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$54M Pants Party Helps Pay Legal Fees

Slacks are most famous guest at fundraiser for dry cleaners

By Heather McPherson, Newser User

Posted Jul 25, 2007 12:40 PM CDT

(Newser) – A guard stood watch over the most expensive pair of pants in the world at a fundraiser yesterday evening in Washington. Guests sipped cocktails, nibbled appetizers, and took photos with the notorious garment, which was so important to its original owner that he sued his dry cleaners for $54 million. He lost, but the cleaners still have legal bills.

Jin Nam Chung and Soo Chung owe their lawyers $100,000,the AP reports. Organizers used the event, which attracted guests from all over the country, to help chip away at the bill and raise awareness of tort reform. Donations hit $64,000, which will go to charity if the court requires the plaintiff to pay their tab, as the Chungs have requested.

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William Roberts guards the contentious '$54 million pants' during a fundraiser to help Soo and Jin Chung, owners of a Washington dry cleaning business, pay their legal bills at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce... (Associated Press)

Administrative law judge Roy Pearson, left, is questioned by a member of the media as he leaves court after the second day of his lawsuit in Washington in this Wednesday, June 13, 2007 file photo. A judge... (Associated Press)

In this courtroom sketch, Judge Roy Pearson, left, who is suing Jin Nam Chung, seated at center right, and his wife Ki, seated 2nd right, for $54 million for what he calls "misleading signage" at their... (Associated Press)

Jin Nam Chung and Ki Chung stand inside of their dry cleaning business, Custom Cleaners, in Washington on Wednesday, May 2, 2007. The Chung's are being sued for 65 million dollars over a contentious pair... (Associated Press)

Holding the pair of pants that had been the center of a lawsuit filed against him, Jin Chung, center, and Soo Chung, right greet supporters during a fundraiser held to help the dry cleaners pay their... (Associated Press)

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$54M Pants Party Helps Pay Legal Fees