Roy L. Pearson, worldwide symbol of legal abuse

A judge ruled Monday that no pair of pants is worth $54 million, rejecting a lawsuit that took a dry cleaner’s promise of “Satisfaction Guaranteed” to its most litigious extreme. Roy L. Pearson became a worldwide symbol of legal abuse by seeking jackpot justice from a simple complaint – that a neighborhood dry cleaners lost the pants from a new suit and tried to give him a pair that were not his. (read more…)