Problem pants

Washington, June 25 (Reuters): A judge in the US capital lost his $54 million lawsuit today against a dry cleaner over a pair of misplaced pants and will have to pay the defendants’ trial fees.

Roy L. Pearson, an administrative law judge in the district of Columbia, claimed that a “satisfaction guaranteed” sign in Custom Cleaners misled consumers like him.

The judge hearing the case ruled that Pearson did not interpret that sign in a reasonable fashion.

“A reasonable consumer would not interpret ‘Satisfaction Guaranteed’ to mean that a merchant is required to satisfy a customer’s unreasonable demands,” Judge Judith Bartnoff wrote. Bartnoff ruled that Pearson must pay the defendants’ filing fees and other miscellaneous costs for the trial.