Roy Pearson files appeal

I can't believe this guy - he actually filed an appeal!

For those of you who don't know what happened, Roy Pearson is a judge. Sometime ago, he went to his local dry cleaner, a family business run by the Chungs (from Korea I think) to get his trousers altered for approx US$10. The Chung's lost his trousers. After complaining about this, he decided to sue the Chung's ... for US$65 million (although he did graciously lower the requested damages to US$54 million - what a guy!).

And no I didn't make a typo. The numbers you see above are correct.

Luckily, he lost his court case. I wish I could say "Naturally" - however, I don't have enough faith in the US legal system to go that far (j/k!)! Anyway, as a result of this court case, there is a very real chance that he will lose his job. Basically, his frivolous lawsuit raised questions about his judicial temperament.

I would have thought this was a sure indication that his lawsuit was ill-advised. However, the plonker has decided to file an appeal. In doing so, he has rejected the olive branch offered by the Chung's. The Chung's had offered to withdraw the demand that he settle their legal fees in excess of US$80,000 on the proviso that he not lodge an appeal (this may sound suspicious, but bear in mind that the dry cleaners apparently received a chunk of cash from donations to help with their legal costs).

So basically, in lodging this appeal, he is probably going to wrack up well over US$100,000 in legal costs (and lets face it, does anyone see him winning this court case?). Considering he may lose his job, this is not what you would call chump change.

The problem is that the real loser may end up being the Chung's. If Roy Pearson loses his job, then there is a real possibility that he won't be able to pay the legal costs of the Chung's (during the trial, Roy also complained about having financial difficulties as well). If he can't pay the legal costs, then it means that the Chung's, in addition to wasting their time, are going to have to bear the legal costs of this frivolous suit themselves (unless they can get enough money from donations to cover the cost, but lets face it - relying on donations for others is not what you would call sound financial planning!).

Despite this, I sincerely hope that Judge Roy Pearson loses his job and ends up poor, destitute and homeless (hopefully with people spitting on him as they walk past - scum like him fully deserve to be treated like the piece of trash they are). I can't wait for the day when I can say "Roy Pearson was a judge".