Taking it to the Cleaners: The Trial

Posted on June 13, 2007 by Eric Suter
Back in April, I looked at the matter of Pearson v. Custom Cleaners.  As you may recall, Pearson is suing his dry cleaners over a lost pair of pants.  He claims damages of $54 million, recently reduced from a high of $65 million.  The matter has gone to trial and, as luck would have it, Emil Steiner of the WaPo's OFF/beat blog is live-blogging the proceedings. 

Yesterday was fascinating and, if you can believe it, Pearson actually broke down on the stand . . .  during a withering direct examination that he conducted upon himself.   And it gets better.  As Overlawyered points out, Pearson managed to coax his own witness into a violation of Godwin's law. 

Do not delay.  Join Emil, start from the beginning, and sip the sweet nectar of sheer absurdity.
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