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You were looking for a place to live?

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He rents rooms?

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I got kicked out.

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- Did you tell him to leave?
- Yes.

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He said, "Get out of my house
and yelled at me."

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- And I did not feel safe.
- My roommates were ready to kill him.

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- Did you call the police?
- Yes, I did.

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He looks like he was high as a kite
on this video.

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Um, boy...

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[announcer] This is Judy Justice.

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[theme music playing]

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[announcer]
Alex Ziegler is suing his former landlord,

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Randy Simpson,

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for motorcycle damages
and a wrongful eviction.

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[Kevin] Court come to order.

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Have a seat, please.

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Case number 1180, Ziegler versus Simpson.

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- Thank you.
- You're welcome.

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[Judge Judy] Mr. Ziegler this is what
I put together from your complaint.

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You were looking for a place to live.

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- You had no place to live?
- Yes.

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[Judge Judy] Mr. Simpson has a house,
and in that house, he rents rooms.

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He has a lot of tenants.

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It's a house that you own,
is that correct?

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- Yes.
- And you've owned it for how long, sir?

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- Thirty years.
- [Judge Judy] Okay.

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Now, he agreed to rent you a space,
he didn't have a bedroom,

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but rented you a space at least
temporarily the beginning of July?

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Yes, July 1st.

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[Judge Judy] And you lived there
for approximately four weeks?

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I got kicked out on August 6th.

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- [Judge Judy] So five weeks?
- Yes.

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[Judge Judy] You claim two things
that he, A, illegally evicted you.

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So you want a lot of money for that.

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And your second cause
of action is that you drive a motorcycle

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and that Mr. Simpson
allowed one of the other tenants,

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someone whose name is Todd,

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that would be you, to drive his truck.

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And Todd knocked over your bike

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- that was parked behind the truck.
- Correct.

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[Judge Judy]
Causing some damage to the bike.

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Now you lived in the house for five weeks.

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And would you stand up?

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Your first name is Todd.
What's your last name?

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Todd Moberly.

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[Judge Judy] Mr. Moberly, you acknowledge
that you knocked over the motorcycle?

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Uh-hmm.

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[Judge Judy] The defense to that,
that Mr. Simpson is raising,

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is that Mr. Ziegler had parked
his motorcycle behind the truck,

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but parked it on the sidewalk
instead of parking it someplace else.

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And I assume you have photographs of that?

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Mr. Simpson,
I assume you have photographs of that?

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Yeah.
We have pictures from the driveway from

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[Judge Judy]
Did you--I'm going to ask Mr. Ziegler.

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What time of the day
did this happen on August 6th?

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This happened late at night,

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probably around 8:30, 9:00.

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Where had you been?

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- Um, so...
- [Judge Judy] No, that's a question.

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That doesn't--that's not a so.

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Where had you been prior to...

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I went to the store
for five minutes and came back.

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[Judge Judy] Just a second.
You took your motorcycle.

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- Where had your motorcycle been parked?
- So the driveway would...

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[Judge Judy] Where had your motorcycle
been parked before you left?

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[Alex] Behind the--right behind the Tahoe.

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- [Judge Judy] Then you moved it?
- I never moved the motorcycle, no.

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You said this incident happened at 8:30.

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I want you to try to concentrate,
Mr. Ziegler.

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I said where were you
before this incident happened at 8:30.

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You said,
"I went to the store for five minutes."

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Before you went to the store,
where was the motorcycle parked?

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Behind the Tahoe on the driveway,
in the driveway.

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And then when you came back
from the store,

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you parked in the same place?

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Um, I actually drove
my car to the store, not my bike.

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And I left my bike behind the Tahoe.

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Where was your car parked?

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On the side of the street
since the driveway was completely full.

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[Judge Judy]
So your car was parked in the street,

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- in a legal parking space?
- Yes.

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[Judge Judy]
You left the bike where it was.

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You took the car
from a legal parking space

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because the driveway was full.

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You went to the store for five minutes,

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8:30, then you came back.

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Did you re-park your car?

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No, I'd--I parked it still on the side
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- where I always parked it.
- [Judge Judy] Okay.

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And you went to the store to get what?

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To get a Gatorade.

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[Judge Judy] When you came home
from getting the Gatorade,

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you just went
to the store to get one Gatorade?

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- Yes, because I was...
- [Judge Judy] Just--you were thirsty.

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When you came home, what did you see?

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I saw my bike on the ground
and Todd trying to pick it up.

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- [Judge Judy] Is that what happened?
- Yeah.

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- Did you pick the bike up?
- I tried to.

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It was a little heavy.
And so he came...

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- Did you pick the bike up?
- Yes.

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[Judge Judy] What did you do with it?

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Um, I moved it,
um, away from the back

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and I put it kinda in the garage,

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in a little space in the garage.

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How did you get it there?

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[Alex] I picked the bike up myself
and brought it into the garage.

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- I didn't drive it or anything...
- [Judge Judy] Just a second.

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You picked it up
and you walked it into the garage?

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- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] Just my own curiosity,

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why would you park your bike

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behind a Tahoe
if there was space in the garage?

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Because I went
to the store real quick and I left my...

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What does that have to do with the bike?

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You took your car to the store.

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You said your bike had been parked
behind the Tahoe

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- because the driveway was full.
- Yeah.

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[Judge Judy] But you just said
that you picked up the bike

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and you walked it into a space
in the garage.

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My question to you is,
if there was a space in the garage,

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why would you park it behind the Tahoe?

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Because I was gonna go for another
bike ride again later in the day.

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Later on in the day?
It was 8:30 at night.

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When were you gonna go
for another bike ride?

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Um, well, because the,
the cars were super close together

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and there is not--it's, it's kinda hard
to maneuver it around those spaces.

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After you moved the bike,
Mr. Ziegler, from behind the Tahoe,

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into a space in the garage,
did you call the police?

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- Yes, I did.
- Why?

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[Alex] Um, to get evidence
that it happened and everything,

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and because that he told me
that later on he first admitted that he...

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[Judge Judy] Oh, no. Just a second.
Just a second.

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So you had a conversation with Todd?

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He couldn't pick the bike up,
he says it was too heavy.

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You picked it up
and you took it into the space.

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- Did you have a conversation with him?
- Yes.

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Tell me about the conversation
that you had

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at 8:30 at night after you came home
from getting a Gatorade.

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So first he was telling me that,
you know, he's responsible for it...

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[Judge Judy] No, no, you said to him,
"What happened?"

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You know, so far,
I'm not following your whole story.

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- Yes.
- You do understand that?

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- [Alex] Yes.
- Okay.

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He looks like he was high as a kite
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and if you allowed him
access to that car...

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Uh-hmm.

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You're responsible for this damage.

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[announcer] And later today.

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When your body slammed into her car,

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- it created a dent in the car.
- That is correct.

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Causing damage to the car,
that's why the plaintiff is here.

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[announcer] Alex Ziegler claims
his former landlord, Randy Simpson,

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owes for motorcycle damages,
and the cost of a wrongful eviction.

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[Judge Judy]
So, you say to him, "What happened?"

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He said, "I didn't see your bike
behind the Tahoe

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'cause it was dark." Right?
Is that what he said?

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- Yes.
- I assumed that that's what he said.

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- Uh-hmm.
- And you said to him--

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I'm, I'm still not figuring out
why the police were called.

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Okay.
'Cause then later on, he said...

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[Judge Judy] Later on when?

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Um, about 20 minutes after this happened,

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he said,
"I will not pay for the bike." And...

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[Judge Judy] Just a second.

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So now you're inside the house,

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you've had your Gatorade,
your bike is in the garage.

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- Uh-hmm.
- Your car is parked on the street,

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you have another conversation with him
in the house.

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Tell me what--you were in the living room,
what--where were you?

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[Alex] So I was actually outside
looking at the bike,

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looking at the damages,
assessing how much the damages would be.

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And, um,
I told him how much it would be...

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[Judge Judy]
Well, what did you tell him it would be?

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I said it would be roughly--
a rough estimate

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- would be around a thousand dollars.
- [Judge Judy] Okay.

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So you said it'll cost
about a thousand dollars to fix it.

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- And what did he say?
- [Alex] He said,

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"Well, you shouldn't have parked the bike
behind there,

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- so I don't owe you anything." And...
- [Judge Judy] Okay.

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Yeah, that's it.
And but previously, I let him know...

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[Judge Judy] You shouldn't have--
you should--just a second.

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Okay.

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So you said "You shouldn't
have parked the bike back there,

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- I don't owe you anything."
- Uh-hmm.

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- [Judge Judy] Well, that's a lawsuit.
- Yes.

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- And you called the police?
- Uh-hmm.

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Can I see
the police report that you filed?

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[Alex] Yes, I have a video too
of the whole thing going down as well,

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if you want to see some clips.

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- On my phone.
- Tell me what they're of.

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[Alex] Okay. They're of him
admitting to hitting the bike.

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[Judge Judy]
He admitted he hit the bike?

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[Alex] Yes, and it's him admitting

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that I told him previously
not to go anywhere

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and I would be back in five minutes
that the--my bike was behind the Tahoe.

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- You have that on your phone?
- Yes.

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- That I'd like to see.
- [Alex] Definitely.

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[Judge Judy] And I'd like
to see the police report here.

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So it's these two, this one and this one.

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That's the first one.

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And then the police report, there.

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"Took place in the driveway."
That's what it says.

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Remarks it took place in the driveway.

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I'd like to see.

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Got it.

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Okay. So, the problem, Mr. Simpson,

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- is it's your car, you got the insurance?
- Yes.

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He looks like he was high as
a kite on this video.

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Uh-hmm.

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[Judge Judy]
And if you allowed him access to that car,

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you're responsible for this damage.

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- Probably was.
- [Judge Judy] You were?

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Well, he probably was, and you are.

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So you have an estimate to fix the bike?

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- [Alex] Yes, I do.
- I'd like to see it.

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Have you had it fixed?

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[Alex] Yes, it got done
with the shop a couple days ago.

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[Judge Judy] Well, this is the estimate.
How much was it?

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[Alex] That's the final.
I have a text message that shows it.

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Just tell me what the final invoice was.

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It was the 1,134.

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[Judge Judy]
Now your case is for unlawful eviction?

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- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] After this incident,

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the police were called,

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and I want you to tell me your version

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of what happened with Mr. Simpson.

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So after the police were called,
I went inside, you know, inside the house,

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going towards my room where his room's
right across the hall from mine.

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And so he said "Alex,
come step in my room." And so I did.

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And he said,
"In my 30 years of living here,

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I've never had someone call the police."

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And he said, "Get out of my house."
And yelled at me.

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And I did not feel safe
and that's when I called my buddy

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Jayden and let him know the incident

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and asked
if I could spend the night at his house.

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[Judge Judy] After the incident,
he's going towards his room,

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you call him into your room?

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This is the third time Mr. Ziegler's

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called the police to my house.

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[Judge Judy] In the five weeks
he's living there?

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[Randy] Yeah.
Uh-hmm.

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And my roommates
were ready to kill him, so...

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[Judge Judy] Okay. So he...

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- I have some written testament.
- [Judge Judy] No, no, no, no.

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I don't read written testimony
from people who aren't here.

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[Randy] Yeah, I understand.

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[Judge Judy] Okay.
Did you tell him to leave?

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Yes. Uh-hmm.

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[Judge Judy]
And you went to stay with a friend?

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- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] You moved in on the 1st.

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You were paying a couple of hundred
dollars but then you moved

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into a room
for four-hundred dollars a month?

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- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] Correct?

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On what day in July
did you start to pay $400 a month?

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So, well, it was $200, the agreement,
the verbal agreement

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with Randy, but at the end,
I actually asked for my money back

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'cause I just paid him
for the beginning month of August.

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And he's--he, he was telling me, he--

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well, he should be charging 400
instead of 200.

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But our agreement was $200.

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Did he give you any money back for August?

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- He did not.
- [Judge Judy] Did you pay August's rent?

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- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] How much did you pay?

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Two-hundred dollars.

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[Judge Judy] You moved
from a loft area to a room?

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- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] That's why

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he was increasing your rent to $400.

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Where are you living now, Mr. Ziegler?

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Um, I'm living in Lehigh,
I have my own place and an apartment.

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And how much was your rent there?

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[Alex] Uh, it was 700.

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[Judge Judy] So it was much more money?

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- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] Stayed by yourself?

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- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] Mr. Simpson,

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you have a lot of people
living in your house?

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- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] Clearly,

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you are responsible for Mr. Ziegler's

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damage to his motorcycle,
because it's your car

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and you allowed somebody
who lives with you to drive that car,

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who acknowledges that he forgot

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that he was told,

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"Don't move the truck,
because my motorcycle is there."

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He acknowledges it on tape,

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he acknowledges it, Mr. Simpson, on tape.

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And it's your car.

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So you're responsible for the damage.

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And I believe you're also responsible

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for his month's rent at this new place.

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You're living in another place now
that you like better?

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- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] Okay.

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I'm giving the $700 that you paid in rent
for the month because he should've given

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you 30 days' notice, 4, 3,

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8--1834, judgment for the plaintiff.

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We're done.
Thank you.

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[Kevin] Court is adjourned.

295
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I was in a Tahoe
and the motorcycle sits lower

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than the back window of the Tahoe.

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It's crazy, it's nuts.

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Uh, I didn't see him park it
on the sidewalk.

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I am glad I am out of there.

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[Sarah] You know,
the more cases we do like this,

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the more I appreciate
your wisdom to always live alone

302
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if you can because problems
arise all the time.

303
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Yeah, sometimes
it's lonely but a lot less drama.

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Uh-hmm.

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Case number 1171,
Crockom versus Costalez.

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Please step forward.

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[announcer] Jazzulyn Crockom
is suing her neighbor,

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Dominic Costalez

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for car damages after Dominic slipped
and fell into her car.

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I'm gonna start with you, Mr. Costalez,

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because there are certain things
that are not disputed in this case.

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Your body slammed
into the plaintiff's parked car.

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That's correct.

314
00:14:18,325 --> 00:14:19,759
- Okey-dokey.
- Uh-hmm.

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It's an interesting defense.

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00:14:21,294 --> 00:14:24,531
I mean, it's some sort of a defense.

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It doesn't fly here as a defense...

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but it's a defense.

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[announcer] Jazzulyn Crockom
claims her neighbor Dominic Costalez

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owes for car damages.

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00:14:49,422 --> 00:14:52,025
Dominic says he fell and hit her car

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but only because it was illegally parked.

323
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She wasn't in the car at the time?

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00:14:57,097 --> 00:14:57,931
That's correct.

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[Judge Judy] When your body slammed
into her car,

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it created a dent in the car.

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00:15:03,670 --> 00:15:06,706
- That is correct.
- Causing damage to the car.

328
00:15:06,773 --> 00:15:09,709
- That's why the plaintiff is here.
- That's correct.

329
00:15:09,776 --> 00:15:11,611
[Judge Judy] This happened on what date?

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August 21st, 2020.

331
00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:15,882
- [Judge Judy] 2020?
- Correct.

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00:15:15,949 --> 00:15:18,251
Do you have a photograph
of the damage to the car?

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00:15:18,318 --> 00:15:19,152
Yes, I do.

334
00:15:19,219 --> 00:15:20,787
[Judge Judy]
I'd like to take a look at it.

335
00:15:32,465 --> 00:15:35,035
Oh, that's a bad dent.

336
00:15:35,101 --> 00:15:36,202
What year car is this?

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2013.

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- [Judge Judy] What kind?
- Dodge Challenger.

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- Have you had it for long?
- About four years.

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- You still have it?
- Yes.

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00:15:44,411 --> 00:15:46,880
[Judge Judy] You were in a complex
where you live?

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00:15:46,946 --> 00:15:48,214
- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] And according

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to what I read,
you were in the pool area?

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- [Jazzulyn] Correct.
- [Judge Judy] Anybody with you?

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00:15:52,319 --> 00:15:54,821
[Jazzulyn] My children
and a few other tenants.

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- What time of the day?
- Around 4:30.

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And what were you doing in the complex?

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[Dominic] I'm groundskeeper,
and manager of the complex.

349
00:16:01,428 --> 00:16:02,762
What were you doing at 4:30?

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[Dominic] Um, I opened my door,
and I was about...

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- [Judge Judy] You opened the door.
- Yeah.

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00:16:07,701 --> 00:16:09,369
- Of your own apartment?
- [Dominic] Yes, ma'am.

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00:16:09,436 --> 00:16:12,072
And then, uh, the puppy got out--
at the time,

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it was a puppy, puppy got out and...

355
00:16:14,441 --> 00:16:15,942
- [Judge Judy] Whose puppy?
- My mom's.

356
00:16:16,009 --> 00:16:17,811
- Does your mother live with you?
- No, she does not.

357
00:16:17,877 --> 00:16:19,212
[Judge Judy] So you were puppy-sitting?

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- Puppy-sitting.
- [Judge Judy] For how long?

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- Just for two days.
- Where was your mother?

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00:16:22,816 --> 00:16:25,785
[Dominic] She's in, um, Nevada,
uh, Las Vegas.

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[Judge Judy] How old is the puppy?

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She was at the time,
about four months, three months.

363
00:16:29,622 --> 00:16:30,824
[Judge Judy] Well,
there's a difference between two...

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- About four months.
- What kind of dog?

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[Dominic] Siberian husky.

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[Judge Judy] So a big puppy.

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00:16:35,762 --> 00:16:37,063
Yeah, medium-sized, yeah.

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00:16:37,130 --> 00:16:39,199
Puppy got out
and you were chasing the puppy?

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00:16:39,265 --> 00:16:40,567
Yup.

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All around the complex?

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[Dominic] Kind of, yeah.
It was pretty fast.

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[Judge Judy] And it was at that time
that you slammed into the plaintiff's car?

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Um, yes.

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00:16:48,842 --> 00:16:53,179
[Judge Judy] And now
I'm going to ask you to tell me,

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why you think that you're
not responsible for this damage?

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00:16:56,282 --> 00:16:59,219
I've read it, but I want you to tell me.

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[Dominic] Okay.
Well, where she was parked

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at the time, is a fire lane,

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where you're not supposed to park at.

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00:17:05,023 --> 00:17:07,026
And there's been photographs

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of her being tagged not to park there.

382
00:17:09,796 --> 00:17:12,866
And when I went to chase the puppy,
I slipped on the gravel,

383
00:17:12,932 --> 00:17:14,267
on the rocks next to the car,

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and that's when my body went into the car

385
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accidentally and damaged the--
I don't dispute that I did not do that,

386
00:17:19,939 --> 00:17:20,906
I did that part,

387
00:17:20,973 --> 00:17:23,143
but the part is the fact
that where she was parked at,

388
00:17:23,209 --> 00:17:24,042
if her car wasn't there
in the first place,

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00:17:24,109 --> 00:17:25,211
it would have never happened.

390
00:17:25,278 --> 00:17:27,914
That's what I read as your defense.

391
00:17:27,981 --> 00:17:30,884
So your defense was the car
was parked in the wrong place.

392
00:17:30,950 --> 00:17:31,918
- Uh-hmm.
- [Judge Judy] And if it had not

393
00:17:31,985 --> 00:17:33,420
- been parked there...
- Uh-hmm.

394
00:17:33,486 --> 00:17:35,121
...you would've slipped and fallen

395
00:17:35,188 --> 00:17:36,723
but you would've fallen
on the ground instead?

396
00:17:36,790 --> 00:17:38,057
[Dominic] Yes.
Yes.

397
00:17:38,124 --> 00:17:39,392
[Judge Judy] And not damaged her car?

398
00:17:39,459 --> 00:17:40,293
[Dominic] Absolutely right.

399
00:17:40,360 --> 00:17:43,229
Okey-dokey.
That's an interesting defense.

400
00:17:43,296 --> 00:17:46,065
I mean, it's some sort of a defense,

401
00:17:46,132 --> 00:17:50,336
it doesn't fly here as a defense,
but it's a defense.

402
00:17:53,473 --> 00:17:56,209
The proximate cause of her car
becoming damaged

403
00:17:56,276 --> 00:17:58,978
was your body falling into it,
and the proximate cause

404
00:17:59,045 --> 00:18:02,816
of your body falling into her car
was because you negligently

405
00:18:02,882 --> 00:18:05,852
let the puppy out of the apartment,
that was the reason.

406
00:18:05,919 --> 00:18:08,455
You know, if the puppy ran out
into the street

407
00:18:08,521 --> 00:18:10,690
and ran in front of a car,

408
00:18:10,757 --> 00:18:14,227
and the car swerved and hit a child,

409
00:18:14,294 --> 00:18:16,996
who was crossing in the middle
of the street,

410
00:18:17,063 --> 00:18:19,299
you would say, "That's not my fault."

411
00:18:19,365 --> 00:18:22,101
Because the child was crossing
in the middle of the street,

412
00:18:22,168 --> 00:18:25,472
if the child wasn't crossing
in the middle of the street,

413
00:18:25,538 --> 00:18:27,307
he wouldn't have gotten hurt.

414
00:18:28,541 --> 00:18:30,577
You're negligent and let the dog out,

415
00:18:30,643 --> 00:18:32,579
it was what we call an accident.

416
00:18:32,645 --> 00:18:33,513
Uh-hmm.

417
00:18:33,580 --> 00:18:36,483
[Judge Judy] It wasn't an on-purpose,
but it was your fault.

418
00:18:36,549 --> 00:18:38,785
More than her fault, was your fault.

419
00:18:38,852 --> 00:18:41,554
If you hadn't let the dog out
and if her car was parked

420
00:18:41,621 --> 00:18:43,490
in the fire lane,
she could've gotten a ticket.

421
00:18:43,556 --> 00:18:44,757
She could've gotten towed,

422
00:18:44,824 --> 00:18:46,926
but she wouldn't have had
a dent in her car.

423
00:18:46,993 --> 00:18:52,932
Now can I see an estimate
for the damage, please?

424
00:18:52,999 --> 00:18:55,068
Did you try to discuss

425
00:18:55,134 --> 00:18:57,337
with the defendant paying for the damage?

426
00:18:57,403 --> 00:18:59,105
Yes, I did.

427
00:18:59,172 --> 00:19:00,306
And what happened?

428
00:19:00,373 --> 00:19:03,176
[Jazzulyn] He admitted to damaging
the car and he said

429
00:19:03,243 --> 00:19:04,711
he would pay for the damages.

430
00:19:04,777 --> 00:19:06,012
- [Judge Judy] He did?
- Yes.

431
00:19:06,079 --> 00:19:08,114
Did you ever tell you
would pay for the damages?

432
00:19:08,181 --> 00:19:09,949
Well, first of all, she didn't approach me

433
00:19:10,016 --> 00:19:11,551
with the estimate of her car.

434
00:19:11,618 --> 00:19:14,888
Her boyfriend at the time
or her husband at the time,

435
00:19:14,954 --> 00:19:18,791
or still the time,
came to my door an estimate of $500.

436
00:19:18,858 --> 00:19:21,094
And from what I'm hearing now it's $2,500.

437
00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:22,662
So I don't know
how that jumped up to that, I don't...

438
00:19:22,729 --> 00:19:24,030
[Judge Judy] I don't know either.

439
00:19:24,097 --> 00:19:26,900
Was the original estimate that
you had $500?

440
00:19:26,966 --> 00:19:28,134
Yes.

441
00:19:28,201 --> 00:19:32,338
It was originally $500 because
that was just, like a quick look at it.

442
00:19:32,405 --> 00:19:33,540
Whose quick look at it?

443
00:19:33,606 --> 00:19:36,609
[Jazzulyn] The first estimate
that we obtained.

444
00:19:36,676 --> 00:19:38,611
Well, if you got a first estimate of $500,

445
00:19:38,678 --> 00:19:39,679
why don't I have that?

446
00:19:39,746 --> 00:19:42,048
Because that shop is not open anymore.

447
00:19:42,115 --> 00:19:44,183
[Judge Judy] There's a big difference
between $500

448
00:19:44,250 --> 00:19:47,120
and what you're suing him for,
which is $2,500.

449
00:19:47,186 --> 00:19:50,657
Would you look up the value of a 2013--
what kind of car?

450
00:19:50,723 --> 00:19:52,825
- Dodge Challenger.
- [Judge Judy] Dodge Challenger.

451
00:19:52,892 --> 00:19:54,427
You have a full view of the car?

452
00:19:54,494 --> 00:19:55,328
[Jazzulyn] Um...

453
00:19:55,395 --> 00:19:58,398
Rather than just this
what you're showing me?

454
00:19:58,464 --> 00:20:02,502
[Jazzulyn] No,
I don't have that printed out.

455
00:20:02,569 --> 00:20:04,871
So based upon a hundred thousand mile,

456
00:20:04,938 --> 00:20:07,640
uh, estimate, it's ten thousand
to thirteen thousand.

457
00:20:08,775 --> 00:20:10,276
[Judge Judy] Did you have it fixed?

458
00:20:11,411 --> 00:20:13,713
When we hesitate, we have a problem.

459
00:20:13,780 --> 00:20:14,747
Do you understand?

460
00:20:14,814 --> 00:20:16,349
Did you have it fixed?

461
00:20:16,416 --> 00:20:18,885
- No.
- [Judge Judy] Why?

462
00:20:18,952 --> 00:20:20,853
[Jazzulyn] I didn't want
my insurance company to pay for it

463
00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:24,057
because I didn't want my premiums
and monthly cost to go up.

464
00:20:24,123 --> 00:20:24,958
Well, that's a problem.

465
00:20:25,024 --> 00:20:26,826
- Do you have a deductible?
- Yes.

466
00:20:26,893 --> 00:20:28,328
[Judge Judy] How much is your deductible?

467
00:20:28,394 --> 00:20:29,696
A thousand dollars.

468
00:20:29,762 --> 00:20:31,564
That's what you have insurance for.

469
00:20:31,631 --> 00:20:35,435
And the accident was not your fault,
your premium shouldn't go up at all.

470
00:20:35,501 --> 00:20:37,904
You better be able to get
the car fixed for a thousand dollars

471
00:20:37,971 --> 00:20:40,273
'cause that's all you're getting
from the defendant.

472
00:20:40,340 --> 00:20:42,775
Judgment for the plaintiff
in the amount of a thousand dollars.

473
00:20:42,842 --> 00:20:44,077
We're finished.
Thank you very much.

474
00:20:44,143 --> 00:20:45,545
[Kevin] Court is adjourned.

475
00:20:46,946 --> 00:20:48,948
I'm satisfied I'll get something
out of it.

476
00:20:49,015 --> 00:20:50,783
I actually don't remember,
it's like a football catch

477
00:20:50,850 --> 00:20:52,986
or tackling somebody.
It's pretty tough.

478
00:20:53,052 --> 00:20:54,220
Time to get my car fixed.

479
00:20:54,287 --> 00:20:56,589
My shoulder hit that
and it got a big bruise on after that.

480
00:20:58,024 --> 00:20:59,759
[Sarah] Another case
where my father's saying

481
00:20:59,826 --> 00:21:03,096
comes in perfectly,
"Is it more your fault than my fault?

482
00:21:03,162 --> 00:21:06,633
Because if so, you take responsibility
and accountability."

483
00:21:06,699 --> 00:21:09,702
Even in an accident,
even in something that, like you said,

484
00:21:09,769 --> 00:21:12,972
not on purpose, but accidents happen,

485
00:21:13,039 --> 00:21:14,340
you have to be responsible for that.

486
00:21:14,407 --> 00:21:17,076
That's why they call it an accident.

487
00:21:17,143 --> 00:21:18,044
Not an on-purpose.

488
00:21:18,111 --> 00:21:19,345
Uh-hmm.

489
00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:22,215
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490
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491
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