It was a summer filled with intern events, scavenging for free food, and seeing what snarky headline (case in point: "Kick in the Pants") the Washington Post could come up with next to describe the absurd $67 million lawsuit that administrative law judge Roy Pearson had launched against Soo and Jin Chung, owners of Custom Cleaners, over a $10 alteration. Pearson, whose own career hangs in the balance after the lawsuit, suceeded in one aspect--today it was announced that the Chungs had been forced to close their shop on Bladensburg Road NE.

The Post details the case:

Public support for the Chungs did come in strong as news coverage of Pearson's wild demands and the D.C. court's failure to nip the case in the bud spread throughout the globe. Both the tort reform lobby and the trial lawyers association denounced Pearson's abuse of the legal system--a rare case of cooperation between sworn enemies. And fundraisers for the Chungs collected enough money--more than $100,000--to cover the family's legal bills.

The Chungs will still work at their original shop Happy Cleaners, on Ninth Street NW. As for Pearson, we haven't heard the last of him yet. Last month he appealed the Superior Court decision rejecting his suit, even after the Chungs dropped their suit against him after enough money was raised to cover their legal bills.