Pants gone but not forgotton

Good Morning FFP,

Glen will be returning full time soon and I wanted to make sure I let y’all know how much fun I’ve had stopping by and writing here at Full Figure Plus. It’s been a great opportunity for me and I have really enjoyed hearing from you. I hope to be communicating with you again in the land of internet and please feel free to stop by A Celebration of Curves and say hello.

I also wanted to let everyone know that the $54 million pants lawsuit was determined in favor of the dry cleaners and the judge has also told Judge Pearson (who brought the case) that he must pay the Chung family’s (the owners of Custom Cleaners) court costs. Awarding costs is not the same as awarding attorney’s fees–the big financial blow in any legal matter–and Judge Bartnoff said she would make that decision at a later date. The Chungs were laid low by Pearson’s two-year pursuit of the case; their legal fees wiped out their savings and forced them to consider moving back to their native land of South Korea. In addition, as the Chungs’ lawyer, Christopher Manning, pointed out this morning, the Chungs still face the potentially enormous and almost certain costs of defending themselves against an almost-inevitable appeal of Bartnoff’s decision by Pearson. So really, even though the Chung’s won the case it is at a terrible cost.

Meanwhile, a tort reform group is hosting a fundraiser on July 24 to help the Chungs defray their legal expenses. Information at Chung Fundraiser

What do you think of this?