so they got $200.

 

[pel1300]

Any updates on this bastard?

 

[OxtheMidget]

Pearson relied on these signs. Deeply.

I LOL'ed hard.

 

[Ollie Pooch]

what a knut

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

what a knut

?

I don't see the connection.

 

[Ripclawe]

He choked up over a pair of pants and this is a judge.. eeek.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070612/ap_on_fe_st/odd_67_million_pants

WASHINGTON - A judge had to leave the courtroom with tears running down his face Tuesday after recalling the lost pair of trousers that led to his $54 million lawsuit against a dry cleaner.

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Administrative law judge Roy L. Pearson had argued earlier in his opening statement that he is acting in the interest of all city residents against poor business practices. Defense attorneys called his claim "outlandish."

He originally sued Custom Cleaners for about $65 million under the District of Columbia consumer protection act and almost $2 million in common law claims. He is no longer seeking damages related to the pants, instead focusing his claims on two signs in the shop that have since been removed.

He alleges that Jin Chung, Soo Chung and Ki Chung, owners of the mom-and-pop business, committed fraud and misled consumers with signs that claimed "Satisfaction Guaranteed" and "Same Day Service."

Pearson, representing himself, said in opening that he wanted to examine the culture that allowed "a group of defendants to engage in bad business practices for five years."

An attorney for the Chungs portrayed Pearson as a bitter man with financial troubles stemming from a recent divorce who is taking out his anger on a hardworking family.

"This case is very simple. It's about one sign and the plaintiff's outlandish interpretation," attorney Chris Manning said.

The Chungs were to present their case Wednesday. Manning asked D.C. Superior Court Judge Judith Bartnoff to award them reimbursement for their legal costs if they win.

Pearson called several witnesses Tuesday who testified that they stopped going to Custom Cleaners after problems with misplaced clothes.

Pearson also called himself as a witness, saying his problems began in May 2005 when he brought in several suits for alterations. A pair of pants from a blue and maroon suit was missing when he requested it two days later. He said Soo Chung tried to give him a pair of charcoal gray pants.

As Pearson explained that those weren't the pants for the suit, he choked up and left the courtroom crying after asking Bartnoff for a break.

Pearson originally asked the cleaners for the full price of the suit, which was more than $1,000. But because the Chungs insisted the pants had been found, they refused to pay.

Manning has said the cleaners made three settlement offers to Pearson, but the judge was not satisfied and increased his demands — including asking for money to rent a car so he could drive to another business.

 

[mre]

He choked up over a pair of pants and this is a judge.. eeek.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070612/ap_on_fe_st/odd_67_million_pants

Yeah... he's pretty much a douche. Yep.

 

[lexi]

Does this asshole remind anyone else of Flass when he took money from that Falafel guy in Batman Begins?

This lawyer/judge guy needs a shakedown from Batman.

 

[Nabs]

A judge had to leave the courtroom with tears running down his face Tuesday after recalling the lost pair of trousers that led to his $54 million lawsuit against a dry cleaner

hillarious :lol

 

[Steriletom]

The dude wears a blue and maroon suit. Clearly, he graduated from the Snoop Dogg judicial pimptastic institute.

 

[mre]

The dude wears a blue and maroon suit. Clearly, he graduated from the Snoop Dogg judicial pimptastic institute.

Would you **** with a graduate of that institution? I think not.

 

[Diatribe1974]

If I remember correctly, isn't this the same guy that's made a living off of suing everyone and everything?

 

[Hero]

I wish bad things upon this man.

 

[teiresias]

Someone get this story to Keith Olbermann, it sooooo needs to be featured on the show and him berate him.

 

[borghe]

Disgusting.

That guy has no place in a position of power.

being that he is in a public office, I suppose it is possible for him to be fired over this. from the way they stated his "judge-ship" though it doesn't sound like it's an elected position. that would be the easy way if it was.

 

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Pearson is pro-tort reform and anti-"frivolous" lawsuits. His goal is to ultimately prevent people from suing businesses for pretty much any reason. His record shows this.

He doesn't intend to win tihs case or think it's a good idea; in fact, just the opposite.

By acting like such a buffoon, he generates a lot of press and tricks people into thinking, "we need more laws to stop crazy people from filing frivolous lawsuits--like that lawyer who sued over the pair of pants!" Unfortunately this "reform" will come at the expense of legitimate lawsuits, too.

The best thing you can do is to stop giving him and his made-up dog-and-pony case attention.

 

[levious]

Pearson is pro-tort reform and anti-"frivolous" lawsuits. His goal is to ultimately prevent people from suing businesses for pretty much any reason. His record shows this.

He doesn't intend to win tihs case or think it's a good idea; in fact, just the opposite.

By acting like such a buffoon, he generates a lot of press and tricks people into thinking, "we need more laws to stop crazy people from filing frivolous lawsuits--like that lawyer who sued over the pair of pants!" Unfortunately this "reform" will come at the expense of legitimate lawsuits, too.

The best thing you can do is to stop giving him and his made-up dog-and-pony case attention.

I don't think he's that easy to read... he doesn't seem stable mentally, his divorce papers tell an odd story. Unless you've read something specifically stating his intentions? Bringing a frivolous lawsuit under false pretenses wouldn't be very smart for his future in the legal world.

 

[Eggo]

He choked up over a pair of pants and this is a judge.. eeek.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070612/ap_on_fe_st/odd_67_million_pants

Manning has said the cleaners made three settlement offers to Pearson, but the judge was not satisfied and increased his demands — including asking for money to rent a car so he could drive to another business.

wtf

 

[Tralfamadore64]

He's weeping over a pair of goddamn pants?

I say this with no intent of future retraction: I wish only the worst for this man. He is a stain on society and deserves neither the position he's achieved nor the money it affords him. Disgust total.

 

[GSG Flash]

The dry cleaner won the case

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-67-million-pants,1,3486494.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

 

[LakeEarth]

Don't worry, there's always appeal. Justice WILL be served.