camoor
06-06-2008, 01:27 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. Roy Pearson, the District of Columbia Administrative judge who filed suit against his drycleaner for $54 million last year, is at it again. Having lost both his lawsuit and his job as a result of the alleged loss of a single pair of pants, Pearson is suing to get his job back.
A judicial commission rejected Pearson’s reappointment to a second 10-year term last year after a long review. Sources told the Washington Examiner that he was fired because his behavior in the case and in his own courtroom showed a lack of judicial judgment and temperament.
"He lost his job because he proved he did not have the legal requirements to fill the job, namely a judicial temperament," says Darren McKinney, spokesman for the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA).
Now, Pearson claims he suffered "humiliation" and "emotional distress" in a new lawsuit seeking reinstatement and at least $825,000 in damages. Pearson claims in a 52-page filing that he was wrongfully dismissed as a result of his exposing corruption in D.C.’s Office of Administrative Hearings.
http://www.americandrycleaner.com/article.cfm?articleID=17689
A judicial commission rejected Pearson’s reappointment to a second 10-year term last year after a long review. Sources told the Washington Examiner that he was fired because his behavior in the case and in his own courtroom showed a lack of judicial judgment and temperament.
"He lost his job because he proved he did not have the legal requirements to fill the job, namely a judicial temperament," says Darren McKinney, spokesman for the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA).
Now, Pearson claims he suffered "humiliation" and "emotional distress" in a new lawsuit seeking reinstatement and at least $825,000 in damages. Pearson claims in a 52-page filing that he was wrongfully dismissed as a result of his exposing corruption in D.C.’s Office of Administrative Hearings.
http://www.americandrycleaner.com/article.cfm?articleID=17689