Korean Cleaners Taken to the Cleaners

A South Korean couple who own a dry cleaners in Washington D.C. screwed up by losing a client's pants. Too bad this client happened to be one an expert in torts: Judge Roy L. Pearson Jr. He's now suing them for a reasonable $65,462,500. It's not just the pants, claims the lawsuit. Stuff like emotional distress. It adds up, you know.

Even stranger is that those crazy Koreans thought they could get off easy by settling for $12,000, just a hair more than the total value of the suit, um, $1,100. Understandably, the judge is having none of it.