After three years of what many court-watchers considered the definition of frivolous litigation, The Great American Pants Suit has met it’s maker. A former administrative law judge sued his dry cleaner for $54 million over a pair of lost pants, claiming that “This is not a case about a pair of suit pants.” Rather, it is about whether the owners of a neighborhood business misled consumers with a sign that claimed “Satisfaction Guaranteed”.

“There is an unconditional guarantee,” he argued, unless the merchant indicates otherwise.

By Pearson’s interpretation of the sign, the Chungs - the owners of the now-defunct Custom Cleaners - owe him $18,000 for each day the pants were missing over a nearly four-year period. In that time, Pearson’s demand went up to $67 million.”

The three judge panel that was hearing the suit disagreed.

“In today’s opinion, Judge Noel Kramer says Pearson’s argument that a “Satisfaction Guaranteed” sign is an unconditional and unlimited warrant of satisfaction has no basis and that when trial Judge Judith Bartnoff rejected that claim, it showed “basic common sense.”

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