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- knucklebusted, on 10/10/2007, -1/+269It is about time! That fellow, as a lawyer and worse as a judge, is part of the problem. How could anyone take him seriously over such a frivolous suit (both meanings)? Any ruling he could weigh in on would be tainted.
- lordtyros, on 10/10/2007, -1/+220In addition, he should lose HIS PANTS
- zestyhedgehog, on 10/10/2007, -6/+182Karma is a bitch, isn't it? As a judge, one should decide the law, not abuse it to the point of ridiculousness.
- mathchemist, on 10/10/2007, -2/+69There *is* justice in the universe!
- GRTWHT, on 10/10/2007, -0/+45Good news - now if only there can be some way to hold him accountable not only for the legal fees incurred by the people he sued, but also for all the public funds wasted by his 'legal tantrum'....THEN, I will celebrate.
- qwickone, on 10/10/2007, -0/+32Just to clarify, he's not exactly out of the job yet. They are issuing a letter of concern about reappointing him. He still has a hearing where he gets to defend his actions and he might still get his job back. Hopefully justice will prevail because he obviously has no place as a judge with his behavior, but this isn't over just yet.
- Error601, on 10/10/2007, -0/+29I think the guy has got be mentally unstable.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+25He should have to pay the Dry Cleaner's owners 54 million. We need a loser pays system for these frivolous lawsuits.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+21He has basically sued The Chung's out of business because he is a moron. If he goes over the edge and eats a shotgun shell at least there won't be another apeal.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+20I think it's extremely likely. At his trial, he CRIED during his testimony about the stress of losing his ***** pants. How such an unstable individual ever got to his position should be investigated, but as I suspect cronyism was involved, the whole thing will be swept under the rug.
- jmpeagle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19not to mention he turned down a settlement of over 15,000 dollars for a pair of pants
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_v._Chung - Cyber_Akuma, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17Couldn't have happened to a more deserving man.
- jerryparid, on 10/10/2007, -3/+18Pray that he will never find a job in the legal profession. This man is clearly evil and has a perverted sense of justice.
- faithfreedom, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16A new meaning of "Sue your pants off"
- Zoshchenko, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14If he does get fired, this will be the only "justice" arising from this stupid case.
- Cyber_Akuma, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14I think it will be a little hard to defend the action of suing a mom-and-pop dry cleaners for $54 million because of a lost pair of pants, especially when he would be presiding over cases like this were he to keep his job.
- FeloniusMonkey, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14A judge who would commit suicide for losing his job should have never been a judge in the first place. Isn't a judge supposed to be of sound mind? As a defendant in a civil suit, would YOU want this judge presiding over YOUR case?
Would you also feel sympathy for any Enron execs who may have felt suicidal because they had to paid the price for all the hardship their unprecedented greed cost their loyal employees? - UglieJosh, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Legal Precedents are, in a round about sense, judge made laws.
- knightboat, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Everyone is digging you down because they haven't lost their souls. Unlike you, they haven't forgotten about the stress and ***** this guy has put on a poor family running an honest business.
But I'm proud of you for so effortlessly translating the act of digging you down into a righteous call for everyone to kill each other off and exist in a state of anarchy. - f0dder, on 10/10/2007, -5/+19His defense still has one "card" left. Where's Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson?
- grayem, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15Ha Haa!
/nelson - masterdbugger, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Judges interpret the law. MOST of us learned that in middle school. YOU fail at civics. Please don't vote.
- Monk22, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13They even found the pants and tried to give them back!
- sgtbutterscotch, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11From another article from the same guy "When he returned, he called that moment when Chung offered him the wrong pants "a Twilight Zone experience," and again, he welled up and had to halt the proceedings. Pearson wanted to submit the remainder of his testimony in writing, but Judge Bartnoff wouldn't hear of it. The trial is expected to end today. Pearson has reduced his claim to $54 million. But he told the judge that he also wants to be awarded attorney's fees, even though he represents himself. He would like to be paid at a rate of between $390 and $425 an hour." I agree; this guy is definitely incompetent.
- Klinky, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Umm CiXeL, this man is the very definition of selfish. He's crazy & is known for outbursts and causing an outlandish suit to be brought against a cleaner who tried to rectify the problem. Yes, let's put him back as a JUDGE, obviously he has shown himself to be fair & balanced. What he tried to do was plan silly. Bad timing? No, because he made his bed and now he gets to sleep in it.
- ifuckurmouth, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12Dear Assclown,
We're crying big crocodile tears for you.
Love,
Digg - imnotdanny, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12after losing his job, he'll probably sue the city for another 50 mil for firing him...
- totorototoro, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Now he can get the mental health care he obviously needs.
- spyrochaete, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Should an emotionally unstable person be deciding people's legal fates?
- zestyhedgehog, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11So, based on your statement if a plaintiff files a tort claim (lets say battery), the judge must decide on constitutionality of the law in question, right? Have you ever heard about judge-made law?
- maxsunset, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Not entirely... The cleaners that were sued, still got hit really hard, despite the fact they won.
- deviantsteve, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9This prick definitely deserves what hes get. How can you trust a JUDGE if he is also one to file frivolous lawsuits?
- Pyehole, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8I think what happened there is this: combine 1 lawyer who is the subject of the news article who deserves ridicule with 1 completely unrelated lawyer who you want to ridicule, add to a large cocktail mixer and shake in order to produce a stupid comment.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8So he kills himself...so what?
Boo hoo. Life didn't treat me as I expected. My wife left me, my favorite pair of pants was lost and I didn't get $54 million for them so now I am going to take my own life!
How many others has he screwed over? I think it's time to investigate the decisions he has made in other people's cases. - mseneschal, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8His behavior goes much deeper than just being a selfish, rude and inconsiderate person. I consider behavior like this to be a form of mental retardation. If human nature acted this way be default, we would have not lasted. His behavior is either a form of mental retardation, or is a birth defect.
- MikeMulligan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Pants made from the shroud of Turin, the Mona Lisa and snow leopard pelts. Doesn't get more expensive than that...it'd be the most baller ***** ever...
- Sommerlost, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Eah, they hung his ass out to dry.
- granolajoe, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7WTF does this have to do with Al Sharpton???
- HarryBauzonia, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Something tells me the divorce was his own damned fault.
No, most of us don't pity ***** who go around causing their own problems and trying to destroy honest people's lives. - BigW, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6He placed a ridiculous value on a pair of PANTS!! His value judgments for everything else have to be called into question.
I mean, what if someone comes before him with a lawsuit over a ruined coat? Would he award that person $100 million? Or maybe he only presides over criminal cases, but woe be onto the person who comes before him for stealing any clothes, I mean, they'd probably get life or something!! - jdoc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6"Separately, Pearson is preparing an appeal of Judge Judith Bartnoff's rejection of his case against the Chungs."
He just won't stop! - Nougat, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6What?
- doctechnical, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Now who's he going to sue for losing his job?
- Tobark, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Good start to the weekend.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Justice has been delivered.
- dgh1973, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Serves his litigious ass right.
- Shawn4168, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Hardly...judges have to be held to certain standards of ethics and character. This lawsuit proved that this judge lacks both.
- sgtbutterscotch, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5He probably had a lifesaving's worth of bribery in the pocket.
- Pfhreak, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Also From TFA: "The total comes close to covering the Chung's bills for the first round of the case, but Pearson's push to appeal the ruling will mean further legal fees for the immigrant family." ... "As satisfying as it would be to see Pearson lose his post over his obsessive pursuit of the Chungs, the downside for the owners of the dry cleaners is that with Pearson out of a job, their chances of ever recovering the court fees that Pearson has already been assessed and the attorney's fees that he may yet be ordered to pay would be severely diminished."
- Beakerz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5At least 3 people already have...
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