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# Spots and wrinkles
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/spots-and-wrinkles/
- Published: 2002-11-04T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:50:41.000Z
- Author: John Wood
- Tags: local, Venice, #archive-import

*From the people’s court in the Byron Y. Appleton Honorary Courtroom in Santa Monica.*

Venice-based Globe Cleaners must pay over $500 to a customer they couldn’t satisfy.

Delaney Yerger, of Venice, sued the cleaners last week, saying his tuxedo, ties and shirt were returned to him “in the worst condition,” with spots and wrinkles all over them.

Yerger gave the cleaners a second chance, but said when he returned to retrieve the items, they looked exactly the same.

Having lost faith in the cleaners, Yerger asked for his clothes back. But the cleaners wouldn’t hand over the soiled items unless Yerger paid the $17 bill.

So Yerger forked over the cash, collected his clothes and took them to a different cleaner, where they were laundered to his satisfaction.

And then he took Globe Cleaners to court. Though his clothes weren’t damaged by the cleaners, Yerger, who bills $125 an hour as a freelance paralegal, told the court he should be compensated for time he missed from work, in addition to the $17 bill.

Santa Monica Superior Court Judge Pro Tem William Ireland agreed. He ruled against the cleaners, who did not appear in court, for $517 plus court costs.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 4, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/110402.pdf?ref=smdp.com)