WASHINGTON -- With no other options left, could a $54 million lawsuit over a lost pair of pants head to the U.S. Supreme Court?
That's the decision a former U.S. judge has to make after Monday's ruling by the District's Court of Appeals to deny a request for a second appeals hearing for his lawsuit against an area dry cleaner.
Roy Pearson Jr.'s request for a second hearing before the entire nine-judge panel was rejected Monday.
In December, three judges on the court unanimously rejected Pearson's initial appeal, saying he failed to show the store's promise of "satisfaction guaranteed" amounted to fraud.
None of the remaining six judges objected to the previous ruling, in effect rejecting Pearson's request. Pearson's final option is to request a hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court.
