$65 million pants

Many blogs have already written about this, so I'll keep it short. The Korean drycleaners who got sued by Roy Pearson, a DC administrative judge, finally got their day in court. And it looks like they will come out on top.
Some background: The DC judge, who makes more than $100,000 a year as a city employee, sued the Korean couple for $65 million for losing a pair of his pants. He claims he suffered from mental anguish and spent hundreds of hours filing the claim. He also wants attorney fees reimbursed, although he's representing himself.
In a rare show of unity, trial lawyers and tort reformers have criticized it as the ultimate example of frivolous lawsuits. Koreans in DC and international media are following it closely.
Judge Judith Bartnoff, who's hearing the case, is expected to issue her ruling next week. She may have tipped her hand when she kept warning Pearson - who claimed to be a "private attorney general" representing all consumers in DC - to stop referring himself as "we" and said: "It's also very important that (consumer) statutes like this are not misused."