All Episodes Talk: All Rise

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Dead Tree Catastrophe -Plaintiff Albert Slechten suing defendant Terry Rogers for a tree branch falling on his vehicle, when defendant trimmed the tree.  Plaintiff was taking down a tree, had a rope stretched across the road to pull the tree down.   Rope stretched across the street, and tied end of rope to his son’s pickup truck, around a good tree, and use it to leverage the dead tree down.   Defendant claims he put cones out to stop traffic, but there is no proof of the cones.   Defendant’s son gunned the pickup, and the falling tree fell on plaintiff’s Silverado pickup truck.   

Defendant claims he and his son stopped traffic, then son hopped in pickup truck, gunned it and tree fell on plaintiff’s truck.   Plaintiff stopped when he got to the chain/rope across the street, and the tree fell on him. 

Defendant’s son didn’t come to court.   Defendant’s witness, neighbor Stephanie, took a video of the entire incident.  Defendant claims plaintiff went around stopped traffic, and traffic triangles, and cones.  Defendant didn’t have a permit to stop traffic.  Plaintiff says he was the only vehicle going in either direction on the road at the time of the accident.    Plaintiff did see a triangle.    Defendant witness Stephanie, lives on the property with the dead tree.    The video shows a huge tree, very rotten, being taken down.    Defendant is a part-time tree trimmer.    

$1748 to plaintiff.

Ex-Lover Battle- Plaintiff Devin Harris suing defendant/ex-girlfriend Jasmine Penn for a rental car and loan.  Defendant is counter suing for unpaid rent, and lease breaking fees (she couldn't afford the rent by herself).     Defendant moved into apartment intending to get a roommate, but never did, then plaintiff moved in.     Litigants were living together, in defendant's apartment, but plaintiff didn't pay rent or utilities.    Plaintiff claims he made a loan to defendant, and he rented a rental car for defendant that was damaged, for $1500.  They only lived together for two or three months.   

When defendant broke the lease, both litigants moved to his parent's house.  Defendant didn't mention the shacking up at plaintiff's mom's house after the lease was broken.   Defendant also had a young child in this messy relationship.   

$200 to defendant for utilities.  This is crossed out, because she was supposed to pay his mother for utilities, when defendant and child lived with his mother, but only paid for one month.     Rental car was for three months, used by defendant while they were at plaintiff's mother's house.  Defendant claims she was just an additional driver on the rental, and plaintiff drove it while his was in the shop.   

Plaintiff receives $1510 for the rental car.

Second (2014)-

Babysitting Danger -Plaintiff /former nanny Kara Simpson suing defendant/father of kids Matthew Ellwood for unpaid babysitting fees.     Plaintiff was nanny/babysitter for defendant’s two children.   Children are 5 -years-old, and 20 months-old.    When defendant’s ex, mother of kids, she smelled pot on nanny, she reported it to CPS.    Plaintiff only babysat for five days total, for $100 a day.   Plaintiff claims she babysat for 8 days, which turns out to be 6 days.          Defendant claims plaintiff was reported to CPS for smoking Weed by his ex-wife, mother of kids.    Defendant claims after he fired her, she called and texted over 40 times to demand her money, showed at his house high on meth (or is it stoned?).

The last day the plaintiff was supposed to get paid, she didn’t take her $20 stroller.  But both CPS, and police showed up after she left because of the CPS report about Weed use.    Later, when plaintiff showed to get her money, defendant says she was high on meth, and admitted it. 

$140 for plaintiff. 

Horse Lands in Pool -Plaintiff Deborah and John Adent suing defendant /horse owner Howard Delaney over defendant’s horse ending up in pool plaintiff’s pool after a bad wind storm.  Defendant says the predecessors at plaintiff’s home took down the chain link fence, and put up a privacy fence instead, and the wooden fence was the one that failed during the wind storm.   So, no fence around the pool, or on the fence line means horse ended up in the pool.  

Plaintiff’s privacy fence was the one that failed, and blame defendant for the horse.    This is in Washington is a fence in state, meaning the animal owner is responsible to fence their animals in.  However, plaintiffs made no effort to fix the wooden fence, and after fence was blown down, they did nothing.     The fence failing was an Act of God, and not defendant’s fault, or his fence.    However, I think defendant should put up a fence slightly on his side of the property line, to keep his horse or horses in, so one doesn’t get out on the road, or fall in the pool again.  

Defendant in the hall-terview says the plaintiffs actually took down his temporary fence when he was building a permanent fence, and didn’t bother to tell him they were removing the fence, so horse got out again.  Defendant also says plaintiffs are suing the neighbor on the other side about something also.

Plaintiffs’ case dismissed.

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2017)-

 BB Gun Play Date with Dad Gone Wrong-Plaintiff Tina Burke suing ex-boyfriend Ryan Kelsay for vandalizing her car after an argument.     Litigants have one 8-year-old together, and defendant has two other sons.   

Plaintiff claims it's been about two years since the defendant spent time with their 8-year- old child.     Plaintiff says the defendant was going to keep the son until almost 9 p.m.  Defendant's idea of quality time is shooting BB guns with dad.   But the defendant didn't want to keep the 8-year-old until 9 p.m., so he drove the kid home.    Defendant claims that he had to help someone move that evening, and that's why he wanted the son gone, but he finally admits that a lie.   

After father and son visited, the plaintiff/mother had a date, and defendant wanted son gone, so he drove the son home to mother's place.    The litigants start arguing, defendant grabbed plaintiff's car keys, and threw them the empty lot next door, and then defendant keyed her car.   

Doofus defendant has a 19-year-old, who doesn't live with him, and a 12-year-old son that does live full time with defendant. 

Defendant claims plaintiff dropped charges, but there is no proof, and plaintiff said she didn't.   

$549 to plaintiff.

Bullets and Boyfriends-Plaintiff Tariq Riddle suing defendant/former roommate Darrell Gast for stealing his TV, and borrowing his car, and returning it riddled with bullet holes.    Defendant says he went to the grocery store, but instead went to pick up his brother, and go see the brother's girlfriend.    When defendant's younger brother went to the girlfriend's place, there was an argument.  Then, bullets started flying.

As JJ point out, if defendant had only gone to Publix, (a lovely grocery store, that does not have flying bullets in their parking lot), as planned, the car would not have been riddled with bullets.      Funny note, defendant is getting subtitles, since he won't stop mumbling.  

Plaintiff receives $2700 for car damage, and the TV. 

Second (2017)-

Stuck With the Bill Behind Bars-Plaintiff Travis Conwell suing defendant/ex-girlfriend Shabarbara Jackson  for a cable bill defendant put in his name, while he was incarcerated, plus his clothes and tools.      Plaintiff agreed to cable bill in his name, as long as defendant paid the bill, because they were going to live together when he left jail (that didn't happen).     

Defendant says plaintiff asked for care packages from the commissary at prison.   Defendant claims plaintiff said he would pay her back for the packages out of his income tax refund.   Defendant says all she has left that belongs to the plaintiff is a drill.  (You can't tell me defendant didn't sell plaintiff's tools).  JJ doesn’t seem to understand what a nice pair of Timberland boots cost the plaintiff.

Plaintiff gets his drill back, and other bills cancel each other out. 

Lyrical Lips Singer Scam-Plaintiff Lyrical Lips, (real name Aqusiha Regins)  )suing former business partners /defendants promoter and manager, Andray Higgins and Herman Starks for death threats, breach of contract, and other garbage.    Everyone claims they were defamed.   Plaintiff is a so-called singer (fortunately, on JJ's show I don't have to hear her sing).     Plaintiff claims defendants were supposed to pay half for everything.   Plaintiff's performing name is "Lyrical Lips".    There were no proceeds to split, and the only recording was a single song.   There is a 3-album minimum to make the contract in effect.   

It only cost $40 to produce the one song.   Plus, it costs plaintiff $50 for some appearance, but she was supposed to sell a certain number of tickets to pay this, and she didn't sell any tickets.      Plaintiff had to pay for her hair and makeup, for publicity photos, photos were paid for the photo shoot.    Plaintiff wants graphics for a non-existent album cover.   Plaintiff paid $20 for studio time, and defendants paid over $200 for the single song recording session.    Plaintiff claims she had a photo shoot at the defendant's request, and claims defendant never paid for the photos.   However, defendant has proof he paid for the photo shoot.   (Isn't it illegal to pay a radio station or DJ to play your music?   It's called Payola). 

Case is dismissed, and plaintiff gets $20.      (Why am I suspicious that Lyrical Lips came on this show for publicity?)

[KittyQ]

25 minutes ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

Defendant says all she has left that belongs to the plaintiff is a drill.  (You can't tell me defendant didn't sell plaintiff's tools).  JJ doesn’t seem to understand what a nice pair of Timberland boots cost the plaintiff.

Plaintiff gets his drill back, and other bills cancel each other out. 

The faces that the defendant made were enough to convince me that she thinks she's put one over on everyone. I also believe that she sold whatever she could.

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Father Protects Drunk Daughter?  – Plaintiff /father Ron Pendley suing defendants daughter Rachel Penley and boyfriend Stephen Latting for unpaid damages, rent, and over an assault.  Plaintiff claims daughter was assaulted, and choked by boyfriend.      Defendants have a 2-year-old, and a 1-year-old together, during the drinking and argument, grandchildren were with Stephen’s parents.    This all happened on boyfriend’s birthday, they were both drinking a lot, and Rachel was drunk.    Then, plaintiff father claims defendant boyfriend assaulted the daughter, but boyfriend claims Rachel was very drunk, fell, and he was picking her up, not assaulting her.  

Rachel claims she was so drunk that she doesn’t remember the fight, just the father interceding.  

Plaintiff put up the security, utility deposits, and other expenses for the rental house defendants live in.

Assault is downplayed by defendant Latting, and plaintiff claims it was a violent assault.   Defendant Latting admits to shoving plaintiff, and putting him in a headlock or choke hold.   Photos of plaintiff after the assault are awful.  

Plaintiff receives $1,000 security deposit, $2500 for the assault, so $3500.   

Car-Kicking Tantrum    -Plaintiff/driver Scott Mason, and (wife and also on car title) Mary Mason suing defendant  Briana Gomez for a fender bender.   Plaintiff was driving, parked at a parking garage, defendant was driving a rental car, and defendant didn't take a damage waiver.   Defendant claims she was terrified of plaintiff, and plaintiff's little son was there too. 

Defendant was backing into the parking space next to plaintiff's car, and when plaintiff returned to his car there were two notes, one from Santa Monica Police department.  Plaintiff was cited for parking by backing into the parking space.   Defendant also backed into her space, then a passersby told her not to back into the space, or she would get a ticket, so reversed, and parked front way in.     Defendant is counter suing saying plaintiff threw a tantrum, and kicked her car.    

Defendant says plaintiff started screaming filth at her, in front of another police officer.  Defendant only had her Maryland car insurance, so that didn’t cover her in California.  Defendant didn’t get the damage waiver for the rent.     Plaintiff did receive a ticket for backing into the space, not parking front into the space, which is required.   

Defendant claims she didn’t hit the plaintiff’s car, and was terrified for her life, scared  of the plaintiff’s tantrum when she returned to the parking lot, and this was all right in front of a Santa Monica police officer.     If defendant is so innocent and didn’t hit the plaintiff’s car, then  how did the police officer, and plaintiff know she was driving a rental, had no damage waiver insurance, no valid insurance in California, and hit the plaintiff's car?      Defendant claims that in front of a police officer, that plaintiff kept calling her the b-word,

Plaintiff receives $1,096.  Defendant’s ridiculous claim dismissed. 

Second (2014)-

Hair Stylist Wars -Plaintiff Sharon Haynes (salon owner)  suing defendant Kamika Parker over unpaid rent, damaged property, and the return of belongings.    Litigants were classmates at beauty school .  Plaintiff opened a salon, wanted defendant to move into her studio apartment, with a child, and serve as manager without a salary.   Defendant moved from Victorville to Los Angeles.

 Defendant received no salary, but was on commission, later chair rent, and later left for another salon.  The studio apartment was too crowded with three people, so they got a larger apartment.  

Plaintiff says defendant broke apartment lease, that’s dismissed.   Plaintiff claims defendant and defendant’s aunt assaulted plaintiff.    Plaintiff claims defendant owed her booth rent, and after defendant moved out of the apartment, so plaintiff withheld defendant’s hair tools, license copy, and hair product.  

Plaintiff had defendant and her aunt arrested because of the assault, and claims after the release from jail defendant stole TV, and other items from the salon.

Plaintiff has a restraining order against defendant, and defendant claims she never pled the assault case out.  Defendant did plead the assault case out, and consented to the protective order for six months.

Defendant’s false arrest is dismissed, since defendant pled guilty.

Everything dismissed.

Daddy’s Good Deed Punished?  -Plaintiff Rick Fugate suing defendants Tonya Fugate (plaintiff's daughter) and Joshua Smith, (fiance) for damages to his RV.   Daughter graduated a year early, and worked full time, and moved out the day she turned 18.     Plaintiff bought an RV to remodel, and sell, for $1500.   Plaintiff let defendants live in the motor home, and he claims the trashed it.   Defendants moved after they say plaintiff unplugged the electricity, and forced them to move.  

Defendants did damage the mattress, and a few other parts of the RV.   Defendant claims the plaintiff slapped her.  Defendant daughter claims the dogs that damaged the RV weren’t her dogs. 

$1100 to plaintiff, defendant claim dismissed. 

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2017)-

Voter Fraud and Rabbits-Plaintiff Wendy Whitaker is suing her former foster daughter/defendant Ashlynn Parenteau for the items she claims she stole from her home.     Plaintiff asked defendant to housesit for her, and claims defendant stole her property.  

Plaintiff committed voter fraud, by filling out the provisional ballot for the defendant, and put it in the ballot box (totally illegal).     Plaintiff was foster mother off and on, for several years.    Defendant claims plaintiff changed the locks, and wants her property back that she couldn't get out of the house.    After the first time defendant was removed, defendant claims plaintiff committed Social Security fraud, and it's still under investigation. 

Plaintiff has done a bunch of internships for SICU (a union) (unpaid too).    When defendant went to the polls to vote, she was told that she had already voted.  Defendant has charged the desk twice, and Byrd is not happy.     Defendant will receive her sewing machine, rabbits, and items at the plaintiff's home (she will retrieve her items with a police escort). 

 Plaintiff's buddy lies to JJ, after plaintiff gets snotty with JJ.    I hope the local foster authorities will bar the plaintiff from having foster children. 

The items that plaintiff claim were stolen by defendant, were all gifts, including the cell phone.   

B$*#& plaintiff sasses JJ about the cell phone defendant has, when told to forget it.    Plaintiff will get tablet back when defendant picks up her stuff.   

Case dismissed.     

Judge Reveals Secret to Living Longer- (The secret from a gerontologist is: To live to be 100, don't fall)-

Plaintiff Christopher Clark (vacation condo owner) is suing defendants Michael Lewis (adult son) and (mother) Joyce Lewis over damages to his vacation rental (a condo in Florida).   Defendant and his mother, plus others were staying at plaintiff's place.   Ceiling fan wouldn't turn on.   So, 83-year-old mother stood on bed to pull the chain, and fell off the bed., and hit and broke a wall of mirrors during her fall.   Defendant claims the mattress wasn't firm, and that caused his mother to fall (he's counter suing for $3k for pain and suffering).   For once, the plaintiff has pictures before and after.   Defendant's mother didn't go see the doctor, and wasn't hospitalized.   

$540 to plaintiff to fix the mirror.  

Second (2017)-

Stealing Power- Plaintiff  Jada Hunt suing defendant/former potential landlord James Stacy Jr. for a refund of rent and emotional distress for a house.   There was no power, and it would take a couple of weeks to get the lines connected.  Power line to house was disconnected because a previous tenant had stolen electricity from the city of Detroit.    House didn't have power until almost a month late.   Copper pipes were stripped out of the house, and the water heater was gone.   When plaintiff goes back to Detroit, she and her family have nowhere to live.   

Plaintiff paid a total of $1200 to defendant.  The landlord had to replace the hot water heater, water line, plumbing, and fixtures.   

$1200 to plaintiff.    Plaintiff is not interested in moving into the landlord's slum.    

Rats in the House-Plaintiff/former renter Tammy Hintzman suing defendant/landlord Elena Uranga for return of rent, and a security deposit.   Plaintiff was renting a beach house in Oceanside, CA.   Home was remodeled by the owner the first year after purchase, and on the second year, plaintiff rented the house.   Plaintiff left a month early, and security deposit was used for last month's rent.   Plaintiff wants her security, and rent back.   

Plaintiff claims there were rats, and she should get her security deposit back because the home was infested with rats.   Lease says that pest control is tenant responsibility, inside or outside of the house.    Landlady had pipe holes filled in with foam (if anyone does this, then used the dark orange fire rated foam, it dries like concrete), and other holes patched. 

 Plaintiff moved out a month early, but the rats were gone by then.   Plaintiff moved right into another rental home that was leased before the end of her lease from defendant.    There is no way the plaintiff's timeline isn't a lie, because she sent notice with the new home address, before she even gave notice.   Defendant/landlady thinks plaintiff wanted to move closer to her sister, and new home is closer.  Lease was signed on the new place in the end of September.     Plaintiff sent an email to defendant asking about renewing the lease, and the monthly price, three weeks after plaintiff signed the lease on the next place. 

Plaintiff case is dismissed, because she's a freaking liar.

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Child Support Sleuth -Plaintiff Destinee Edwards suing defendant Steven Oaks over property he took with him when he moved out.     Plaintiff kept a bunch of defendant’s property, and wants property she claims defendant stole from her when he moved out.    Defendant took the bedroom set (left the mattress), dining set, washer/dryer, TV, couch, loveseat, and other furniture, but left the baby’s crib.    They had a joint bank account.

Defendant admits he took more than half of the furniture, but he claims he sold the stuff he took on craigslist.    JJ doesn’t believe defendant sold everything he took with him. 

JJ gets plaintiff’s social security number, and employer for the child support proceedings.

Defendant lives with his uncle, plaintiff’s witness is defendant’s aunt, married to the uncle.  Aunt throw’s defendant under Officer Byrd’s bus, and says a bunch of stuff was moved into the uncle’s shed, but it’s gone now. 

Foolish plaintiff also paid the down payment on defendant’s 2013 Chevy Cruz.   

Plaintiff gets $1500 for the stuff defendant took, and sold on craigslist.

Maltipoo Attack!  -Plaintiff Toni Carranza suing for damages from defendant/dog owner Mara Foley’s Maltipoo attacking her.   Plot twist, defendant brought a black dog to court, and claims that’s the dog that barely touched plaintiff.   Plaintiff says it was a white dog that bit her. 

Plaintiff says defendant claimed her dogs had their shots.  Defendant claims it’s plaintiff’s fault that  her dog will be put down after another bite, and says plaintiff put her family through emotional distress.  

Plaintiff still has a scar.  Three weeks later the puncture wound still hurt.   Defendant refused to keep in contact with the plaintiff, or respond.    The defendant claims the plaintiff was trespassing on defendant’s property, attacked the dogs, and got bitten. 

The attacking animal was just recently adopted, so I’m wondering about a previous attack record?  Plaintiff made an animal control report, and biting dog was quarantined.   

$1500 to plaintiff.   

Second (2014)-

Ailing Uncle Going Blind -Plaintiff /uncle Richard Granado suing defendant/niece Mellisa Wada for  illegal eviction, and theft of property she kept after she evicted him.   Uncle lived with niece for over a year, and paid nothing.  Defendant is counter suing uncle for invasion of privacy. unpaid rent, and damages to her property.   

Uncle moved in with niece when he found his wife was screwing niece’s mother’s husband (niece’s mother is plaintiff’s sister, to put it better, uncle’s wife was screwing his sister’s husband), and the wife was divorced.    Plaintiff is on disability, for about $700 a month.   

Defendant says agreement was $250 twice a month rent ($500 a month).   When niece found out that uncle couldn’t pay the rent, and so she wanted $200 or $300 a month, and use his EBT card (food stamps on debit card), to help the household. 

Defendant did not do a legal eviction, even though uncle didn’t pay rent.  

Defendant says plaintiff took all of his property with him when he moved out.  However, an email from niece says she’s storing items for uncle. 

Plaintiff gets $0, and will pick up the stuff in bins at defendant’s house, in the next five days or it can be dumped.

Bahamas Cruise Crisis -Plaintiff Ginny Faint suing defendant Kim Smith for $478.30, over a trip plaintiff paid for to the Bahamas.  Defendant belongs to a travel club, and plaintiff was going to pay for both of their trips, and did.  

However, defendant says she paid all of the expenses, and wants her money repaid.   Plaintiff didn’t go on the trip, and so both tickets were paid for by plaintiff, and defendant never paid for her ticket.   Defendant says the trip was $69 each, but there were port fees, and other items.  

However, defendant went on trip with her fiance, but plaintiff didn’t go.  

Plaintiff paid $69 to defendant.    Plaintiff claims price of trip went from $69 to over $200, claims she paid defendant $478.

Plaintiff case dismissed. 

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2017)-

Professional Driver Crash-Plaintiff Blake Macalus suing defendant Adam Owens for car insurance deductible, over a car accident, when defendant made a U turn in front of him.         Plaintiff was going straight, defendant was behind the plaintiff, defendant went to turn right, realized that he missed a turn, then made a U-turn instead, crossed in front of plaintiff, and the defendant's car was hit.       Both litigants were insured on the date of the accident.  

Defendant was a school bus driver at the time.   Defendant witness (passenger with defendant) swears she saw the cell phone light on plaintiff's phone reflecting on his face.   She testifies she could see him looking down at his phone while he was driving.    Plaintiff's insurance declined to pay his deductible, because he was on the phone.  JJ thinks plaintiff was looking at his phone, and hit the defendant.  (I hope the details of the accident are right, but I'm not sure of anything).  Photos submitted by defendant show damages don’t match plaintiff’s statement.   

Case dismissed.   

The Ultimate Sister Betrayal-(Another inspiring relationship case of familial love.)-Plaintiff  Corie Kolthoff suing sister/defendant Carissa Kilthoff for unpaid dental work charges (another Care Credit case).   Plaintiff opened a dental care charge card, to pay for defendant sister's dental work, and defendant refuses to pay.   

Defendant says the extra dental work was the plaintiff's fault.   The care credit bill is $7,013.    Defendant admits that the bills are hers.  Defendant claims she paid $550, but left the proof at home.    Defendant's defense for not paying the dental charges is that sister punched her in an argument over defendant boinking plaintiff's guy.   

The argument with plaintiff was when defendant was in the hospital having the plaintiff's boyfriend's baby (this is defendant's second kid with the same man).  After the dental work, defendant refused to pay after she found out plaintiff was seeing their mutual, sleazy boyfriend again.   Plaintiff is still seeing the father of defendant's kids.   

Plaintiff receives $5,000, leaving her still $2000 in the hole.   

Second (2017)-

High at Work?  You're Fired-    Plaintiff /former part-time employee Jason Furbush, was fired by defendant John Klein, for coming into work high.   Plaintiff is suing for a motorcycle, and tools that he stored at defendant's business warehouse.  Plaintiff admits he came to work high, and was terminated.      Plaintiff worked off the books.   

 It was three weeks after the termination that the plaintiff finally contacted the defendant about his stuff.   Everything was junked when defendant's business moved out of the warehouse/business.   However, defendant claims plaintiff stole a lot of auction inventory that defendant had purchased, and defendant only returned half of the items before the termination.   

Plaintiff case dismissed, after the photos are shown of the junk left by plaintiff, including used syringes.  

I'm Just Trying to Get Home-   Plaintiff Marquis Brown Sr suing defendant/fellow motorist, Richard Stephan, after defendant crossed into plaintiff's lane, and hit his car.   Defendant claims plaintiff caused the accident.    Both drivers were legally turning left (multiple, legal turn lanes), and plaintiff was going to the gated entrance to where he lives, about 300 yds. down the road after he turned left.  Entrance was on the right side of the road.    Plaintiff was in the middle left turn lane, driver ahead of him put on flashers and stopped.   Plaintiff went into the far right turn lane, and did his turn.   Defendant (from the left side left turn lane) says plaintiff hit the left side of his car during the turn, and kept pushing his car until he hit the curb.   After the accident, defendant says he wanted to get into his gated community, and didn't want to stop.    

Plaintiff claims defendant was in the far left turn lane, and he was in the middle left turn lane.   Defendant car hit the plaintiff's car on the driver's side, clearly shown by photos of the damages.  

Defendant claims nothing is his fault, and he's wrong.   Defendant should give up driving, he's a menace. 

Plaintiff receives $1,722.

Raise Your Hand if You Were Sober-   Plaintiff, Latia Juma, and defendant, Carlo Fearrington were both drunk, and defendant was supposed to be less drunk, so he was driving plaintiff's car.  Plaintiff wants defendant to pay for her car damages.   Plaintiff claims she was drunk, but didn't realize the defendant was drunk too.   

They hit a parked car, and plaintiff claims they left a note for the car owner.   Insurance never said anything about the other car, so they obviously didn't leave information for the poor car owner.   

Case dismissed.  

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Expert Car Crasher -Plaintiff/car owner Terrea Hardin suing defendant/ex-boyfriend Alan Younger for damages to plaintiff’s car when he allowed another woman to drive it.   Defendant is accused of crashing three of plaintiff’s cars.   

They were together for three years, and defendant totaled plaintiff’s Lexus, second car was a Chevy Impala, also totaled.    Third car was also totaled, it was a Jeep.   Defendant driving to get food for plaintiff’s six-year-old, at 11:30 p.m.    So, defendant left in plaintiff’s car, to go to McDonald’s, and defendant saw a friend, and picked her up from her house.    Plaintiff was asleep, and defendant left a 10-year-old and 6-year-old alone, to go to Mickey D’s.   When defendant went to THOT’s house, he claims girlfriend was going to buy it, so he let her drive the car, and she totaled it.  

In the police report it says defendant’s friend was driving it, and now he tries to tell JJ he was driving the car.   However, defendant’s police statement says girlfriend was driving the car.  

Plaintiff and defendant broke up after this.  Defendant says he did a lot of Dad Work at the house, and put gas in the car, so that’s just like he owned the Jeep.

Plaintiff gets $4500.

Wedding Rush   -Plaintiff/former roommate Chelsea Roberts suing defendant /former roommate Sylvia Jackson, for not repaying a loan to go to defendant sister’s last-minute wedding, car damages, and unpaid rent.    The two women were on the lease, with a third roommate, plaintiff and her witness still live in the apartment, defendant moved out early.    Defendant owes two month’s rent, $650 each month, and $325 for January and February (so she could vacation in January, and two friends of plaintiff lived in the fourth bedroom).   $1950 unpaid rent, total.    The loan wasn't a lump sum, so that's dismissed.  Defendant was saving up for a vacation, so she shorted the rent. 

Plaintiff had friends coming to visit, and defendant offered to be the designated driver, in plaintiff's car.   Defendant went driving the manual shift car, drove around to practice, then defendant rammed the parking stop at the apartment, and the oil pan was ripped off.

Sorry JJ, but in my opinion, defendant drove the manual shift for 30 minutes before this happened, she knew how to drive it.  I bet defendant mixed up the brake and the gas. 

Sister's wedding loan was $98.00 to defendant.   Defendant blames the wedding trip on the plaintiff.    

Plaintiff receives $1950 for unpaid rent, plus $98, for a total of $2017 with the wedding loan.   

Second (2014)-

Terrible Roommate? -Plaintiffs Rick and Kathleen Elis are suing Bonnie Alloway (plaintiff wife’s cousin) and Gary Alloway (defendant’s husband) suing defendants/former roommates for stealing $5,000 from their savings.   The four moved into a house, with a joint bank account, and savings account.  The joint checking and savings account was for purchases for their joint house.  

Then things went bad, defendants were legally evicted.   Plaintiff Kathleen closed the joint checking account, but failed to close the joint savings account.   A year later Kathleen put $5,000 into the savings account, and Gary Alloway took the $5,000 out of the savings account.  

Defendant Gary says the money was $2500 he put into the account at the time of the house purchase, and inspection and other fees that plaintiffs owed him.    Plaintiffs were traveling, and went paperless, and plaintiff husband closed an annuity, put the money into the savings account, paid bills off, and put the $5,000 into the savings, to keep from using it.  

Plaintiff husband thought the checking account being solely in their names, meant the savings was only in plaintiffs’ name too.   When the money went missing, plaintiffs went to the bank and saw defendants were still listed on the savings. 

Defendants changed the statements, and account address to where they moved after they were evicted from the joint house.    Defendant husband admits he changed the address, and withdrew the money.  Defendant husband claims his wife was clueless.    There is no copy of the initial $2500 defendant wife wrote to start the account. 

Defendant husband said it wasn’t stealing.    I agree with JJ, defendants both should have been charged with the theft.  Defendant wife claims plaintiff wife assaulted her. 

$5,000 to plaintiffs.

Funeral Fraud? -Plaintiff Ray Levy suing defendant Karen Levy exwife, over return of money defendant took.   Plaintiff paid $2,000 to funeral director, then others gave them money to pay for the funeral in full, for son’s funeral costs.    Litigants are divorced, and had nine children together, including the deceased son.   

When funeral was paid for with the money from other people, the funeral director refunded the $2000 from plaintiff to either the defendant or one of the adult children.   Plaintiff wants his $2000 back.

Defendant admits receiving the $2,000 in two portions, over two months from the funeral director.   Defendant paid nothing for the funeral, but used the $2,000 to pay her bills.   Defendant claims she lost her job because of plaintiff and his girlfriend.   Defendant claims plaintiff owed her a lot more than the $2,000, because she’s unemployed, and he doesn’t support the children that still live at home.

Defendant counter claim dismissed.

In hall-terview defendant claims plaintiff wants her back. 

Plaintiff receives $2,000.

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2017)-

Ex-Lover's Expensive Mistake-Plaintiff Monique Donale Anderson Roberts  suing defendant/ex-boyfriend bought a $28000 car on payments, and then she dumped him, she’s suing him for traffic tickets, car payments, and emotional distress.    Defendant has no driver’s license, and hasn't for years.   Plaintiff used her car for a trade in, and she wants payments from defendant.   

Defendant was driving when they were pulled over for speeding, and since defendant has no license, they received a ticket.  Plaintiff will not get paid for the traffic ticket.    When plaintiff started do payments, and insurance from defendant's bank account, he reversed the charges, and dumped her. 

Defendant retired with 40 years of federal service.  

Defendant hasn’t had a driver’s license for 15 years.  Years ago, litigants bought a car with only his name on the title, when they broke up defendant took the car, and she had no rights to the car.   This time car was in plaintiff’s name, on the payments, and she got the tickets when they were pulled over for speeding.  Plaintiff claims she didn’t know for sure defendant didn’t have a license. 

Defendant says when his brother got out of his unfortunate incarceration, defendant and brother got an apartment together.     Defendant says he discovered that plaintiff was making the car and insurance payments without his knowledge, but he says that he couldn't reverse the charges.   Plaintiff made the $1,000+ payment from defendant's bank account, and then dumped him.   Plaintiff gets nothing for the traffic ticket, because she let defendant drive without a license.     

Plaintiff case dismissed.  (Plaintiff says defendant maliciously

Shoot My Dogs If You See Them-Plaintiff/Mini Schnauzer owner Jennifer Samenus  is suing defendant/owner of American Bulldogs (Bullies) Justin Rummel for vet bills, after dog attack, on her mini Schnauzer by defendant’s dogs.  Plaintiff wants to be paid for her ruined garden, from his cows escaping and violating her garden.   

 Plaintiff has four acres, and defendant has 10.4 acres.    Defendant has American Bulldogs, the attacking dog got run over a couple of months before the court case.      Defendant claims his dogs couldn't get out because of his world-class fencing, and that's a lie, because one of the attacking dogs got out, was run over, and died a couple of months after the attack.   

When plaintiff let her dog out into her yard, she saw two of defendant's dogs savaging her Mini Schnauzer.   When she came out to find out about the commotion in her yard, the two dogs ran back to defendant's yard.   Plaintiff says part of the defendant’s fence is two rails, not full wire.   Defendant told plaintiff his dogs didn't do it, and if she saw them on her property again, shoot them.      Poor attacked Schnauzer had a lot of problems, and huge vet bills.   

$2600 to plaintiff for her dog's vet bills, and nothing for her garden. (If plaintiff is smart, she'll move away from the defendant).

Second (2017)-

Sick and Kicked Out-Plaintiff Michelle Nielsen suing her ex-boyfriend/defendant Pathias Moyo who was living with her for unpaid rent, utilities, and a loan.   She filed for a protective order, and changed the locks, while he in the hospital for a month. 

Defendant was her boyfriend, and they were going to split the rent and utilities.   Then, defendant had two surgeries, had to stop working, and plaintiff evicted him and wants rent for the month the defendant was in the hospital.     Loan was from plaintiff for car repairs, and only paid back $200 in cash.   $2200 in back rent, $872 for car loan, = $3072 to plaintiff. 

When defendant went out of town for two days, plaintiff filed for protective order, and a lockout order, plaintiff claims not paying the loan, or rent that she needed a restraining order was because he owed her money.  (Since when is that a reason to grant a protective order?).   The lockout happened without any legal right by plaintiff.  The man had been living there for almost two years, and was a legal tenant. 

Defendant says he was out of town for a couple of days, returning on the 13th, and when he came back on the 13th plaintiff had changed the locks on the apartment.    Plaintiff didn’t apply for the protective order and lock out order until the 18th.   Protective order application is full of lies. 

$3072 to plaintiff, but defendant's counter claim cancels this out.  

Defendant gets $3072 on his counter claim, and that means the plaintiff gets nothing, which she deserves for filing a false protective order.

Child Attacked by Out of Control Dog-Plaintiff/mother of victim Desiree Meyer suing defendant/neighbor John Pinkerton for her son's medical bills after the defendant/neighbor's dog bit the child.      Dog is Boxer/Mastiff mix, was off leash, and there is no bite history (dog was put down).   Bite happened on plaintiff's property, and dog was out of defendant's control.   Plaintiff has two pit bulls by the way.   

Plaintiff sons were on a trampoline, with their two dogs, when  the defendant dog joined them, started fighting, and plaintiff son was bitten trying to separate the dogs.   Bite scar on plaintiff's hand looks bad.   Despicable defendant says child's behavior caused the bite.

Out of pocket medical expenses for plaintiff were $4,000, and they had no health insurance.  

$4,000 to plaintiff.

Friends Don't Loan to Friends-Plaintiff Wakim Bryant loaned money to defendant Darrell Lee to buy a truck ($1700).     (Defendant is a total Smart Ass, and a pain in the fanny).  Defendant's response is it was a gift, and he never asked for money.   

Defendant says plaintiff gave him the money to fix the van he used for DJ work, and plaintiff would get 25% of the DJ gigs.   Defendant is such a liar.   

 $1700 to plaintiff.

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Dream Car Rip-Off -Plaintiff Jared Sandoval suing defendant David Williams because defendant had a title loan on the Trans Am he sold plaintiff, plaintiff wants the title loan paid, and to register the court.  .  Car is a  99 Convertible Trans Am.  Plaintiff saved $3200 to pay defendant for the car, and defendant claims car was worth $8,000.    Plaintiff couldn't register car, because of the title loan.  

Lien is more than what plaintiff paid for the car, but lien company won't tell anyone but defendant what the lien is.   Plaintiff wanted a refund on car, but defendant had spent the money already.    JJ says plaintiff has to give back the car, to get his $3500 back, but plaintiff still wants the car, and he'll have to pay the lien off somehow.  Defendant says he sold car very cheap to plaintiff, and says paying the title loan is a bargain.    Car is worth $8,000, and was sold for $3200.   Lien company told plaintiff that lien on car is more than what plaintiff paid for the car. 

Plaintiff gets $3200, and car goes back to defendant.  (I think plaintiff was just hoping there is a way he could keep the car.   However, I'm glad the title loan company couldn't tell him how much the lien is for, or he would probably have tried to round up the money). 

Scammer Denial  -Case of plaintiff David Williams (defendant in the previous case) against defendant/ex-girlfriend Ms.  Morris is dismissed, over the title loan on Trans Am plaintiff sold to plaintiff in previous case.   He's trying to say he didn't know his live-in girlfriend did the title loan.  

Plaintiff case dismissed.

Christmas Day Hit-and-Run-Plaintiff  Michael Copeland, car owner, (witness/fiance Andrea Jackson), are suing defendant Christopher Bailey  (car owner is his wife, Pennie Langston) over a hit-and-run accident on Christmas Day.  Plaintiff witness heard a collision about 9 p.m., and says she was looking at their car damage (Ford Taurus), when defendant climbed out of his 99 Ford Explorer SUV, looked at his car damage, and climbed back in his car, and left.   Plaintiffs got the license plate number.    When plaintiffs were still looking at the car damage defendant cruised by staring at the car and driving slowly, and then went by again.  Plaintiffs were talking to 911, and gave them the license number, and a description of the driver.

Defendant didn't get a ticket for leaving the scene of an accident.    Plaintiffs said defendant seemed to be impaired too.   

Defendant's wife, and car owner swears her husband, and car didn't do this.  Police report is submitted. 

(In the state I live in, hit-and-run auto is a total of 12 points, the same number of points needed to suspend your license, and where litigants live he didn't even get a ticket?). 

Police saw fresh snow tracks leading to defendant's garage, and no one answered the door at defendant's house.  JJ says defendants are a perfect match for each other.  

Plaintiff receives $3791. 

Second (2014)-

Arson Allegations -Plaintiff Dolores Sandoval suing defendants Dasa Frasier, and John Schultz (boyfriend) over arson of a property.    The litigants properties share a garage, and that what burned.   Laura Gonzalez (plaintiff witness and neighbor) saw and heard defendants arguing, and then witness heard a long bang, and woman defendant hit the garage with her car.   When defendant woman put the car in reverse, she backed away from the damaged garage door.   Then, plaintiff witness left for an errand, and an hour later when plaintiff witness returned, was when the garage fire had happened. 

Fire Inspector’s report says “Unintentional”.   Defendant woman claims she has a witness that says she hit the garage door the evening before, not during the next morning.   Samuel Postell (defense witness, security guard) claims the damage happened to the door the day before, and defendant’s three cars were not damaged. Defendant woman is blaming plaintiff for damaging her property, and has no witnesses.   Defendant woman claims plaintiff threatened her, and manages to put in that plaintiff was evicted.

Plaintiff’s husband put out the fire, and defendant woman claims her boyfriend saved the husband’s life by stopping him from opening the garage door.    I believe the plaintiff and her witness.   

Plaintiff and defendant cases dismissed.

Grand Theft Restitution -Plaintiff /ex-girlfriend Jennifer Lawson is suing her fiance’s son /defendant Brandon Perez for return of money she paid for defendant’s son’s restitution.   Brandon Perez is 30-years-old, convicted of Grand Theft in 2012, for stealing appliances out of a house.   Defendant got a month in jail, but was sentenced to pay restitution, and plaintiff paid the restitution for him.   

Fiance is plaintiff’s witness. 

Defendant claims he never asked plaintiff for any money.  

Restitution cost the plaintiff $1,800.

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2017)-

Infant Breaks Leg in Day Care-Plaintiffs parents Tiffany and David Walker suing defendant/day care owners Heather and Justin Scherer for medical bills after their four-month-old son broke his leg at the day care.  Plaintiff had several older children in the day care for a few years, and then put the baby at the day care from 7 weeks, to 4 months, when the injury happened.     Defendant was watching between 10 and 12 children, (4 to 6 child care children) without helpers.    Defendant was actually licensed, and still is. 

Plaintiff dropped the baby off, and a few hours later the day care provider called, and said the baby wouldn't stop crying.    The defendant is blaming the injury on the 9-year-old sibling (plaintiff's kid), she says the baby cried, and told the 9-year-old to pick up the baby, and claims the kid was swinging the baby by the legs, and that's how this happened.    Defendant claims she told the 9-year-old to "play nicely".   

How on earth can the defendant still have a license to run a day care?   As JJ says the Idaho authorities are idiots for not yanking this woman's day care license.  

Then the defendant called the plaintiff mother to pick up the baby, and the baby was in surgery for a broken leg.   

Plaintiff receives $5,000 ($4,000 medical bills, and $1,000 for pain and suffering). 

Hair Straightening Trauma-Plaintiff Diane Griffin suing former hair dresser/defendant Nicole Childress,  for causing her hair to fall out after a straightening process.  

Defendant claims the plaintiff had her hair straightened, and then had someone else braid the hair, and that caused the breakage.    Plaintiff had her hair straightened for years at the salon, stopped and went natural for three years.   Then, plaintiff  went back to defendant's salon for a straightening.   Defendant is suing for slander, and defamation of character.  

Hair was relaxed in October, and two months later was the first complaint to defendant about breakage.    This was after several wash, and roller sets on the hair, and plaintiff claims there were no other chemical, braiding or other procedures on her hair.     

Plaintiff wanted her hair relaxed more often than the two-month gap schedule the defendant recommended, but she demanded that her hair needed relaxing more often.     There is no way plaintiff didn't have a more immediate reaction from the relaxer.      (My personal guess is that plaintiff dyed her own hair, or had another straightening at another salon, or did something to her own hair that caused the hair breakage). 

Plaintiff will be getting nothing.     

Defendant has no proof of plaintiff's slander (though JJ says plaintiff has been talking all over town about her hair loss).   Sadly, JJ just didn’t realize what talking garbage about a salon, or bad online reviews will do to a business.  

Cases dismissed.

Second (2017)-

Auto Accident with a Twist-Plaintiff Luis Guevara-Henriquez suing defendant/ fellow motorist Alfred Boykins after defendant rear ended his car, and over failure of defendant to pay for car accident damage.     Defendant offered his car title to the plaintiff to pay for damages, because defendant had no insurance. 

Plaintiff had the defendant's car title, and the agreement, and a month later the police were called when plaintiff came to get the car.    Car was taken to impound after the police arrived.    Defendant wants money to pay to get the car out of impound, and that's not happening.     

Plaintiff gets $1,000.   (I would have given the plaintiff at least $2,000, bumper replacement is expensive.)

Mother Son Drama-Plaintiff/mother Pauline Henley suing defendant/son Dalecarlian Henley for the unpaid balance of furniture she sold him, and the unpaid balance of a car loan ($1,000).    Defendant says he's square with the mother on the furniture, and the car is totaled, and not his problem.   Plaintiff sold living room and bedroom set to her son.   

Plaintiff also has full time custody, and supports two of defendant's children, without help from defendant.   

Defendant hit a deer, and totaled the car, so he thinks he doesn't have to repay his mother, besides the defendant claims the car loan was a gift.     

Plaintiff receives $1,000.     

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Property Held Hostage -Plaintiffs (partners) Clinton Casidy and Brandon Bach, suing defendant James Casidy Jr (Clinton’s Cousin), for selling their truck and its contents without their permission.  Defendant sold truck for $500, and wants his property back.  Counter suit from defendant is for his property back, that Clinton has it.   Clinton went out of town, and added defendant cousin James to the title, and that legally made truck defendant’s property to sell.   All three litigants have a storage unit, with all of their property in the unit, and it’s in Brandon’s name, and it’s been rented for 11 months.    The truck in question is a 1986 model. 

Defendant sold the truck, and will only give the information about the buyer or the money for the truck, after he gets his property in the storage unit back. 

JJ says for plaintiffs to get the $500 for the truck, and then defendant will get his stuff back from the storage unit.   Or plaintiffs will sell defendant’s property.   

Defendant claims his property is worth more than $500.   

Decision is $500 for truck to plaintiffs, and they all go storage together, and defendant gets his stuff.

Defendant refuses to agree to this, so plaintiffs are told to sell defendant’s stuff that is in the storage unit.

Brothers and Bail Money -Plaintiff/brother Jamerson Ferrell suing defendant/brother Chammoco “Chaco”  Ferrell for repayment of bail money for a domestic violence charge.

Plaintiff wired the money to the defendant’s girlfriend, because you had to pay in person at the jail.   Girlfriend Jennifer is not the mother of any of his five children.   Bail money was taken for back child support, so plaintiff brother had to pay $2676 to get defendant out of jail.  Charges were later dropped by the victim.   Plaintiff would have received the bail money back, except for the back child support owed by the defendant. 

In his lying sworn statement, defendant swears the plaintiff brother paid the bail in person at the jail, but plaintiff lives 1500 miles away (this happened in South Dakota).

Plaintiff gets his $2676 back, and not even a thank you from his rotten brother. Plaintiff swears he done with defendant, and he’ll never

Second (2014)-

Angry Fathers Mutual Combat -Plaintiff Urbano Carlos suing defendant  Janelle Chavez (17-year-old) and her father Oliver Chavez for car damages, and an assault.   Both litigants blame the accident on the other driver, and claim the other father assaulted them.   Defendant says she was turning left with a green arrow, and says plaintiff ran the red light and hit her car.   Plaintiff swears he had a green light, and defendant daughter failed to yield.   No one was cited by the police.    Plaintiff says defendant turned left in front of him, after they collided defendant took off, and went home.   

Defendant went home, and plaintiff followed her, and her father came out of his home, and the fist fight was on.    Alexis Carlos, 13, was a passenger with her two siblings in plaintiff’s car.    After the accident both drivers got out of their cars at defendant’s house in the driveway, and plaintiff wanted the defendant’s information, and claims defendant father hit first, and sucker punched the plaintiff in the back of the head.  

Plaintiff was driving his three kids to school, and says defendant daughter hit, and ran.    Defendant and plaintiff both look like they got some good punches in.   

Defendant daughter swears plaintiff was late to get kids to school, and has no reckless driving history, will not run a red light with three kids in the car.   I can’t believe the police didn’t charge defendant daughter with hit-and-run.   I agree with JJ, accident was defendant daughter’s fault, and it was hit-and-run. 

Plaintiff receives $2,000 for car damages.

Boyfriend Assault -Plaintiff/mother Susan Sutter suing defendant/plaintiff’s daughter’s ex-boyfriend Josh Auger for rent, property damages for a laptop defendant broke,  and assault.      Defendant is an unemployed musician who seldom has a job.    Plaintiff mother let daughter move back in, with the loser unemployed boyfriend.  The damage plaintiff is suing for in a laptop that defendant demanded to take with him, and they were doing tug of war over it.  

Plaintiff daughter was also unemployed, along with the boyfriend.  

JJ won’t pay back rent.    Daughter still is ‘looking for a job’ and lives with plaintiff.   When plaintiff told defendant to move out, he was taking the laptop along with his stuff.   It’s plaintiff’s laptop.   Defendant decided the laptop was a gift from plaintiff.

Plaintiff did not call police about the assault, or seek medical care.

Plaintiff case dismissed.

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2017)-

Creative Estate Planning Bust-Plaintiff/ mother Ann Robertson was trying to prepare defendant/ daughter Katherine Perdue  for a future without the mother, is suing for mobile home title, and an unpaid loan.  Defendant says mother wanted to purchase a trailer for daughter, to reduce her assets (sounds like for Medicaid).   

Mother thought she was getting sick, so she bought the trailer, put it in daughter's name, and said that when plaintiff dies, it would simplify things.       When the plaintiff said she was going to take the daughter to small claims, and then Judge Judy, the daughter said she was going to evict the mother from the mobile home that mother purchased, and put in daughter's name the second they get back.    The defendant is never going to sell the trailer, and split the money with the other two adult children. 

Defendant / daughter says she's not going to throw mother out of trailer.   JJ asks daughter to sign a life estate order for the mother to stay in the trailer, and daughter refuses to do that.    Defendant says mother split trailer into two apartments (no permits, so illegally done), to rent out the back of the trailer.     Katherine Perdue (not related to the rich chicken family), of Harker Heights, TX (at last, a place I've not only heard of, but visited), says her only job is taking care of a disabled child (I don't know if this is a job, or her own child).    As JJ says, there is nothing she can do to force the daughter to give the mother a life estate on the trailer the mother purchased, and made the mistake of putting in the daughter's name.     A local attorney told the plaintiff that already.      

Defendant whines that the mother was not a real mother to her for many years.    Daughter never paid a penny for the trailer.   Trailer lot rent is $250 a month, and trailer was $4,000.   Mother also loaned daughter $5,000 for purchasing a trailer for herself, and daughter never repaid that either, and sold it, and never paid the mother a penny of that either.

Defendant says mother illegally split trailer in two (trailer is a double wide, and built a wall in the middle) to be able to rent out the other side of the trailer.   Since mother didn’t get permits for the build, I bet renting out half of the trailer in the mobile home park are against the park regulations, and maybe the city regulations. 

JJ suggests the mother move in with someone else, and stick daughter with trailer, and lot rent since it's in the daughter's name.   Mother wants assistance from her home health aide, and daughter says the aide stole from the mother.   

Daughter says mother dumped her at age 3, and didn't come into her life until she was 46 (7 or 8 years ago).   

When JJ tells defendant she's a lousy daughter, unless she's going to sign a life estate on the trailer, and the audience applauds.       

The defendant claims she'll sign a life estate, so the mother can live in the trailer the rest of her life.   (Sorry, but I've been around a lot of trailers, and how good can a $4,000 trailer be?)

Case dismissed, and daughter will sign the life estate for the mother, but only to mother’s half of the trailer.    I bet daughter will rent out the other side of the trailer the second she can, and then toss mother out on her butt.    (Like hell daughter will sign anything for the mother, I bet the mother was out on the street the second they returned to Texas).  

Watch Out for Deer-Plaintiff Jack Poquette is suing defendant /driver Jeffrey Willis over car accident, for damaging plaintiff's yard when defendant drove onto the yard.   As usual, defendant didn’t have insurance.   Police left message for plaintiff about the damage, and truck was on his front yard too.      Accident happened around midnight, and defendant claims a deer ran out in front of him, the accident happened, and defendant got a ride home.    Defendant drove across the yard, hit a tree in plaintiff's yard, and swerved across the road into a ditch.     

Plaintiff didn’t see the assault on his property, he just had a notice from police in his mailbox.   There is a police report.    Tire tracks go across the plaintiff’s lawn, continue over the tree and roots, and across the lawn, and went across the road.     Plaintiff found the license plate from defendant’s truck in his injured tree.   Two citations were issued to defendant, failure to report an accident, and failure to have insurance.  

Defendant claims he wasn’t on plaintiff’s property, but across the road in a ditch. 

Defendant had no insurance, because he bought the truck recently, and didn't get around to insuring it.    He refuses to say when he purchased truck, but decided to drive it on a Saturday, when his insurance company was closed.   He was allowed to pick up the truck from impound without proof of insurance.     (That wouldn't fly in Philadelphia, on Parking Wars).    

Plaintiff receives $4200.

Second (2017)-

Fear In a Cramped Rental-Plaintiff Denzel Anderson is suing ex-roommate /defendant Javonte Carter for breaking their lease.    Plaintiff claims defendant moved out four months before lease terminated.    Defendant had financial reversals, and couldn't paid for utilities, and rent.   

At some point, plaintiff found out defendant had moved his boyfriend in, and no one was paying the bills except the plaintiff.    Plaintiff 'lost it', and confronted the defendant about the extra tenant.   Plaintiff and defendant got into a 30 second pushing match, and physical altercation (punches), and plaintiff punched first.   

Defendant moved out after the altercation.     Defendant still owes for November, December, and January.   Plaintiff's assault gives defendant reason to move out.   

Plaintiff will not get the 3 month’s rent paid, because he assaulted the defendant.   

Clueless Landlord-Plaintiff  Randy Razack suing defendant/former tenant (of 9 years) Evelyn Feliciano for damages.  Plaintiff claims they owed for October, and November.   Defendant had property in the home during October, and November ($2600).     Defendant claims all house damage was normal wear and tear.  House was newly built when defendant, and family moved in.     JJ calls damages normal wear and tear.     

Plaintiff does not get to keep her security deposit, but defendant gets $1600 for the unpaid rent, leaving $1,000 security to defendant.    (Hope defendant's next landlord saw what their property will look like after defendant finishes with it.  Sorry, my opinion is the stair carpet is way beyond normal dirt).  JJ has obviously never tried to paint over crayon marks on the wall.  

Security Deposit Abuse-Plaintiff  Mary Sternotti suing defendant/former tenant Shawn Ryan for leaving rental like a dump.   It took 54 contractor trash bags to clean out rental.   Defendant claims that he didn't leave the place trashed, and wants his security deposit back.   Plaintiff says tenant lived there for 4 1/2 years, and she kept the security deposit for the last month's rent.   (Rent was $2200, security was $1800).    Bills and photos of damage are submitted.     

Door damage is from the police kicking down the door, when wife was the legal tenant).    The bathtub picture is disgusting, and fool defendant is trying to tell JJ the tenant laws in New Jersey. 

$1800 to plaintiff.

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Dog Rescue, Robbery and Assault -Plaintiff Ben Stern suing defendant/former friend Saffia Elhuraibi for repayment of bail, $3655 and for assaulting him with a knife.      Defendant claims she was arrested for stopping a man from beating a dog, and she was arrested for second-degree strong-arm robbery, total bail was $25,000.  

Defendant spent about a week in jail, before she was bailed out.  Plaintiff says he agreed to bail her out, and defendant said she would pay him back.  Defendant says she never agreed to repay him.

Case was plea bargained for second degree theft.

Then, plaintiff claims defendant slapped him twice, went after him with a knife, and plaintiff and brother wrestled knife away from defendant.   Then, plaintiff claims defendant punched him in the face twice, and then threatened him with the knife. After all of this violence, plaintiff’s brother is still dating the defendant.

JJ doesn’t see a real agreement to repay plaintiff by defendant.

Plaintiff case dismissed.    

Damage Denial -Plaintiff John Gelina suing defendant Samantha Allen for unpaid tickets, and damage to a car in his name.   Plaintiff bought the truck, kept it for about six months, and then ‘sold’ it to defendant for her taking over the payments, but she returned it instead of paying for it.  Then, plaintiff had a bad turn in his finances, and advertised on craigslist to have defendant take over the payments.   So, plaintiff needed a cheaper car.

When car was returned, the tickets were in the glove box.   Defendant claims she knows nothing about the tickets.   There was also an Easy Pass violation, and a Toll violation.    

Plaintiff says there are damages to the passenger side of the car.   Defendant claims car was damaged when she got the car.   Defendant claims there was no damage on the car when she got it, and none when she returned it. 

Konopka, defendant’s witness claims there was no damage on the car when it was picked up or returned.

$124 to plaintiff.

Wedding Banquet Foreclosure -Plaintiff/bride Dawn Flynn suing defendant/banquet hall owner John Vaughn for her cancelled wedding reception, and not returning the money she paid him, after the facility was foreclosed on.   It was the Camelot banquet hall.

 Plaintiff heard the venue was out of business on the local news. 

Deposit was $500.

After the case, defendant says they were in foreclosure for two years before the bank pulled the plug.

$500 to plaintiff.

Second (2014)-

Sisters’ Assault and Stand-Off -Plaintiff/half-sister Bianca Payne and her fiance (car owner) Sebastian Jordan.  suing defendant/half-sister Danielle Blocker for vandalizing their car and an assault.  Mr. Jordan owns the car, being driven by plaintiff Ms. Payne.    Defendant is counter suing for injuries when plaintiff Payne pushed her into the car during the argument.  

Argument started over plaintiff’s niece Alexis was upset about defendant going somewhere without the plaintiff’s niece.      Alexis wanted to the store with Danielle and cousin Rachel, and she wasn’t asked, so she was crying about it, and her Aunt Bianca was angry.   

Then, plaintiff called her sister/defendant, and told her that Alexis was upset (I’m sick of hearing about Alexis and her crying), and it was defendant’s fault, and didn’t want the other niece to go with Danielle to the store either.   

Now we’re past the kid crying, and the argument started in front of the house, by the car.   Plaintiff claims defendant kicked the car owned by plaintiff Sebatian Jordan several times.    This is when defendant claims car damages came from plaintiff sister pushing her into the car.   JJ looks at the car photo, and says no way the dent on the car door was made by defendant kicking the door.

Another sister, Denisha Block is defendant’s witness (and defendant’s twin sister), and claims there was no car damage.      Plaintiff called the police, and defense witness says there was no damage on the car door.  

Everything dismissed.   JJ tells plaintiff to fix her boyfriend’s car. 

Heartbroken and Broke -Plaintiff Elizabeth Gazdziak suing ex-boyfriend/defendant Zachary Tubbs for unpaid rent, utility bills, and car loan while they were living together as a couple.  Defendant says they were a couple, he lost his job, and plaintiff covered the bills until he could get another job.  

They lived together for about 14 months.   They were both on the lease.

Plaintiff claims they were only a couple for a few months, and lived as roommates for most of the lease, and says defendant owes her everything she asked the court for.

Defendant says he doesn’t owe anything to plaintiff.  JJ suspects that this case is here only for the TV money from Officer Byrd.

Plaintiff gets car loan remainder back $1,000.

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2017)-

Foster Care Horror Story-   Plaintiff/mother Vivian Hammond is suing defendant/daughter Toni Hammond for an unpaid electric bill, $1254, in mother's name.   Plaintiff put her daughter into foster care when she was 10.    Then daughter reappears as an adult, with four kids, and a couple of years ago she needed the electricity turned back on.   Defendant says she didn't ask the mother to pay for the electric bill, but it was a gift to the grandchildren.   

Defendant says mother wasn't much of a mother, and owed her.   Vivian Hammond (the mother) has been on fixed income, disability for six years.   Mother is in a ticket-to-work program, under SS disability, and she can earn any amount for the nine months.    Then for three years, mother can't exceed her disability amount ($1300 a month) or SSD is cut off.   

When they were little, oldest son (10 years old) moved in with his grandfather, and mother says son moved in with his grandfather because the schools were better where grandfather lived.   

Daughter was dumped on the foster system at 10, because she misbehaved (daughter says she went into foster care at 8 years old).    Mother says daughter was a liar, thief, and a behavioral problem from 3 years of age, and totally out of control.    Plaintiff claims daughter was expelled in second grade.   Daughter was sent to a hospital at 8 or 10, then the county home, then foster homes (not relatives).  I'm not liking the mother at all, the daughter may have been a handful, but foster care at 8?   

Defendant claims her only income at the time of the electric bill was PTSD disability for a daughter, and she had no other income.   My view, so-called mother had no expectation of repayment.   Daughter apparently has a history of bad credit, and skipping on utility bills.    Plaintiff was actually babysitting the kids while daughter was in a previous apprentice program.   Mother says daughter couldn’t pay the electric bills, but could buy an Xbox, wigs, and other fripperies.

Plaintiff had no expectation of getting repaid, and Byrd and JJ aren't paying that electric bill, (I’m not either) so case dismissed.  

Lose the Ring If You Don't Like Him-Plaintiff Jack Knudsen suing defendant/ex-fiance Stefanie Chandler for his share of down payment ($2600), and fees for a boat the litigants purchased together, and the return of an engagement ring, for a total of $4050.    

Plaintiff put down initial payment, and claims the litigants would split the price of the boat monthly payments, loan was $19,100.   This was defendant’s first boat.     Plaintiff's name isn't on the boat, and he's not getting boat money back.   

Defendant swears no more bad boyfriends, and I hope she stuck to that.

The engagement ring is defendant’s now, and plaintiff gets the ring back.  

Everything else dismissed.

Second (2017)-

Online Dating Fail-     Plaintiff Susan Jervis suing defendant/former boyfriend Joseph Russo (met through a dating website), for return of rent and property, and moving costs.   Plaintiff went from California to Arizona, defendant moved to Arizona, and then litigants moved in together a few months later, in plaintiff's rental house.  Plaintiff lived part time in her late mother's trust house in California, and in a rental house with defendant in Bullhead City, AZ.   Litigants only have a lease signed by them, not the landlord.    Plaintiff wants her items she bought for the house back, most of which are gone, so she's not getting money for those.   

Case dismissed. 

Who's Telling the Truth?-     Plaintiff Seer Rees rented room to defendant/former tenant, David Noble II and plaintiff wants rent, a bike, and property defendant took with him when he moved out.     Defendant moved out because of on-going drug use in the house, and other issues.      Plaintiff claims defendant trashed the room, and had bed bugs.   Plaintiff claims the bed bugs got into the wall socket, and infested the light switch.    (I did research and with a heavy infestation bed bugs can infest behind switch plates, and in outlet boxes, but there have to be a lot of them).

Defendant will return the bike, and plaintiff gets $500.  

Restraining Order Roommates-Plaintiff Barbara Daly suing defendant/ex-roommate Antonio Ferraro for return of rent, legal fees, and a false restraining order, plus belongings back.   Litigants rented a multibedroom place together, and rented bedrooms to other tenants.   

Defendant claims he paid the entire security deposit, and landlord gave the deposit to plaintiff.   Plaintiff also wanted to move her boyfriend in, and a large dog (no pets were allowed in the lease).    Plaintiff looks like a bunny boiler to me. 

Plaintiff claims receipts for a previous house were the receipts from this house in question. Plaintiff didn't pay for the last 4 months rent.    Fortunately, plaintiff moved after being a squatter for the last four months.    All of plaintiff's property is not with the defendant.   

$250 to the defendant for the security deposit.   

Plaintiff receives what she deserves, nothing. 

Edited March 2, 2022 by CrazyInAlabama

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4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Saudi Arabia Housesitting Snafu -Plaintiff Sylvia Erickson is suing defendant Andrew Berger for theft of property, and other damages when he was house sitting.  Plaintiff hired defendant to house sit her dog, two cats, birds, first time for a month, and the second time for three months.   Plaintiff claims jewelry, tools and other items disappeared while she was away, and Berger was in charge of the house.   Plaintiff hired Berger to watch the animals and house for a month, and she was happy with his job.   The second time plaintiff hired him she claims he left the house filthy, and a lot of things were missing.     Plaintiff’s husband works for ARAMCO, in Saudi Arabia, and plaintiff visits him there a couple of times a year.  

JJ is trying to figure out who lives locally and have access to her house.   Plaintiff has two adult children living in the same town as the house, and several grandchildren.    When plaintiff returned the second time, she says house was trashed, and many things had been stolen.  Missing items are earrings, the 5’ long closet mirror was gone, many tools, and she finally got ahold of defendant, and he denied knowing where anything went, and if anyone was in the house.    One bedroom closet was destroyed by one of the cats.  Defendant admits his girlfriend stayed at the house sometimes.   

Plaintiff says one neighbor has a key, but no alarm access.   JJ claims the adult children, and their teen grandchildren had access, and there is no proof the defendant stole items, or trashed the house. 

My view, I bet the defendant's girlfriend or others took the items.   I would bet that the girlfriend wasn't the only visitor during the plaintiff’s absence.  

JJ will not return the house sitter’s fee to plaintiff, or any damages, or stolen property.

Plaintiff case dismissed.

Life Insurance Vacation Spree -Plaintiff Kasie Smith (Kasie is pronounced Casey) suing defendant Hailie Sullivan for defendant’s part of two vacations plaintiff financed, after plaintiff’s husband died.     Plaintiff received insurance proceeds and took two vacations with defendant to Sea World, and Coachella (the music festival if I misspelled it).   Plaintiff claims defendant told her that she would repay the vacation money for her part of the trip. 

Plaintiff case dismissed.   I’m wondering if the $150,000 insurance proceeds are gone, and she’s broke?      

Second (2013)-

Judgment Causes Happy Dance -Plaintiff /landlord Tamilyn and Michael Kaminsky are suing defendant/former tenant Monique Borunda for rental damages.   Defendant rented property for seven years, and claims she was an ideal tenant.  Rent was $1900 a month, and security was $2,000.        There are move out photos from the landlord, showing bad carpet.   

Landlady say the shower enclosure was stolen out of the house too.  The butcher block kitchen counter top is very burned.   I doubt how the defendant says the counter top was burned.   There is a letter to landlady saying that in lieu of paying the last month’s rent, the landlords can keep her security deposit.  

(JJ discounts the shower enclosure theft, who the hell but the defendant would take it out?   I don't think there is a big market for stolen shower enclosures).

JJ is pulling her usual routine of saying that since house is paid off, only the taxes and routine repairs are expenses, so JJ is alleging landlords made a huge profit by renting.  

When JJ cancels the plaintiff’s claim, the defendant does her bizarre happy dance, and laughing.  Defendant keeps making bizarre noises, and interrupting.   I wonder what defendant’s new landlord said when they saw this case?    (This all happened in Apple Valley, CA)  

I never can understand why landlords came on this show, or still agree to appear on The People’s Court, they never get a fair shake.

Plaintiff gets $100 for the butcher block.   Shower enclosure dismissed.      

Prom Dress Disaster -Plaintiff/customer Sydneka Moore suing defendant/seamstress Maxine “Maxx” Paul for the money spent on the prom dress that defendant was supposed to construct.  The dress is not classy like plaintiff mother says it is, but full on see through with small lace patches skank, and looks a lot like a red Pnina from Say Yes to the Dress.   Why anyone would want their teenager dressed like that is beyond my understanding.   Plaintiff mother wants the cost of the dress, plus a replacement dress.

 Plaintiff had a photograph of the dress, but no pattern.  The picture has a slip all the way up to the lower hip area.      The plaintiff’s issues with the completed dress are ridiculous.   Plaintiff mother says the finished dress is too revealing, but the picture of what mother wanted is scandalous.   Daughter had three fittings in the dress.   The mother wanted something that looked like the $750 dress much cheaper.   Brianna, the daughter wanted the sleeves added. 

As JJ says, if you want the dress in the picture, pay for it.  

Plaintiff case dismissed.

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

World's Greatest Landlord-Plaintiff landlord Randy Myerson suing defendant / former tenant Alexandra Kerns for unpaid loan, car payments, and for bailing her out of jail.      Defendant arrested for DUI, and bail was $2,000.  Defendant claims landlord said he would buy her a car, and she says it would be included in the rent.  Car was always in his name, so he wants toll fees, impound fees, etc.    

Landlord swears he didn't have ulterior motives towards tenant.   As JJ says, he should have repossessed the car, or reported it stolen.    (He was shocked after the DUI that she came home drunk, kept drinking, and assaulted him).  

 He gets $2,000 for bail back, and I hope he got the car back.

Online Attorney Fraud-Plaintiff /former client  LaTanya Sharp suing defendant/ former "attorney"  Lucia Lopez for lying about being an attorney, ripping her off for creating a trust, and modifying a previous trust, and failure to return documents.   Defendant is not an attorney.   

JJ had proof in a Facebook message that defendant was asked if they are a paralegal or an attorney, and the defendant said she's an attorney.   Defendant claims plaintiff took binder of documents defendant mailed to her, and refused to sign for the package she sent to her.  So, defendant claims plaintiff does have the binder.   I wonder how many other ‘clients’ the defendant had, who thought she was an attorney?    

 $200 to plaintiff.

Second (2016)-

Rage Against the Door-   Plaintiff Myron Fulford suing defendant/ex-girlfriend Alexis Powers for her attempt to break into his house.    The attempted break in happened the day after they broke up, during a big argument at his house.   He sent her a text that he would bring her belongings to a meeting place, but if she came to his house he would call the police.   

As usual, defendant's phone was accidentally destroyed, and she has no texts.     (Note to defendant, that purple lipstick makes you look ugly, and cheap).  Plaintiff says they were in a relationship for six months, but they never lived together, but she stayed over a few times.  

Police were called when defendant tried to kick the door down.    Plaintiff lives with his daughter, and brother, and I'm sure that child was terrified when this happened.   Plaintiff says his brother had to help him hold the door shut.     Defendant claims she lived with plaintiff, but contradicts herself in her statement.   She brought a one-year-old into this mess

Plaintiff gets $600, defendant gets $0.

Convicted Felon Wants Guns Back-   Plaintiff Tiffany Sullivan kept suing defendant/ex-boyfriend /ex-husband Justin Dodd for the return of payments for a  (he says ex-boyfriend, but they went through a divorce, very confusing) truck, a TV, and other property.     They are divorced, and he wants more visitation, or custody.   Defendant claims he only has supervised visitation, and wants more.   

As usual, the next wife is defendant's witness.     Defendant mostly lived in the shed behind the house.

Plaintiff wants her truck back, and she signed the truck over to him.    Truck was never re-registered in his name.    Defendant given two weeks to re-register the truck, or plaintiff gets it back.   

Defendant wants his BB guns back, and they are in the shed.  Plaintiff is told to leave the BB guns at the local police precinct for him to pick up, and police will decide if they are legal for him to possess (he's a convicted felon).  

Edited March 4, 2022 by CrazyInAlabama

[DoctorK]

16 hours ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

JJ is pulling her usual routine of saying that since house is paid off, only the taxes and routine repairs are expenses, so JJ is alleging landlords made a huge profit by renting.  

Yeah, that pisses me off too. How about the cost of acquiring the property? How about time wasted going to court for evictions or to respond to nonsense suits from scheming tenants? How about the time and costs to manage the taxes (not just property taxes)? Also, the defendant's happy dance at getting away with her scheme was unreal, wish Byrd had been allowed to slap her sillier than she already was. What alleged adult would do that?

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Dog Breeding Beginners -Plaintiff  Trina Dorrier suing defendant /ex-boyfriend Michael Jehn for vet bills, the value of a dog, vet bills and an assault.       Plaintiff claims a puppy that Michael Jehn’s dog had Jack Russell and Mutt mix produced, is her property and she wants the puppy back.   Plaintiff claims the dogs are a purebred Jack Russell Terrier, and Chow mix.    There were seven puppies in the litter, two males are with defendant, one is with plaintiff, four were given away by defendant.

All of the puppies went to the plaintiff’s sister’s house.   Defendant didn’t take the puppies when he moved out of the sister’s house, after four days.   Defendant didn’t see the puppies for almost four months, because the friend he stayed with couldn’t have dogs there.     Defendant says the two dogs he had ‘mysteriously disappeared’.

The only puppy that was left was T.J., and two dogs had disappeared.    Plaintiff let the dogs run loose.  Only one dog was left, and defendant got the dog.   When plaintiff went to the area where defendant lived, about an hour away, and she would take the dog with her to visit.     Then, plaintiff went to her son’s house, he lives near defendant, and dog was with defendant for the weekend.    Then, litigants spent the next week together at his house, then they had an argument, and police were called.  

JJ asks plaintiff if she was sober when the police visited, plaintiff says she was drinking, the defendant was drinking, and defendant says his landlady called police.   Then, plaintiff’s sister came to get plaintiff, and took plaintiff back to house where plaintiff and sister live, and defendant kept the dog that the custody fight is over in the case.      Unfortunately, plaintiff doesn’t seem to be a good dog owner, she lets the dogs run the neighborhood. 

Defendant is counter suing for the value of two puppies that disappeared when plaintiff had them.  Defendant case dismissed.

Defendant keeps T.J. the dog, which is a better home for T.J.

JJ points out that most of the puppies were given away so no value.

Plaintiff gets $500 for the value of the dog, and defendant keeps the dog.

Evicted Sisters -Plaintiff/older sister Lee Payne suing defendant/younger sister Aliyah Hensley for fees from their eviction from an apartment they leased together.   Both litigants signed the lease.  However, the lease copy is only plaintiff’s name signed on it, but defendant’s name isn’t on the lease, and the landlord’s signature isn’t on it.

The litigants moved in together, defendant lost her job, and the litigants were evicted for non-payment.  Plaintiff wants return of rent, and eviction fees.   JJ wants plaintiff’s checks to landlord, but she used a prepaid debit card, and has no proof of payment.

There is also no proof that plaintiff paid the eviction fees of $1300.  (Note to plaintiff, when you can’t pay your rent, but can pay for a big ass tattoo of lips on the upper boobular area, JJ doesn’t care about your stupid case, and neither do I).

Plaintiff case dismissed.

Second (2013)-

Shih Tzu Attack! -Plaintiff Heather Riess suing defendant/Shih Tzu owner Linda Mayer for medical bills, and pain and suffering.    Defendant lets her dog wander in her bar (Rochester, MN), for the past eight years, and dog bit a couple of people when they tried to pick him up.    Are dogs allowed to wander where food is served?    The other two bite victims didn’t sue.    

Plaintiff went to the bar with a friend, was about to order, when the bite occurred.  Plaintiff says the dog approached, and she asked defendant if it was OK to pet the dog.   Plaintiff says defendant never warned her not to try to pick up the dog. Then, plaintiff claims she reached to pick up the dog by the belly, when the dog clamped on to her hand.     

Plaintiff went home after the bite, and the next morning her hand was swollen, painful, and went to the ER.    Plaintiff consulted a lawyer, and plaintiff went to physical therapy, and eventually lawyer declined to sue.   Defendant still doesn’t get that she can’t have an animal with a history of three bites wandering in her bar.  

Defendant says she doesn’t serve food, but that doesn’t make it right that the dog wanders the bar.   Plaintiff says defendant does serve some food at her bar, so the dog’s presence is against the health code.  JJ tells defendant that the bar’s insurance company will watch this show, and cancel her insurance, since this aired in 2013, I bet defendant’s insurance was cancelled long ago.

$2500   to plaintiff for therapy, and medical bills.

Baseball Card Caper -Plaintiff Dale Sanker suing defendant Michael Fosnight for stealing baseball cards that defendant was supposed to sell for plaintiff.    Both men trade and sell baseball and sports cards, and sports memorabilia.    Plaintiff doesn’t have a booth at the flea market sale location, his card business is a hobby, so he hired defendant to sell the merchandise for him.   

Defendant claims plaintiff told him to keep the cards, because they were of little value. Plaintiff claims the price he needed for the box of memorabilia was $200, and he gave the box to defendant.   However, now plaintiff is claiming everything in the box was $1500 retail.  

Defendant says it was a consignment deal, and after defendant’s mother-in-law died, defendant wanted to give the box contents back to plaintiff (no, it doesn’t make any sense to me either).

JJ says they were both looking for a sucker, and each found one in the other litigant.

In the hall-terview plaintiff says the mother-in-law died excuse is bogus, because defendant isn’t married, but defendant says his partner’s mother died.   Both litigants say the other is lying about the cards. 

$200 to plaintiff.

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

Cyclist in the Pedestrian Crossing Smash-Plaintiff/bicyclist Mitchell Eastwood suing defendant/motorist Bryan Anderson for hitting him, while cyclist was in a crosswalk.  Plaintiff was on bike path, came to crosswalk (it's part of a greenway bike path), stopped to check for traffic, and when plaintiff was in the crosswalk, defendant hit him.     There is a sign on crosswalk that says it is a state law to yield to pedestrians, and cyclists in the crosswalk.   

There are no medical records of injury to the plaintiff.   Defendant doesn't care that he could have killed a person, just that he thinks he would have been right in his own mind.  Police report says plaintiff did nothing wrong, but defendant violated right of way for crosswalk.    Defendant was driving his sister-in-law's vehicle, and was insured.  Defendant claims he didn't hit the cyclist, and he's such a jerk.   Police did not cite the defendant, which is wrong of them.

Because Minnesota is a no-fault state, plaintiff would have to claim his own homeowner’s insurance, raising his rate.

Plaintiff gets $550 for damage to his bike.

Neighbor from Hell-Plaintiff Linda Pierce suing neighbor/defendant Mark Perrotte for money owed for a car $500, and harassment.    Defendant claims car was a gift, and plaintiff was neighbor from hell, and wants $2,000 for plaintiff filing a false restraining order.   Defendant's car broke down, and plaintiff sold him a car for $500 (defendant says it was a gift).  Defendant has car, registered in his name, and JJ tells him to sign over the title, and give the car back.   Defendant given choice, either pay the $500, or sign the car back and return it.   (My view, plaintiff though befriending neighbor would work out much better for her than it did).    

Plaintiff has several police reports claiming harassment, and applications for protective orders (dismissed after hearing).  In defendant's place, I would try to find somewhere else to live, not near the plaintiff.  Records show both complained to police often, and all restraining orders dismissed.

 I bet she's still bothering him, and his kids.    $500 to plaintiff for car.  $4500 for harassment dismissed.

$500 to plaintiff for the car.   

Second (2016)-

Co-Parenting BBQ Snafu-Plaintiff/ex-girlfriend Jelanee Thompson says the defendant/father Carl McCaskill, of her three-year-old child vandalized her car at a BBQ.   Defendant says he didn't do it.    After the BBQ everyone went to his house, and the two started fighting.   Defendant tried to get the tablet the child was using, and plaintiff got mad, and plaintiff called police on him.    Plaintiff claims the defendant was out of control.  Defendant claims he reached through the car window to pick up his tablet, and plaintiff rolled the window up on his arm, and started backing out of the driveway. 

Plaintiff claims defendant damaged her car, and she wants money.   JJ tells defendant to buy touch up paint, and fix the scratch on her car.   Plaintiff claims defendant tried to put a lit cigarette in her gas tank to blow her car up.   

 $50 to the plaintiff.  

Prized Tennis Shoes Feud-Plaintiff Katie Demirsar suing ex-boyfriend/defendant Malik Davison for loan to buy Michael Jordan tennis shoes.   As usual, defendant says they're a gift, she also wants gas money, and stolen property.    The defendant wanted the sneakers, said he would pay back the plaintiff, so plaintiff gets $190 for the shoes. 

$190 to plaintiff for shoe loan.

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4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Roommate Revolt -Plaintiffs Hayden Collins and (girlfriend) Jessica O’Mahoney are suing defendant/former roommate Anthony Ghera for unpaid rent.     The three lived in a previous apartment together, then there was a couple of month’s gap, and then the three found the new apartment.

Defendant is claimed by Hayden to want to move into the apartment, to be paying a third of the rent, because there are three roommates.   Defendant says plaintiffs wanted him to pay half of the rent, with plaintiffs paying the other half.     All three signed the lease.   Defendant signed the lease starting in June, but didn’t intend to move into the apartment until August.  

Defendant says the plaintiffs had other roommates in June and July, but there’s no proof.   Plaintiff Hayden says the end of August, defendant told him that he wasn’t moving into the apartment.   There were other roommates in the summer.  

10 days later, defendant signed a roommate release on the apartment.   A new roommate didn’t move into the end of November.   Plaintiff still wants six month’s back rent.    Defendant says before he moved in the plaintiffs said that defendant would have to pay half of the rent.  

Plaintiff will get one-third rent for September, $400.   However, defendant was to have one bedroom, and plaintiffs shared another bedroom.  Defendant claims on the previous apartment that they were evicted because a friend of plaintiff’s was involved in a shooting, but wasn’t a roommate.   Defendant had to pay over $2000 in damages and eviction fees, because defendant was the only person who was on the lease. 

Plaintiff gets $400 for September’s rent. 

Puppy Payment! -Plaintiff Kyle Worden suing defendants Bryan Glad and girlfriend Kimberly Grahl over a dachshund puppy, and wants his deposit back.     Plaintiff only wanted a specific female puppy, a silver dapple Dachshund, AKC registered, on a contract $100 deposit non-refundable, and $500 left to pay.   Plaintiff says defendant Bryan sold the puppy to someone else.   Defendant says since plaintiff couldn’t pick up the puppy in two days, and wanted to wait a week to pick her up, the defendant sold the puppy.    

Defendant said plaintiff wanted to get a male dapple stud, and breed with the female dapple, resulting in Double Dapples.   This is a horrible idea, since breeding double dapples leads to horrible birth defects (no eyes, and other genetic issues).

(From the Alphapaw dot com website:   https://www.alphapaw.com/blog/double-dapple-awareness-unsafe-breeding-in-the-dachshund-community/#:~:text=What are the Risks%3F,the Double Dapple gene combination.

 What are the Risks? There are lethal genes commonly associated with Double Dapple. The problems associated with the lethal genes in Double Dapples are varying degrees of vision and hearing loss, including missing eyes or “micro eyes”. Blindness and/or deafness can be caused by the Double Dapple gene combination.)

Plaintiff currently has 2 females and 1 male Dachshund, and wanted the dapple female for breeding.    The plaintiff would be getting an outside stud for the female he wanted to buy and breed.

Defendant says the plaintiff didn’t know about AKC, but had CKC (Continental Kennel Club, not like AKC). Defendant says plaintiff wanted to breed the female to a dapple stud, leading to the horrible conditions discussed above.  

Plaintiff receives his deposit back $100. Plaintiff claims he won’t breed double dapples, and has a consultant, and I have no doubt this will be a disaster for the dogs.    Defendant says “Rock on Judy” in the hall-terview.

Second (2013)-

On-the-Job Assault -   Plaintiff /hotel clerk Walter “Antonio” ONeal is suing former hotel guest for an assault, and defendant James Pippin says hotel clerk deserved it for not connecting his room phone for long distance.   Defendant claims that plaintiff challenged him after plaintiff complained about the lack of long distance service in the rooms.   On check in plaintiff advised the defendant that the owner cut the long distance off to the rooms.   Defendant threw an ink pen at the plaintiff, went to his room, and stomped back to the front desk demanding long distance be turned on.   Then defendant referred to plaintiff’s race, assaulted plaintiff, and police were called. 

JJ said “Crap”!  It didn’t get bleeped.    Defendant refers to how things used to be, that tells me everything I need to know about the situation. 

(I remember this, the actual incident was at the Days Inn, Columbus, GA, from the newspaper accounts I read when this happened.   My view is defendant is despicable, did exactly what the plaintiff accused him of, and I believe it was all because defendant is white, and older, and plaintiff is black, and young).

$1500 to plaintiff.

Smashed Spaniel Tail  - Plaintiffs Victoria and Norman Grover suing defendant Robert Flink for vet bills for their dog's tail amputation.   Defendant says plaintiffs were looking at the house to lease it, and detached garage, and plaintiffs’ dog, Rocky, was leashed.   Defendant unhooked leash from plaintiff dog, and litigants were looking at the yard, and the garage.   

Garage wasn't included in the rental, defendant opened the garage door (overhead solid door), when an iron pole fell over, and crushed the dog's tail, cutting off most of it.    

Defendant claims dog hit pole, and caused it to fall.   (JJ is right, if that had been a child injured, then he would have been responsible, and penniless). 

$998 to plaintiffs for vet bills for Rocky.

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

The Ever-Changing Dog Attack Story-   Plaintiff Alberto Nunez, suing defendants/dog owners Lourdes Rodriguez, and husband Joe Rivera for son’s medical bills after their dog attacked the plaintiff’s little boy.      10-year-old boy, Samuel Nunez, was attacked by defendant's vicious dog.   Defendant keeps changing how it happened, denies boy was bitten, and claims it was all boy's fault.   Defendant is another disgusting dog owner who blames the victim for everything.    Defendant woman claims no bite happened, so how did the little boy end up with a big scar, and rabies shots.

Defendant child sits in the chair of justice, and tells JJ what happened.   Child was walking home from school, defendant had baby stroller, and dog on leash.     Child was bitten, had four shots on the day of the attack, until the rabies shot record was discovered.     Defendant didn't ever tell anyone about her dog attacking the little boy, then someone from animal control/police found out that there was another attack the next day by the same dog, on another person. Pflugerville, CA is where this happened.     

Defendant's lie is that she saw child approaching, she claims that she told child to go around her other side, claims the dog was only barking at the child, and didn't bite him.    What a despicable liar she is.    Affidavit by defendant directly contradicts her court statement, and claims child attacked her dog.   

Plaintiff father found the dog the next day, by someone hunting for the owner of a dog from a second attack on the second day, after the little boy was attacked.    The second attack, on another dog, is blamed on the other dog. 

 In the second case, nothing was done because the attack was on another dog.       (In many states, the attack or death of another animal does not lead to charges against the owner, no matter how predatory the animal is). 

JJ tries to get through to the defendants that their baby is in danger from this jealous dog, but defendants still claim that everything was a money grab by plaintiff's father, and nothing was their fault.

Out of pocket was $1.346 for the child’s medical bills, and plaintiff gets $2500.    (I would have given the plaintiff $5,000, as a penalty for defendant lying about the little boy, and her vicious dog).

Fumigation Fence War-   Plaintiff Barbara Fuscsick suing home owner/defendant Robert Milner for car insurance deductible for damages from his fence falling on her car.     Defendant is plaintiff’s neighbor, had his house fumigated, and tented.   Plaintiff claims her fence was knocked over by the tent, and the fence hit her car.   Plaintiff wants her $500 deductible.   

Defendant is blaming the fence falling down, on plaintiff’s landlord not replacing the fence.   Defendant claims the insurance for his homeowners, and the fumigation company should have worked this out between them.     Why didn't the defendant just pay the $500?   

$500 to plaintiff. 

Second (2016)-

Icy Road Spin Scare-   Plaintiff Lani Rupp suing ex-boyfriend/defendant Alexander Muriera for damaging her car while he was borrowing it, $2400.     According to plaintiff they had a huge, violent fight, over the damage to her car.  Then he moved in with roommates a few blocks from her house.   

Defendant was driving plaintiff's vehicle, was on I-70, spun out, and pulled on the median with minor damage (plaintiff's photo shows major wheel well damage, and passenger side front fender and bumper damage).  Defendant calls the damage to plaintiff’s vehicle ‘minor cosmetic damage’.  

Defendant claims his Jeep was damaged while plaintiff was driving it, and that was before the first fight about her car.   Defendant claims they fought over the car, but there was another fight outside his place, and that's when the second fight about his car happened.    Defendant claims they had a later fight, and she threw her phone at his car, and broke the windshield.    JJ tells them to fix their own cars, neither one had collision insurance.      

Cases dismissed.  

Dune Buggy Bamboozle-      Plaintiffs Elizabeth and Shawn Roland bought a dune buggy from defendant, Thomas Spiers, and are suing for a refund.   They claim it wasn't the one they wanted, and finally returned it to defendant.  Defendant claims it was returned damaged, plaintiffs say (according to defendant) the dune buggy arrived damaged, was the wrong model and color.    Defendant wants money for repairing dune buggy.   

Apparently, the defendant's company shipped the wrong dune buggy to the plaintiffs, and defendant says plaintiffs were fine with that.  Plaintiffs say defendant is a liar.

Defendant says main difference between two buggies is color, and side panels, plus buggy was a floor model.   Plaintiffs say they never used the buggy, but defendant says it was used. 

Plaintiffs get money back $4921.   

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4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Mom to the Rescue -Plaintiff/mother Dawn Deoraj suing defendant/former landlord David Warren for return of rent and security deposit for locking her son, Ryan Deoraj,  out after three days of tenancy.  Plaintiff mother rented a room for her 23-year-old son in defendant’s house.  Plaintiff won’t let son stay at her own home.  Defendant’s home is only a mile from plaintiff mother’s home.   Plaintiff son used to live with his girlfriend, and baby, then lived with the mother for a few months, and rented the defendant’s room for three days. 

Plaintiff says son needs to learn responsibility, and live on his own.   Defendant says son didn’t follow house rules, breached the contract.    Plaintiff paid defendant $1,000.   There was no written lease, just a handshake between litigants.   Mother paid $500 for first month’s rent, and $500 security deposit (rent was $500 a month).  

Defendant will not get to keep security, because tenant did no damages, and defendant kicked son out.  

$500 security back to plaintiff.  Defendant says they don’t allow other sleep overs, and he says plaintiff son had some underage girl in his house, smoking indoors, etc.  A lot of JJ’s issues with defendant seemed to be connected to defendant’s paying some of his employees under the table. 

$1,000 to plaintiff mother.

Cousin Complaints -Plaintiff/cousin Coreyann Henry suing defendant/cousin Mario Godines for unpaid rent, and bills.  Plaintiff wants $3,450 for their mutual apartment.    The residents in the original two bedroom house were plaintiff, and her daughter, plus defendant and his girlfriend, and their two kids, with a third on the way, so the litigants decided they would rent a bigger place.     

Defendant is counter suing for storage fees.    They all moved into a larger rental, and both litigants signed the lease.   Then, plaintiff and his cast of thousands moved into the rental, and after a month defendant took off.   Defendant’s statement says ‘he never pays rent’.    The 2-bedroom rent was $463, the new place was $950, more than double to accommodate the defendant’s family.

Defendant says they were fighting over money missing from plaintiff’s wallet.    Defendant also wasn’t paying rent, but his girlfriend sometimes baby sat for plaintiff’s daughter.  

Litigants lived in the rentals for six months between the 2 bedroom, and the larger rental.   Defendant only paid one month’s rent, on the larger place, after she kicked him out.

After the kickout, the defendant, girlfriend, and the kids moved in with his mother.

Plaintiff had to pay for two more months at the bigger rental, and then moved out after an agreement with the leasing company.

$950 to plaintiff.

Second (2013)-

Deli Towing Incident -Plaintiff Gina Imperial suing defendant/deli owner, Bruno Simione, for towing her car from in front of his deli business.   Plaintiff claims she didn’t park illegally, that she went to the gym.      Plaintiff claims she parked legally, because she was going into the gym, to find out about membership, and check out the gym.    Plaintiff claims on the day in question she was asking about the gym's hiring process so her son could apply to be a personal trainer.    Plaintiff claims she went in the gym, to talk to Alison, but went across the street to get a coffee (no coffee shop in the strip mall with the deli).  Then went back to talk to Alison at the gym.  Then claims she was going to the deli, made a purchase.   Then, her car disappeared, and she claims she asked at the gym, and deli if they had her car towed.    (This happened in Santa Clarita, CA). (Plaintiff is a Personal Development Teacher, is that a Life Coach?).

The parking lot has signs about parking at the strip mall parking lot, if you’re not patronizing the deli, gym or other businesses, you will be towed. 

Defendant's witness, Cody Bartosh, (a fitness trainer at the gym when this happened) saw the plaintiff park in the shopping center lot, then she walked across the street.   Witness says plaintiff came in the wrong direction, almost hit another car, ran over the curb, looked agitated when she parked, and she walked directly across the street.   Witness (worked at gym for several years,) never saw the plaintiff inside the gym that day.  Witness for defendant that say that plaintiff did leave the car, and wasn't going into the businesses in the strip mall (deli, gym, and a couple of others).   

Witness Cody Bartosh, says they did have an Alison that worked there, but she had nothing to do with hiring.   And then Cody Bartosh told deli owner about the illegal parking, so car was towed about 1 p.m., plaintiff didn't come in the deli until 2 p.m.    The witness at the gym never saw plaintiff come in, and he saw the car being towed.    

Plaintiff case dismissed, because it's garbage.

(As a longtime viewer of Parking Wars, about towing, ticketing, and stupid car owner excuses, I bet plaintiff will lose, and I’ll laugh at her).

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

Friendly Loan or Cry for Help-Plaintiff Kimberly Sullivan suing defendant /former friend James Spaulding, for unpaid loans, $3600.  Defendant came to plaintiff with a tragic story, and needed money to save home from foreclosure.   Plaintiff had him sign his truck over to her as collateral for the loan.   

Defendant says he did a lot of handyman work for the plaintiff, and he was never going to lose his house.  Defendant says the loan was up-front payment for small handyman work.   Defendant can’t name anyone he’s worked for.

$3600 to plaintiff, and defendant was unprepared for trial, so counter claim dismissed.      

White Noise Leads to Homelessness-Plaintiff Liiza Prok suing former landlord, Gregory Hayes, for return of rent, hotel costs, and stolen property.    Plaintiff rented a room in defendant's house for $830 a month, and didn't stay a full month.  Defendant put an ad in craigslist, rented her the room weekly ($600 security, and $200 was weekly rent).   Plaintiff claims $830 was monthly rent, no security. 

Landlord says her white noise machine disturbed the entire house, and so he illegally evicted her.   After plaintiff was evicted she stayed at a friend's place, and stayed in motels, and became homeless for months after this.  Plaintiff has no idea what was stolen.   (The first time this ran, there was a lot of research about plaintiff, and I think JJ got played).   (If defendant had given the appropriate notice for his state, he would have won, but he didn’t.  He’s actually not out a penny, and he really won anyway, because the show pays the judgment).

$2330 to plaintiff, $830 for rent back, and the rest for illegal eviction. 

Second (2016)-

Baby Daddy Bye Bye-Plaintiff Emily Austin, SSMOT (Sainted Single Mother of Two, one with defendant) is suing defendant/ ex Nicholas Hardin over a car trade in.   Plaintiff has two-year-old by someone else, defendant said he would treat the kid as his own, and she's now is the mother of defendant’s kid too.  Her parents actually let him move into their house, because he said he would take over the role of father for plaintiff's kid.   The litigants were living together for almost three years, they actually moved into their own place for a while, then defendant broke up with her, and she moved back to her parent’s house. 

Plaintiff used a car as a trade in, and defendant ended up with a Toyota Tundra (only kept for a month, then back to the dealer), and a Jeep that he still has.   Defendant still owes $6,637 for the Toyota, but plaintiff let defendant used her car as a trade in on the Tundra.     She traded her car in because she wanted a car for her two kids, and now has no car.   She doesn't work. 

Idiot plaintiff's idiot father, David Austin,  (he’s the plaintiff witness) is whining in court about the unfairness of the defendant taking the car.   As JJ says, plaintiff parents were thrilled about someone taking daughter, and her kid off their hands.   

In the hall-terview why does the plaintiff whine about needing day care paid for, when she doesn't work?    As JJ said, the plaintiff father would let anything go on in his house to unload the daughter, and her kids on someone else.  Defendant says he broke up with plaintiff after he was told she was trying to cheat.

Case dismissed.   

Hair Cutting Double-Talk-  Plaintiff Rande Hackmann sold defendant Corey McBroom,  a custom kitchen island, and built out a custom salon in the commercial space of the building.  Plaintiff wants to be paid for the island.   The island was in an apartment for the defendant.    The defendant has the salon, and his apartment in the same apartment complex.  Plaintiff worked for the apartment/commercial complex at the time of the salon build out.

Defendant hairdresser claims no firm price (but says $2k in statement by defendant).    I suspect JJ is right, defendant just wanted an L.A. paid vacation.  Defendant claims he paid $300 cash, plus $420, = $720, and says he paid the rest in haircuts.   

Plaintiff gets $1025.

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4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Stalking and Assault? -Plaintiff Donna Wright suing defendant/former roommate George Lytle over abandoned property at her home, she wants storage fees for his stuff in her basement.    Defendant wants money for the property, and for harassment and stalking.   Defendant filed for a protective order, a hearing before a judge, and defendant was granted a protective order for one year.   A year ago, when the protective order was granted, JJ wants to know if defendant told the judge he wanted his property back with an escort, and defendant claims personal effects can be returned by civil standby.  

JJ tells defendant to file for a civil violation of the protective order for not returning defendant’s stuff in her basement, dead TVs, a giant tire, and JJ tells defendant to go get his stuff with a police officer escort.   If plaintiff doesn’t come with

Co-Signing Cousin -Plaintiff/cousin Kimberly  Taylor suing defendant/cousin Ashley Sullivan for the return of a car defendant repossessed.   Plaintiff had bad credit, and so defendant got the loan as a co-signer, for a Hyundai Elantra, but plaintiff had a suspended license, for a parking ticket (bull pucky).

Plaintiff had no license, her car insurance was suspended because of the license suspension, and fell behind in payments on the car.   Plaintiff had the car for 2 ½ years, and wants her payments back after defendant repo’d the car after the car was in default.    Plaintiff wants her payments back.

Defendant’s mother, is driving the car, has a valid driver’s license, and insurance, and is making the payments.  

Plaintiff wants her name off of the loan, and her payments back.   Plaintiff told to stuff it, and get over it.  Plaintiff just has to hope defendant’s mother keeps making the payments, and won’t get the car back either.

Plaintiff case dismissed.

Logo Liability -Plaintiff Lisa Vicenti suing defendant/graphic designer Karen Bauermeister for the return of her fee for a logo, and wants the payments for the logo and brand back, $700.   There is a written, signed contract for $700, with a delivery date for a logo, preliminary design.   The preliminary logo was received, and the final presentation was given to the plaintiff by defendant.   However, plaintiff found someone else’s work she liked better, so wants her money back from defendant.

Defendant did provide the logo, and the branding materials, and the marketing strategy.

Plaintiff case dismissed.

Second (2013)-

Defame Game -Plaintiff Silvio Belini Jr. is suing defendant Ora Knowell for harassing him for buying defendant’s former man friend’s home as a bank foreclosure, and defaming him.   This case is famous, SWAT had to remove defendant and the boyfriend from the house when they forced their way in, and barricaded themselves inside.   This was the third time defendant and the boyfriend trespassed and tried to stay in the house.   

Defendant claims the house was mortgage free, and not a foreclosure, but there Is proof there was a mortgage on it.   Also, after the foreclosure started boyfriend did a quit claim to his girlfriend, Ora Knowell, which wasn’t legal, because he didn’t own the house.   

Defendant claims because plaintiff’s contractor’s license listed his current address, but also when he became a business owner (2007), that Mr. Belini took her home (no, it doesn’t make sense to anyone but Ora Knowell.  Licenses often list the current address of the license holder, and when they first registered the business.   Defendant claims the house was paid off in 1993, but there was a subsequent mortgage by defendant’s late man friend.   Defendant claims the plaintiff is not Silvio Belini, Jr.    (Yes, he is).

Plaintiff bought house from bank in 2009, and defendant has been suing the bank, plaintiff, and a lot of other lawsuits since then, and defendant has lost every case.   I feel sorry for defendant and her daughter because of the tragic family history, but she has no case against plaintiff. I think the defendant should be named as a vexatious litigant, and would need a judge’s order to file lawsuits. 

Plaintiff has photos of the posters that defendant put up around the neighborhood calling plaintiff a thief, and saying he stole her house.  However, Mr. Bellini has a mortgage interest statement from 2007 to the IRS for mortgage interest by the previous owner paid to Citibank, so there was a mortgage by the previous owner, who was foreclosed on by his lender.

Plaintiff had to get two restraining orders against defendant, and a criminal protection order against her too.  Defendant’s daughter supports her mother too, and is as delusional as her mother.    Daughter calls Mr. Bellini a thief too.    When defendant talks about chain saws, and sledge hammers used to get into ‘her’ house, she’s talking about the SWAT team breaking down the barricades she put up when she broke into the house, in 2008.   I saw the article one of the previous times this episode ran, and the SWAT team breaking into the house was posted at one time.   

Don’t mess with Oakland CA police, they showed a video clip of the entry, and it was amazing.    Besides, defendant and her daughter can call the defendant’s late friend husband, and stepfather, but they weren’t married, and defendant was never legally on the deed for the house.

I can’t imagine the harassment that Mr. Bellini and his family have gone through from the defendants.  Ora Knowell will never stop harassing the plaintiff, and his family.  All of the time after this case, and postings on her Facebook still slam Mr. Bellini.

Plaintiff receives $5,000.

Assault or No Assault? -Plaintiff Lindsey Estes suing defendant/former roommate Andrea Lehner for apartment rent, for one month’s rent, and the termination fee on the apartment.   Defendant claims plaintiff assaulted her.   

Defendant owes $1390 for the few days in January she had her property in the apartment.   Defendant has to pay half of the lease termination fee.

Plaintiff receives $2403.

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

Assault of the Landlord-Plaintiff Deborah Smith is suing defendant/home owner Marshall Smith (the two litigants are not related) for illegal eviction, changing the locks, and stolen property.     Defendant had the woman pet sit three years ago, and a year ago the woman told defendant she was a general contractor.  

Defendant paid her $25,000 to be general contractor for the roof replacement, and other work.      He says she never did any work, isn't a contractor, and has been on disability since 1992.   Plaintiff claimed she wasn’t paid to be a general contractor.   Plaintiff claims her disability started in 1992, and ended in 2015, but won't answer any of JJ's questions, so her case is dismissed.    Officer Byrd has to tell the plaintiff to stop commenting during the defendant's testimony. Plaintiff claims she was a tenant, illegally evicted, and wants $5,000 for garbage, and her case is dismissed.   

Defendant says he let her stay in the spare room occasionally, since she lived so far away.  She left for over three weeks, and when he noticed a bad odor from the room, he entered and found a lot of his stolen property.     

Defendant claims after he changed the locks, the plaintiff crawled under the house, into the basement, broke in, and assaulted him, and stole his laptop.   Defendant filed a police report alleging assault by her, theft, and wanted a protective order. and changed the locks.   Plaintiff wanted a temporary protective order and was granted a one-year protective order.  Plaintiff claims she was only out of town for three days, and was helping him get back in the house.

Before JJ's court, there was a protective order hearing to get it ended against plaintiff, plaintiff was late to that court, and argued with the judge that she was actually in court the entire time.  

JJ advises the defendant to have his attorney ask a judge to file a vexatious litigant order against plaintiff.   

I feel sorry for defendant, because I bet the plaintiff is still bothering him.  

Cases dismissed. 

Pedestrian Slam in a Parking Lot-Plaintiff Matthew McMurtrie claims the defendant Hamid “David” Sadeghi hit him with his car in a parking lot.  Plaintiff is lucky he wasn't injured more.    

Defendant says he didn't do anything wrong, didn't even put in a claim with his insurance company, because he thinks nothing is wrong with the plaintiff.   Defendant says he doesn't really think he hit the plaintiff.  Plaintiff claims the defendant doesn't have insurance, but defendant claims he does.   

Supposedly it's Geico, but the Gecko didn't show up in court to testify.   Plaintiff contacted an attorney over the medical bills, and defendant's refusal to give him the name of his insurance company. 

Defendant has video from the parking garage, but it isn't of the accident, just of the inside of the parking garage.  Defendant shouldn't be behind the wheel of a car.  

Plaintiff gets damages $2100 for medical bills, and lost wages. (I would have given plaintiff $5,000 with the extra for defendant claiming plaintiff is a liar).

Second (2016)-

Eye Witness Wow-Plaintiff Tashawna Woodberry is suing brother /defendants Laird Williams, and his wife Leaha Williams, over damage to plaintiff's rental car.   Defendants were having marital issues, and defendant brother wanted plaintiff to rent a car for him to take his two kids to visit in Minneapolis.  Defendant Laird went back to his home instead, and claims plaintiff husband had the car when the damages happened.    Marcus Woodberry, husband of plaintiff says his brother-in-law called him, and told him about the broken car windshield, done by the defendant’s wife.

Witness for plaintiff, former neighbor of defendants, Sandra Jackson, saw defendant wife smashing the windshield with a brick, twice.   Defendants were late returning vehicle, and didn't pay plaintiff, until she threatened to file theft charges.  Then the windshield damage happened.   

$761 to plaintiff.

Pack Your Bags...Guilt Trip-Plaintiff Catherine Helms loaned a 30-year-old truck to her son/defendant Wesley Helms, claims it was trashed by the time returned, and she's suing for the truck value, and every penny she's ever spent on it, vehicle tax, registration, insurance, and maintenance.   Plaintiff claims truck was her only vehicle, but her long-term boyfriend has three vehicles she used.   Plaintiff/mother claims she had to junk/salvage the truck.   However, her son-in-law, defendant sister, and son/defendant say she sold it to someone they know.  Plaintiff witness, son-in-law of plaintiff, and defendant’s sister’s husband, reluctantly admits that plaintiff sold the truck to someone at the dealership he works at. 

Plaintiff wants $2300 for the truck, but she gets zip.

The plaintiff/mother is so full of it, and her phony poor little me routine in the Hall-terview is pathetic.   Crying works better with actual tears. Defendant in the hall-terview says with the mother his whole life it’s been “Pack your bags, we’re going on a guilt trip”.

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4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Dirty Drug Test? -Plaintiff /former sober Shameka Wilson suing defendant/sober living house owner Michael Ray for trespass, and illegal eviction.       Plaintiff/woman with drug issue who flunked drug test is trying to regain custody of her child, but after failing a drug test she was evicted from the sober living facility.    Defendant also says plaintiff had drugs in her room.  Plaintiff claims she voluntarily went to drug rehab, and then sober living, after having her child removed by DCFS. 

Panorama City, CA is where this happened.     After plaintiff left the program, she voluntarily went to defendant’s sober living facility, and was evicted for violating the rules of the house.   The rules, and what drugs are allowed by prescription are on the intake form.    After two months, plaintiff was evicted for rule violations.    Plaintiff had tickets to go to “The Price is Right”, missing the Sunday house meeting at the sober house.  Apparently, the TV show shot on Sunday.     When plaintiff came home about 3 p.m., staff wanted a urinalysis, and plaintiff claims she wasn’t allowed to watch staff member test the urine.  

JJ is upset the cup (the cup tests the urine for 25 or more substances), wasn’t kept, when plaintiff flunked the test.   The bottles aren’t kept, because there are hundreds of them.  Then, staff searched plaintiff’s room, and defendant says the drugs were found in plaintiff’s room.   JJ is upset that the staff member, who since left town, can’t testify.    Linda, the former manager showed defense witness the Norco bottle Linda says she found in plaintiff’s room.  (Norco contains a combination of acetaminophen and hydrocodone. Hydrocodone is an opioid pain medication).

Plaintiff claims she had arguments with two staff members on the day of the Price is Right filming, and claims the drug test was faked, and she was illegally evicted.  

DCFS wants random tests, and plaintiff claims she passed them, and has her child back in her custody.

Plaintiff will get her May rent back $175, because defendant has no witnesses to confirm the drug test fail.

Pink Boot Scuffle -Plaintiff Elizabeth Minardi suing defendant Emily Borden (her sister-in-law’s former personal care aide) for defendant throwing snow and gravel, and ruining plaintiff’s pink boots by drenching them in snow.  Plaintiff chased defendant outside ruining her special, beloved, and spectacular pink boots.   Plaintiff claims defendant was stealing from the sister-in-law, and chased her when defendant ran out of the house, and when defendant left the drive way the car threw snow and gravel and dirt on the boots.  

The plaintiff says defendant grabbed money off of the table, on her way out the door, and plaintiff was talking to the detective handling the theft case.    The boots are a Breast Cancer commemorative product.  

Defendant has a pending criminal case, so JJ can’t discuss it.   Defendant counter claim for lost wages, is dismissed.

Plaintiff case dismissed.   JJ says plaintiff needed to stay inside, and let the police handle the case.  Plaintiff and police had the defendant’s address, phone number, and knew where to find her.

Second (2013)-

Motorcycle Mayhem -Plaintiff Kaylee Frehner suing defendant Kelly King for moving and damaging plaintiff’s motorcycle from plaintiff’s assigned garage space.   Plaintiff claims the garage space was assigned to her for the garage space, and defendant claims management assigned the same garage space to her.  When defendant attempted to move the motorcycle, it fell over and was damaged.   Plaintiff does not have the lease with the carport and the garage space assigned to her, but defendant has a “To Whom it May Concern” letter from the apartment, but no lease.   Plaintiff witness is her boyfriend, Brett Frick.    Defendant has a garage, and a carport for her car.  Plaintiff was changed to another garage space after the motorcycle incident.   

Plaintiff was assigned the space, but defendant was also, so it was the apartment complex management’s fault for assigning both tenants the spaces.  Both litigants used a garage clicker for the space.    Then defendant tried to move the motorcycle, and it tipped over.   Management office was closed when the motorcycle incident happened.

Plaintiff wins repair costs, $1,463.

Unwed Parents Fight-Plaintiff Stephanie Navarro suing ex-live in boyfriend, and father of her child/defendant Jimmy Chavez for a car loan.   Defendant says plaintiff paid for the car insurance, not the car loan.   Plaintiff is a single mother, on unemployment, and public assistance, and saved enough to loan money to her live-in boyfriend.

Defendant has proof of the car payments, but the $310 was the insurance down payment, and says that’s all plaintiff paid. Plaintiff was living with her father, but was still getting public assistance for her other child, who is not defendant’s child. 

Plaintiff claims she made the $310 down payment on insurance, and a car payment.   However, the one car payment was months after they broke up. (This happened in Rancho Cucamunga, CA, and defendant lives in L.A.).

Plaintiff case dismissed.  

Make a Decision! -Plaintiff Shaye Acevedo suing defendant/cottage owner Justine Light over the security deposit of $1,000 for the cottage he was going to rent from her.    Then, defendant gave plaintiff a copy of the written lease, price was different, so plaintiff changed his mind, and never signed the lease.   

Defendant says she took the cottage ad down, and took it off the market.   Defendant says she thought he was trying to move in without signing the lease, but plaintiff took the stuff he brought to move in with him when he left after backing out, but plaintiff also asked police for a civil standby when he removed his property.

$1,000 to plaintiff.

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

Teen Lies to Police-Plaintiff /mother (car owner) Lisa Johnson is suing her son's former friend/defendant, Mario Ramirez, for forcing son to let defendant drive the car, and wrecking it.  The two teens have been at the same school for several years, and were friendly.   Plaintiff son claims defendant forced him to let him drive the car, and he wrecked it.   Plaintiff witness is son who was at the incident, Andre Johnson, claims friend bullied him into giving him the car keys, and wrecked the car.

Defendant says plaintiff was driving during the accident, and wanted defendant to switch places and lie to police. 

 Plaintiff mother claims defendant bullied her son, which is ridiculous since the son was friendly with defendant, and liked to go to defendant's house to visit.   Defendant says plaintiff was driving to the donut shop, car brakes failed, and car crashed.  Defendant says plaintiff wanted him to take responsibility for the accident, and he did.   

Plaintiff mother wants over $2700 to fix the car, but Blue Book is only $1525.  Plaintiff and son went to defendant’s home to ask for money for the accident.    Insurance disclaimed paying, because the driver defendant wasn't licensed, or on the insurance. 

$1525 for plaintiff. (I don’t believe the plaintiff or her son, and wouldn’t have given her a penny).

Rodent Disposal Fee Fight-Plaintiff Edna McCants (step-grandmother) owns condo, and step granddaughter /defendant Kimberlee McCray moved into the condo.   Plaintiff loaned $5,000 to defendant step granddaughter (who moved in with her two kids).   Defendant paid back all but $1,000, and she claims she doesn't owe the step grandmother anything.   Grandmother wants rodent disposal fees, unpaid rent, and unpaid loan.

Two step granddaughters moved in, and were on the lease.    Grandmother claims she has a signed lease with defendant (other step granddaughter moved out, and is plaintiff’s witness), for her boyfriend, and now, two kids to live there.   Plaintiff witness is the other granddaughter,   McCray.

Rent is $787 a month, and defendant didn't pay for two months.   Plaintiff's witness step-granddaughter lived in condo for 7 years, and moved out when sister defendant’s boyfriend moved in, and another baby was coming, and she said there never was a rat problem.     Defendant granddaughter is 23, and has a six-year-old, and an infant.  

Defendant's reason for not paying rent is that the condo had a rat problem, but the one rat was finally caught, and it looks domestic to me.    Plaintiff wants two month’s rent, $1000 loan, and rodent disposal fees.   They have a picture of the dead rat, but I think it’s a domestic /pet store rat.   (Officer Byrd is very amused about carrying rat pictures around).

$2574 to plaintiff, for two month’s rent, and $1,000 for the loan.

Second (2016)-

The Picasso of Upholstery-Plaintiff /boat owner Matthew Barnhill wanted his boat seats, etc. reupholstered, and claims the "Picasso of Upholstery" /defendant Ted Adams damaged the boat.   Plaintiff bought 20-year-old boat 7 or 8 years ago, and wanted it reupholstered.   $2200 was the upholstery estimate.   

 Boat needed to be lifted up so water would run out while it was outside the shop.   Upholsterer was supposed to use stainless steel staples, but used metal that will rust through quickly.   Plaintiff claims defendant didn't put seats, etc. back.    Defendant says he was trained in upholstery by the man who did President Kennedy’s furniture.   Defendant’s two witnesses are both employees of the upholstery business.

The boat was at the upholstery shop for over six months, but plaintiff hadn’t paid for everything until plaintiff’s worker’s comp money arrived. 

Plaintiff is not getting $2200 back for upholstery, delayed payment for months, and had what he paid for done.   He saw the boat before he paid and picked it up, but said nothing about the boat, paid and took it home. 

Case dismissed.

Blue Book Shmoo Book- Plaintiffs Charles Kimball and fiance Patricia Vecchioni want car payments, and repairs back from defendant/car seller Jeffrey Marconi.  Plaintiffs were sure they couldn't get financed by a real car dealer, so they bought the car for three times Blue Book value from defendant.   Plaintiffs claim defendant scammed them into returning the vehicle.   

Plaintiffs paid $500 down, plus $600 more.    Plaintiffs drove car for three months, before they returned it.

Plaintiff says defendant said they either return vehicle, or he would report it as stolen.   Defendant says the plaintiffs flattened the tires, and threw the keys at him, and he had to have the car towed. 

 Defendant received $1400 for the $875 car (Blue Book).  If defendants wanted to make payments, total price would be $2500 with interest.   

$800 to plaintiffs.  Defendant ripped them off, usury in contracts is naughty, and he wanted three times what the car was worth.

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4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Dog, Drinking and Death Threats -Plaintiff Dr. Burt Broussard is suing defendants Nancy Rivera, her husband Arnaldo Rivera, and Rigoberto Lemus (her father) for false arrest, threats, and an assault.    Defendant takes care of goats, horses, and dogs, but doesn’t live on the property.   (This happened in Oakley CA). Plaintiff says he’s had a lot of trouble with defendants.     Plaintiff claims defendant killed his dog.   This happened in a rural area, plaintiff only has two dogs, and defendants have farm animals, but don’t live on the property.    Plaintiff claims defendant’s two Italian Maremmas (livestock guard dogs), wander at night and keeps the plaintiffs, and neighbors awake, because when defendant’s dogs come to his gate, or neighbors, their dogs react, start barking, and neighbors have to take their dogs in.    (Dr. Broussard is a chiropractor).

Defendant through his court interpreter, claims there was a note about keeping his dogs inside.    Plaintiff claims the first incident was defendant Mr. Lemus pounding on Plaintiff’s ex-wife who lives in plaintiff’s attached apartment, is his witness. Plaintiff witness claims Mr. Lemus was screaming and harassing a neighbor.    Then plaintiff witness says exactly the threat, and Mrs. Rivera claims witness shouldn’t imitate what Mr. Lemus said.    Plaintiff witness says defendant Mr. Lemus actually threatened her, and that’s when she called 911, about her situation, and the neighbors.   

After an incident a while later, plaintiff went to back out of his driveway, he saw defendant Mr. Leumus, and asked to talk to defendant.     Then, plaintiff claims defendant Mr. Lemus flipped him the bird.   Mrs. Rivera was with father, and her younger sister, she claims plaintiff threatened them, but she was too busy comforting her minor sister, to call police.    Police report says that plaintiff was drunk when the police arrived.  Defendant Lemus claims plaintiff trespassed on his property, and shortly after that plaintiff’s dog disappeared.    No proof what happened to the plaintiff’s dog.

What is JJ’s problem with plaintiff drinking on his own property, in his own home?   Plaintiff took a plea in the case, to making too much noise.    Therefore, false arrest is dismissed.  (I believe the plaintiff and his witness, and think the defendants are liars).

Plaintiff case dismissed.

Defendants are suing for harassment.    Mrs. Rivera claims plaintiff yells nasty things at her father, and her daughter.

Defendant case dismissed.

Second (2013)-

Arrest for Drug Possession -Plaintiff Kevin Atchley suing defendant/girlfriend’s daughter’s boyfriend David Aguinaga for unpaid bail.  Plaintiff paid $1,415, to get boyfriend out of jail.   Defendant was on felony narcotics possession and sale, and had a new charge of stolen property, that was later dropped.  

Defendant was on felony probation for sale, and use of narcotics, and officers came to his property, he claims looking for a roommate, and they found stolen property.   Defendant claims his roommate was a thief, not him.  

Defendant and the plaintiff’s girlfriend’s daughter are still together.   Plaintiff’s witness is plaintiff’s girlfriend, and she can’t stand David the felon.  Defendant pled no contest to two drug sales to an undercover officer, in October 2010, and was still on probation for this when the arrest for stolen property happened. 

Defendant was supposed to see bondsman the second he got out of jail, and sign for the bond.   Defendant kept lying about going to the bail bondsman’s office to sign for the bond.   

Defendant’s girlfriend, Jessica was also arrested at the same time as David.  (Yes, Jessica the daughter of plaintiff’s girlfriend/witness).     Plaintiff didn’t bail out stepdaughter, a friend of daughter bailed her out, and it wasn’t the daughter’s first arrest.  Defendant keeps laughing through the case as if it’s all a joke.

$915 to plaintiff.

Sisters Act Up -Plaintiff/sister Norma Albright suing defendant/sister Joan Anderson over an unpaid loan to get defendant’s car out of repossession, $1675 (defendant repaid $50).  When defendant’s car was repossessed, she was sent a Money gram by her sister/plaintiff.   There is another wrinkle, defendant says sister’s money was actually to pay her back for items the plaintiff stole from their late father’s estate.  

Defendant claims plaintiff never mentioned repayment.

$1625 to plaintiff.

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

Father Scams Inmate-Plaintiff car buyer Keith Cormier suing seller/defendant William Bolch for a Mustang purchase.    Plaintiff bought car from defendant for $3,500.   Plaintiff bought car, paid in full, had car title, and took car.   Then four or five days later plaintiff was incarcerated for 14 or 15 months.   

About a week after the car purchase, plaintiff mother Mrs. Cormier needed spare key to car, contacted defendant to get one.   

Plaintiff never retitled, or registered car in plaintiff's name, a month or so later someone wanted to buy the car from mother on payments (it was still in defendant's name).    Plaintiff mother says the potential buyer (Adam) was supposed to do payments for car, took car, paid her a few hundred dollars, car disappeared, and buyer was also incarcerated.   

Defendant never saw the Mustang again.   Defendant witness is one of his sons, David Bolch.    Plaintiff claims the defendant applied for a duplicate title, and resold the Mustang.   Defendant says he did get a duplicate title, but because plaintiff mother called him, said son had lost the title, and needed a replacement.   Plaintiff mother told defendant son that her son was driving car, and title flew out the window.   

Defendant says car was impounded two times, and that was when plaintiff mother needed title to get car out of impound (my guess is to resell it to the mysterious incarcerated person).    Defendant agreed to meet woman at the DMV, and made several appointments to meet her on different days, but she never appeared. 

Plaintiff mother found car on craigslist, car is registered to Freddy something, and Freddy said he traded his car and some money for Mustang, and no title.  Plaintiff mother claims Freddy bought car from defendant.  My guess is Freddy had a title signed over to him by plaintiff mother, and registered it, so I bet plaintiff mommy had the title all along.  Freddy *** got car out of impound and registered it somehow.  Plaintiff mother is getting the overacting award for the show today.   I believe everything the defendant, and his son said about the case.   

 Defendant is found by JJ to have nothing to do with impound or reselling of car.

Case dismissed.  

Brother's Gift Backfires-Plaintiff/brother Robby Dickerson (car owner), is suing his sister/defendant Chellonda Falls for her unpaid traffic tickets.  (On a tacky note, who did that to the defendant sister's hair? Edward Scissorhands maybe? Actually, Edward did good work, so it must be some other hair dresser).     

Defendant claims plaintiff doesn't want her driving the car, and her only ticket was thrown out of court.   Plaintiff claims he bought car so father could be driven around by various relatives.   Defendant claims everyone drives that same vehicle, including plaintiff, and various relatives, so who knows who got the tickets.   One ticket was for cell phone use while driving, and driving without insurance.   Plaintiff submits other tickets he claims were his sister’s, but defendant says the tickets weren’t hers.    The tickets were red light tickets.    Plaintiff told to take the car back, but Tahoe is out of his name.   However, plaintiff claims tickets still came back to him. 

Defendant claims brother filed a false CPS claim against her, but there is no proof who called CPS.   

$498 to plaintiff for the tickets.  (Followed by a hug in the hall, so I suspect it was all phony to get the tickets paid).

Second (2016)-

Charity Golf Drama-Plaintiff John Yanuskiewicz suing charity golf match organizer /defendant Cheryl Lindsey for more money.  Plaintiff won $500, and wants $347 more.   Tournament sponsor runs a restaurant, caters a meal for the teams, and the payout for the tournament is $5,000 for scholarships, and has been running the tournament for 35 years.       Others who won donated cash prizes back to the charity, but not the plaintiff.   Plaintiff is a retired postal worker, and defendant runs a restaurant (Lindsey’s Restaurant).

Each player pays $100 to register for the tournament, and plaintiff paid for himself, plus the other four members of his team.   The proceeds go to a $5,000 scholarship for a college student pursuing a college degree teaching special needs students.  

There’s also a skins pool operated by defendant’s witness and tournament volunteer John McLaughlin , there is a separate kitty of $300 total, from that three groups won $100 each, but it’s separate from the tournament payouts.  (I hope I have that correct, I don’t understand anything about golf).  

Plaintiff gets nothing. (Plaintiff was also so irritating, that the defendant/restaurant owner banned him from her establishment). 

Who Let the Cat Out-Plaintiff floor installer Nhan Nguyen, suing defendant Terry Russell for non-payment, after her cat was allowed to damage the floors by her adult son.     Defendant’s son was watching house, and pets while plaintiff was out of town.   Plaintiff had done the same flooring job about a year before this flooring job happened.  Defendant’s adult son was staying at the home, taking care of the defendant’s dogs, and the cat.

Defendant refuses to pay for floor job, after her adult son let her cat wander the house, ruining the finish on the flooring installed by plaintiff.     Defendant is also suing plaintiff for damages to her couch done by her cat, poor workmanship, and that’s dismissed.   Defendant told to stuff it, and everything was her son's fault.  Plaintiff received no deposit.     I hope plaintiff has a written contract, and takes deposits now.  

$5,000 to plaintiff. (This leaves the plaintiff $4,000 short on the job).

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Sex for Dental Work? -Plaintiff James Matya suing defendant Meredythe Hoffman for repayment of money he paid for her dental work, $1650.   Defendant claims plaintiff wasn’t paying for dental work, he gave her money for sex.   Defendant offers to give the teeth back to plaintiff.

They met at church, instead of online.     Defendant was in a car accident, had her two front teeth knocked out (I think they were chipped, and had caps put on), and wanted cosmetic dental surgery.   Plaintiff took defendant to his dentist, and they charged $1650 for the two teeth replacements. 

Defendant claims she paid plaintiff $700 of the $1900 dental bill.

Plaintiff claims he figured out defendant was scamming him, after she claimed the person that hit her with a car was her probation officer, so she couldn’t sue them.  

$1460 to plaintiff.

Roommate Rift – Plaintiff Andrew Youngblom suing defendant Ryan Festag after defendant moved out of a house he shared with seven others, and the others had to cover defendant’s portion of the rent.   (This happened at South Dakota State University).  JJ says she doesn’t understand how eight college students stayed in that home off campus without getting bacterial infections.   

Plaintiff says defendant and six others signed the lease in April for the next school year, and then defendant changed his mind.   So, plaintiff and others had to cover defendant’s portion of the rent.  (Plaintiff is doing very well after this case).  

Defendant also had a DUI during the summer before class started again, and the $1,000 fine ruined his finances. 

Plaintiff found a replacement for three months (May to July), and then in August defendant had the DUI, and announced he wasn’t coming back to school and wouldn’t be paying rent until the end of the lease in April.    In September plaintiff asked around to find another roommate, but defendant has a text he claims says they found another roommate.    However, that roommate didn’t work out, and defendant never paid the rent.    

I find it hysterical that the litigants look like brothers, with the same hair color, similar facial hair, etc.  

$1500 to plaintiff.  Defendant is a sore loser too. 

Second (2013)-

Ruined Wedding Celebration -Plaintiffs Micah Schwartz and Christina Word suing defendant/DJ Frank Elms for ruining their wedding reception.   They paid him $500. DJ was late, made noise setting up during the end of the ceremony, started working after the ceremony.    Defendant was supposed to start at 3:00 p.m. and work until 9 p.m., but defendant arrived quite late, and took a long time to set up, and delayed starting to playing music.    There is no written contract, but there are emails, between litigants.

Several guests said he was high or drunk, and two of them testify that DJ kept disappearing during the reception. 

Plaintiffs get $500 back. 

Father-in-Law No More -Plaintiff Andrew Montana suing defendant/former father-in-law Bobby Thorne for a car loan that defendant didn’t repay, loan was for  $2000, he repaid only $300, still owing $1700.   JJ needs the divorce decree to see if the loan was paid during the marriage to father-in-law or after the divorce, because if marital funds were used, then it wasn’t a loan.   While plaintiff was married, he loaned the car money to father-in-law, but in the divorce filing plaintiff didn’t list the repayment as a marital asset.  

Then JJ and plaintiff start talking about the ex-wife’s money, and plaintiff claims wife spent all of her money on herself.  Plaintiff claims he paid for everything.

Plaintiff brought his current girlfriend to court as a witness, apparently to irritate the defendant.

JJ says even if it was a loan, it was from marital funds during the marriage.   If JJ sends it back to local family court, they would have to reopen the divorce.  So, the $1700 is split.

Plaintiff receives $850, and won’t reopen divorce (plus lawyer and court fees, it would be nothing to plaintiff, and probably a lot more money).  (In hall-terview, plaintiff takes the 5th on threatening to beat up the defendant, and blow his car up).

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

Pot Bellied Pig Bite-Plaintiff Deborah Capra claims her (two blocks and two acres away) neighbor/defendant Lisa Fernald, has a huge pot-bellied pig (200 lbs.) that has escaped the defendant’s stockade fence/chain link defendant's fence (This was in Wareham, MA).   Pig came on the plaintiff's property, and bit her Great Dane.  Plaintiff has an invisible fence, and a stone fence, except for one opening, and says the pig has come on her property before too.    There is a video of the pig in the plaintiff's yard, showing the pig biting the Great Dane.      Dane was bitten on the leg, and owner wants vet bills.     

Defendant's excuse is a tree fell on her fence in early January, and at the time of the bite (end of February) fence still wasn't fixed.   Defendant was notified by the police to get her pig off plaintiff's property.    Defendant wants legal fees, she hired a lawyer to get documentation (defendant wanted plaintiff's dog's medical records), and animal control gave first bill to defendant. 

The defendant had fence down over a month before the escape and bite.  Defendant's witness is an animal control officer, testifying for defendant, and claiming the bite we saw on video didn't happen.    Defendant's witness needs her eyes examined, because you can see the pig hurting the dog.     Defendant's ridiculous case dismissed.    (I’m surprised some enterprising neighbor hasn’t had a pig roast with the errant pig).   Plaintiff had to call police, and a neighbor to get the pig off of her property after the bite.  

When the pig trespassed, plaintiff brought in foster dogs first, and was taking a picture of the pig, instead hit video, and that’s when the pig bit the dog on the leg.   First vet bill was presented to defendant by animal control.   Defendant wanted vet bills. and treatment explanation from vet, and hired an attorney to get the bills from vet, that’s why defendant wanted to be paid for legal fees. 

Defendant case dismissed, even after animal control officer in court claims she doesn’t see the bite on the video.  What I saw on the video is the pig biting, the dog pulling back, and a clear wound on the dog’s leg.

This was the second time plaintiff saw the pig on her property, and her husband thought she was wrong about seeing a pig on their property, so she was trying to get a photo, when she accidentally hit video.   Whatever the plaintiff’s backstory is, the defendant is a negligent animal owner, and should have paid the vet bills.    Not everybody realizes pigs can be dangerous.  

Total vet bills $626, so $700 to plaintiff.  

Two Bedrooms Too Small-Plaintiff Tyrene Mills rented room in apartment from defendant, Jackie Parker, and is suing for returned rent, illegal eviction, and property, $3500.   Plaintiff was up to date on rent, when defendant changed the locks on him.  Defendant claims plaintiff was aggressive the second he moved in, and he evicted plaintiff for safety reasons.   It was a non-smoking apartment, and defendant claims plaintiff was smoking, and set the apartment on fire, but the smoking issue wasn't in the lease (JJ asks what plaintiff was smoking).   Plaintiff claims an assault also.   

Defendant claims plaintiff broke in, and stole two TVs, and other items, without proof, but neighbor who witnessed this isn't in court.  Defendant has photos showing burning items, and says plaintiff set something in his apartment on fire.    There is no proof that the plaintiff is the thief.   Defendant needs a better written lease with what’s not allowed included, such as smoking.  Defendant claims he changed the lock the first time, and plaintiff changed the locks back, and he had to call a locksmith twice.   Burglary report tossed, because of no witnesses.  There is no proof burglar was the plaintiff.

$700 to plaintiff, $500 for rent, and $200 security back to plaintiff. 

Second (2016)-

Teen Savings Stolen by Mom-Plaintiff daughter Ashley Kane wants her money back from her CD back, that the mother/defendant Susan Freeman stole.   Since the daughter was a minor, the mother's name was on the account.  When daughter married last year, she went to the bank to cash the CD in. no one could find her account, then it was discovered that the mother cashed the CD in right after it was opened, almost 12 years ago. 

Mother denies cashing the CD in, which was long before the CD matured.    Mother claims if she cashed it in, the daughter wanted her to do it, but she doesn't remember anyway.    Daughter moved out at 18, and never moved back, put herself through college.   Sadly, there is not enough evidence to prove mother stole the money.      (I think the mother is full of it, her daughter never goes back to the home town, moved out the second she could, and the mother says they have a good relationship?  I don't believe it).    The day the account was closed, the plaintiff wasn’t even in town.   

I totally believe the bank, and that the mother stole the money.   JJ is wrong, the legal owner was the mother, according to the bank records, and the bank refused to give out further information about the CD because daughter is not the legal owner.    I’m wondering if daughter was actually on the account as a full partner or not?    Also, statute of limitations must have run out over the 12 years since the CD was cashed in by the mother.  (My experience is that even though you turn 18, you still have to go to the bank to change the accounts over to the adult child’s name, and the easiest way is close one account, and open another only in the adult child’s name, better to switch banks too.  You might also have to have the other signatory on the account there).  

Case dismissed.  

Double Surgery Beat Down-Plaintiff Robert Berenbaum suing ex-girlfriend/defendant Stacey Adams for loans for a car down payment, and medical and living expenses.  Girlfriend wasn't working for a while because of repeated surgeries.    The litigants were living together, and so rent is dismissed.    Plaintiff says the car down payment is not nonsense, JJ says it is. 

Case dismissed.  

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Mobile Home Scam? -Plaintiff Liz Lester suing for property damage, back payments, land fees for a mobile home plaintiff was selling defendant Kristi Holinger.   Mobile home was in a fixed location, lived in the mobile in the park for almost two years before she was evicted by the mobile park.  Plaintiff sold the mobile home to defendant, and when defendant stop paying, plaintiff repo’d the mobile home.  Plaintiff can’t resell the mobile, until the back land rent and storage fees are paid to the mobile park. 

Plaintiff held the sales contract, and claims defendant was supposed to pay for seven years, but never paid a full month’s payment.   Defendant is alleged to have stripped the interior of the mobile home, taking appliances, bathroom and kitchen sinks, etc.     Defendant claims plaintiff signed the sales document for the mobile home to avoid disability limits on assets owned by plaintiff.     Defendant claims she paid the mobile park lot rent fees for the full two years she lived in the mobile, except for two months.    Defendant claims she told plaintiff she couldn’t pay for the mobile home, but plaintiff claims defendant never contacted her.

Mobile homes, in some states, are actually titled under motor vehicle rules, not titled until the full payment is made.   Plaintiff was the lien holder on the mobile home.   When I lived in New Mexico, over 20 years ago, a friend had an annual car license type plate for each half of her mobile home.  So, you don’t give a title over until the last payment, just like with houses, cars, and other time payments.    

Plaintiff says defendant was eight months behind on payments to her, and at least two months behind to the mobile park.   Land fees for two months, late fees, $1880 total, but JJ will only give plaintiff two months lot rent, less than $1600.

Plaintiff gets $2660, and that’s all.   Plaintiff got royally screwed, and I bet she has to sell the mobile ‘as is’ to either the park or another buyer, and lose a lot of money.   She will probably be paying on this mobile home for years. 

Pawn Shop Scam -Plaintiffs Tim and Terri Kelter suing defendant/former friend David Emerson for selling their belonging to get money back they stored at defendant’s.   Defendant says plaintiff Tim owed defendant for a loan. They are suing for theft of property.  

Defendant claims he sold the property to the pawn shop, but left the receipts at home.  Apparently, defendant thought he was going to the beach today, or a tea dance, and not to court.  Plaintiff Tim admits he owed defendant money, and says he was storing stuff at the defendant’s place.

Defendant says property was left over 30 days at his place, so it was abandoned (no it wasn’t).

Defendant says he sent a text to plaintiff Tim, to repay the $300 loan, or defendant would sell his stuff, and it was sold to a pawnshop in Spokane, Washington. 

Plaintiff wife claims defendant’s ex-girlfriend bought the TV from the pawnshop for $150.  Defendant says he traded the play station, and a shotgun for a motorcycle.   Defendant claims the motorcycle was cheaper on gas.  Defendant didn’t file a counter claim, so no $300 back for him.

Plaintiffs receive $600

Second (2013)-

I Do on Craigslist -Plaintiff Tahiir Omar is suing defendant/neighbor Emily Henderson for harassment and defamation of character, from an ad she placed on Craigslist in the Men Meeting Men section.  Plaintiff witness (former husband of defendant) says defendant was jealous of the time defendant, and her ex-husband spent together, and blames plaintiff for the demise of her marriage.   Plaintiff witness is Joey Henderson, the soon to be ex-husband. 

Since defendant blamed Mr. Omar for her marriage issues, she posted the Craigslist ad, and the next month the divorce filing happened.   Craigslist ad was in the “Men Seeking Men” section, and states that plaintiff is looking for rough sex, from other men.   The ad included Mr. Omar’s phone number. 

Defendant told her husband the day after she posted the ad, and claims she was trying to save her family.   Sugar Hill, GA is where this all happened.    Defendant also claims plaintiff is violent, and she was defending her marriage from plaintiff.    Defendant also claims ex-husband shouldn’t have their children around the defendant.

In the hall-terview, defendant keeps saying plaintiff, and her ex-husband are boinking.  I hope the ex-husband received full custody. 

$5,000 to plaintiff.   Audience applauds, and no one tells them to be quiet.

Don’t Flood My Car -Plaintiff Nia Peden (daughter, 17-years-old) and Sena Peden (mother) suing defendant Kevin Brown for driving daughter’s car in a rain storm, and damaging the car.  Because plaintiff daughter is under 18, car is in her name, and her mother’s name.  

Plaintiff Nia was picking up her friends, including defendant’s daughter, Kianna Brown, and was going to the movies, on a very rainy night.    So, plaintiff borrowed and drove defendant’s Suburban, because it’s safer.  

When defendant needed to drive, he drove the plaintiff’s daughter’s car, and he claims he had both plaintiff’s permission to do this.    Plaintiff mother says defendant didn’t have her permission to drive the car.

Defendant has to pick his niece up from her work release program, and then the car dies three or four times, and finally won’t restart.   Plaintiff mother denies she gave permission for defendant to drive the car.

I’m just glad the daughter was driving the SUV, or it would have been her driving when the car died, with her friends riding along.  So, plaintiff mother is calling her daughter a liar.   Since daughter paid for car, and was on the registration and title as a co-owner, daughter had the right to give permission to defendant to drive her car.   I believe the defendant talked to plaintiff mother about it.

What was the daughter thinking about driving to the movies on a horribly rainy night?  

Plaintiff case dismissed.

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

Exotic Fish Payback-Plaintiff Kendra Crumb suing defendants James Doss and Samuel Fried (uncle) over lost wages, value of exotic fish, and travel expenses. over an aquarium fish selling business. Defendant claims they were business partners with the plaintiff, but plaintiff says they were never business partners.    Plaintiff went to a convention about tropical fish in Hampton, VA.  

Plaintiff says defendant never opened the physical store, but operates the fish business out of his apartment, and it's operated illegally because he's on welfare.   I’ve never read a rental contract on a house or apartment that allowed you to operate a business out of a residential property.  I bet the welfare authorities, and apartment managers had a word with defendant after they saw this case air.

Plaintiff claims defendant wanted her to attend a fish convention on his behalf.  Plaintiff also claims to be on disability, she was a nurse, and injured at work.   She claims she could drive to the convention, but had to stop taking her medication for the trip.  At the end of the expo, plaintiff took the cash sales, defendant took the credit card sales, and they split up.  Plaintiff took two vehicles, and defendant drove another vehicle to the expo.  

Defendant claims they were 50/50 business partners, and the money plaintiff gave him was a loan.     Counter claim is plaintiff tried to destroy defendant's business.    Defendant won’t stop talking, and irritating JJ.   

Cases dismissed.   

Skateboarder Tragedy-Plaintiff /car owner Lynda Swanson suing skateboarder/defendant Jacob Vaughn for damage to her parked vehicle, when he hit her SUV.    Defendant says plaintiff was in her car, in the parking lot, and her car was moving.    Defendant was riding his skateboard downhill, and went off the road, and hit plaintiff’s parked SUV. 

Plaintiff was in the bank when the accident happened, and saw him hit her vehicle.  Police refused to show up, and take a report.     Defendant claims a Jeep forced him off the road, into the parking lot, where he hit the SUV.     This all happened in Spokane, Wash.

When plaintiff gave him the estimate for car repair, defendant said his SSI check can't be garnished for civil actions (he certainly knows all of the rules, doesn't he?).  Defendant receives SS disability since childhood for a learning disability he won’t discuss.   Skateboarder has never worked, but collects disability since childhood, and is sometimes homeless, and currently lives with his girlfriend’s family.  He still has a payee too. (The reason is what the defendant gave for not paying, and that’s the only reason I put the SSI part in).  

He actually was riding a long board, not a skateboard.   Defendant also claims the plaintiff’s car was moving when he hit it, and it was partially plaintiff’s fault.   JJ is wrong, some states do not come to accidents on private property, like the bank parking lot.  

Amazing that plaintiff was driving while she was also in the bank lobby, according to the defendant.  Defendant is dangerous.   I’m just glad he didn’t hit a pedestrian.

$3,000 for plaintiff.

Second (2016)-

Pool Man in Hot Water-Plaintiff/ pool man (independent contractor) David Ditzler is suing defendant John Hill (pool company owner) for unpaid wages, $3075.   Plaintiff was paid by check without deductions, as an independent contractor.  

Plaintiff says his ex-wife told defendant (former employer) that he was stealing clients.   Plaintiff was paid with personal checks from defendant, and never received a 1099. 

Defendant wrote a check to plaintiff for $1570, and plaintiff went to the bank and there was a stop payment on the check, and a previous $900 check had a stop payment also.  However, defendant claims plaintiff stole pool supplies, and sold them online.  Plaintiff claims all of the things he sold online he bought it from someone who was going out of business, he didn't steal it.   There is no way to prove if the online sales were a great deal for plaintiff, or stolen.

Defendant’s contracts limited the work of employees, and independent contractors for clients of defendant’s business. Defendant’s contract was badly written, and not enforceable. 

Plaintiff receives $2470 for the two bad checks.   

Upside Down Truck Deal-Plaintiff/ex-girlfriend Janessa McDonnell suing ex-boyfriend/defendant Jesse Musgrove for payments for truck she co-signed on, then she refinanced the truck in only plaintiff's name, but defendant made all of the truck payments.  Plaintiff took truck back after this, sold it, and kept the money.   

Plaintiff wants JJ to ignore the $5k profit she made on truck, and pay her for repairs, and maintenance on truck too.   Plaintiff claims the truck was upside down on the loan, and it cost her almost $2500 to pay the loan off.   The truck was always in plaintiff’s name, so this case is ridiculous. 

Case dismissed.

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Teen Vandal? -Plaintiff/landlord and cousin Travis Needham suing defendant/former tenant, and his cousin, Marsha Tucker for stolen property and vandalism to plaintiff’s rental property.  Defendant says house was trashed when she left, and blames it on her teenage son Russell.  Defendant paid for the last month’s rent.  Defendant lived in house with her husband, and teenage son Russell.   (This happened in Kansas, and defendant moved back to Indiana).   Defendant and her crew of vandals left to go back to Indiana early.    Defendant is counter suing for plaintiff posting pictures of the damages online, saying her family did this, and pictures embarrassed her. 

There are pictures from plaintiff of the move out, with Facebook messages from defendant saying sorry things didn’t work out, and she apologizes for damages, and she says she will work out a payment plan with plaintiff.     

Plaintiff’s photos and messages outline the damages, blamed on son Russell Tucker, including big holes in walls, wrote nasty stuff in the carpet, and they also abandoned their cat behind for plaintiff to deal with.    Defendant delinquent son left drug paraphernalia left behind, tile grout dumped in the toilet in son’s toilet, nasty words written in large letters in the carpet upstairs and downstairs.   Defendant claims she knows nothing about the damages, except a bag of trash.    Defendant claims her son must have done all of the damages when she was sitting in the car.   Delinquent Russell Tucker was 15 when this case aired.

$5,000 to plaintiff.

Children Lost to Foster Care -Plaintiff /landlord Joyce Hengl suing defendant/former tenant Peter Braun for house damages.   Defendant was hired by plaintiff to remodel the house, the defendant, girlfriend and two kids rented the house.  

Defendant claims he couldn’t have trashed the house, because he wouldn’t hurt something he spent so much time remodeling, and besides, he was in jail when the damage happened.

July of 2012, defendant moved in, and in April 2013 defendant was arrested at a friend’s house.    Defendant says he wasn’t at the house after 2 April.   In February 6 to April 2 defendant was in house alone.   Children were put in foster care since February, and girlfriend was separated from him. After defendant had children taken away, he is accused of trashing the house.

Defendant claims he was in jail from 3 April, to 20 April, 2013, and on 30 April plaintiff had the property released to her, and she photographed the damages.     So, from February 6 to 2 April, defendant wasn’t employed, and was home all of that time.  

JJ says defendant did the damages.    Plaintiff says she went into the house with her boyfriend, when house was supposed to be empty, but boyfriend saw defendant in the house, hiding under a mattress.  So, boyfriend told  plaintiff the man was in the house, and she  saw defendant hiding under the mattress.  

Plaintiff has a month-to-month, signed lease, for $750 a month, and paid except in March, and April.  

Plaintiff gets $5,000.

Second (2013)-

Late Pick-Up to a Party -Plaintiffs Erika and Sean Markley suing defendant/charter bus owner Jeffrey Schaffer over the late pickup by a party bus.   It was Mrs. Markley’s birthday, with 35 guests, party was at a club in D.C.    Titan Transportation is the company, and there’s a written contract.   Deposit was $1500, bus broke down, and defendant offered alternatives, but the other alternatives weren’t big enough.   

 Pick-up was to be at 8 p.m., return home at 6 a.m. with a 40-person party bus.    Defendant says his contract says no refunds.

(Defendant should have given a refund, JJ is going to give everything to the plaintiffs).

$1500 to plaintiffs.

Follow the Bouncing Ball (2013) -Plaintiff Peter Sayegh is suing defendant Damian Hearndon, over his injury in a pick-up basketball game.   However, defendant claims plaintiff was overly aggressive, and defendant was defending himself.  Litigants didn't know each other before the pickup game.   

Plaintiff's jaw was dislocated, but defendant wasn't injured.   JJ's right, if defendant was felt so threatened by plaintiff, why didn't he leave?    So, defendant punched the plaintiff.  After the punch, defendant was removed from the game by the gym staff.    

Plaintiff receives medical bills $3,000. 

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

Ex-Wife Gets the Pit Bull-Plaintiff truck driver Shedrick Bennett is suing defendants/ex-wife, Megan Bennett, and her mother Mary Jo Ward, for the return of his dog, a Cane Corso/Pit Bull mix.  The plaintiff had the dog since it was three months old, his son Jason Bennett, bought the puppy, and gave his father the dog, and the dog usually traveled with him. (Bizarre note, plaintiff claims he never lived with the ex-wife for the two years they were married).   (I'm not liking the plaintiff, his previous dog died of heartworm, a disease that's easily prevented, and a horrible way to die). 

 Defendant daughter keeps laughing about her drug use, and claims that she never lived with plaintiff during the two years they were married.

Plaintiff claims his current trucking company allows dogs in the truck cabs, and JJ asks for the name of the person at the company that can confirm the policy, and when plaintiff can’t give her a name, she asks for the name of the owner / president of the company, and she’ll call them.   Plaintiff declines to give the name.  

(My guess is JJ didn't like that the previous dog died of heartworm, and the plaintiff said he hadn't bred the dog 'yet'.) (The ex-wife is so blitzed in court, but her mother seems stable.  Defendant wife must have done her eyebrows while she was under the influence, because they’re bizarre.). 

Plaintiff gets $500, and defendants keep the dog (I think the dog is really with the mother, not her daughter). 

Mercedes Custody Battle-Plaintiff Dianna Wright suing former friend/defendant Kari Spitzack for value of a car, and a false restraining order.    Plaintiff claims defendant gave her the car, and then repossessed it, after defendant didn't maintain insurance on it.   Mercedes ML 320 was the car. but I don't know the year. 

Plaintiff claims car was registered in her name, but she didn't have insurance on vehicle.  How did plaintiff try to register car with no proof of insurance?    Defendant says car is not registered to plaintiff.   

 Defendant has paperwork from the police saying car is hers, claims the plaintiff abandoned the car, and police called her to pick the car up.      Defendant claims plaintiff swiped the car back, had it for a month, and car is now gone.  (No, the stories don't make sense).  Mercedes was a salvaged title.   Defendant says plaintiff brought car back the same day defendant gave it to her, because plaintiff couldn’t get insurance on it.   A condition of gifting the car was plaintiff getting insurance on the car.  Plaintiff has hideously poor credit, and couldn’t get insurance.    I suspect Geico wouldn’t have insured the plaintiff anyway, just a high risk company.     What the hell has plaintiff done to her hair?    JJ asks Officer Byrd if plaintiff’s $39.65, (so she’s apparently paying month by month)  insurance premium is possible, and Officer Byrd looks like he’s in pain.   

Case dismissed for both sides.    (Audience applauds the verdict.)

Second (2016)-

Arkansas Handyman Hustle-Plaintiffs Mary and Edward Boyer suing their ex-handyman/defendant Jameson “Clay” Johnston, for incomplete and substandard work on their home.   Defendant was hired to work on plaintiff's house in Arkansas, and is counter claiming for unpaid work.   After moving to Pennsylvania, and then moving back, house has been on the market, still is, and never sold (bet it's overpriced).   Plaintiff's witness is their real estate agent, who seems desperate to keep the listing.     

House was for sale by owner first, didn’t sell, and then listed with plaintiff’s witness and realtor.

 Defendant was paid $2300, including $500 for materials.   Plaintiff wife is certainly unhappy about the way the case is going.   

I agree with JJ, the defendant put in plenty of work, definitely enough for $2300 worth of payment.    The plaintiff's realtor was in and out of the house a lot, and the owners never told handyman to quit. 

I hate the parade of litigants that want to get all of their money back, but still had work finished.  

Defendant is asking for unpaid wages for work done, but not paid, and that’s dismissed.

Plaintiff case dismissed. 

Mobile Homelessness-Plaintiff Edward Montewine suing former friend/defendant Patricia Flores for stealing his tools, after she let him stay in her house, use her shed for storage, and hired him for some handyman work.   If defendant wouldn't have let him live in her living room, man would have been homeless.   

Defendant says the plaintiff's daughter brought a dolly, and picked the tools up, and took them to her father.    Daughter claims she didn't pick up the expensive tools.   Plaintiff claims defendant wanted to sleep with him, and stealing the tools was retaliation for saying no to her.   

Case dismissed. 

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2013)-

Parole Model -Plaintiff Michael Mast suing defendant /mother of plaintiff’s child Katrina Strand for selling his property while he was in jail.     Baby is 29 months old.   Defendant says while plaintiff was in jail, she sold some of her property and some of plaintiff’s property to support herself, and the child.   Defendant was unemployed for a year after she had the baby, and plaintiff was supporting the family until he went to prison.

Plaintiff has receipts for his property, and did get some property back from defendant’s current  boyfriend, so some items are deducted from the claim.    Plaintiff has supervised visitation once a week for 90 minutes at the DHS building.  

Defendant says she isn’t ready to be a mother, and is giving up her parental rights, so the stepmother’s sister can adopt the child.   While was removed for neglect by DHS, and she occasionally visits the baby once a week at DHS, child is in custody of her stepmother’s sister (kind of aunt).    There is an official statement from DHS saying defendant lost visitation because she didn’t have her visits.   Aunt will adopt the child, with the same money as the kinship foster, but plaintiff won’t give up parental

$4017 to plaintiff.

Green Pool -Plaintiff Erica Luna suing defendant /former tenant Jonathan Simms for house damages.   Plaintiff was renting house while husband was overseas in the military, and wanted to move back, after a five-year rental.    Defendant wants moving costs, and that’s dismissed, and he’s also citing California legal code sections.    Plaintiff says house was severely damaged, and she kept his security deposit.

Pool was green, dismissed by JJ.   Carpet was trashed, but that’s dismissed.   However, defendant left behind massive amounts of trash, in all of the cabinets.   Stove is dismantled.   Unfortunately, there are no before pictures.    Defendant lived in house with his wife, children, and housekeeper (so much for not being able to afford the rent, and needed a rent reduction when he had a live-in housekeeper.)

Carpet damages dismissed, normal wear and tear.  Repainting is on plaintiff.   Plaintiff says defendant also had roommates without being on the lease, or having it on the lease to sublet.   

JJ tells plaintiff not to rent the home again.  

Plaintiff keeps her $1800 security deposit, and nothing else.   JJ pulls the old routine of making a profit off of the rental, so no damages for her. 

Second (2013)-

Hidden Seafood! -Plaintiff/landlord Robert Hallock suing defendants/former tenants Jeff and Tammy Dorr for unpaid rent, late fees, putting hidden seafood to rot in his house, after plaintiff evicted tenants (suing for $4875).  Plaintiff should have filed for damages to his house too. Security was $750, and plaintiff kept the security.

Security deposit was taken for damages, and there was a shortfall in one month’s rent, and two more full months unpaid.   Defendant says he didn’t have time to clean in the two days he was moving out at the time of the eviction.  Defendant wants moving costs, and that’s tossed.  

Defendant hid three bags of seafood behind the hot water heater, and more were in coolers in the back yard.   Defendant also replaced a double pane window glass, with a single pane of glass.   

Landlord also had to pay the oil fuel costs when defendant man was in jail for two weeks.  

Plaintiff wins $3300 for damages, and the missing rent, so $4875.

Slashed Tires! -Plaintiff Lorena Mauna suing defendant/former neighbor and friend Lotoya Dennis for the return of a borrowed bracelet, and slashed tires.  

 There are nasty, threatening letters from defendant to plaintiff.   Defendant put two threatening letters on plaintiff’s doorstep, and then defendant was evicted by apartment complex.  Defendant says she wasn’t evicted, but she was told to leave by the apartment complex management, and she left.     Defendant claims plaintiff’s bracelet disappeared, and then plaintiff was threatening her.  

(By the way, defendant’s yellow and red hairdo is hideous, and her chest tattoo that says Aquarius is just as bad.).   

 Right after the two threatening letters were left at plaintiff’s house by defendant, plaintiff saw the defendant circling her car, and that’s when the tires were slashed.  Plaintiff called a liar by JJ, about seeing defendant around her car.    Defendant’s counter claim is for a false restraining order by plaintiff.

I would give the plaintiff $5,000 for having to be around the defendant, who is vicious.  I have zero doubt that the defendant slashed plaintiff’s tires.

Plaintiff receives $69, for the bracelet.

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

Let's Do the Bad Math!   - Plaintiff Sean Taylor suing former friend/defendant Robert Martin for return of car down payment, emotional distress, and slander.     Defendant sold his nephew Cator Martin,  the same car, for $1098.   Then sold car to plaintiff for $745, because nephew went to jail, and didn't finish paying for it, but plaintiff had to repossess it himself.    Defendant still has the title, but plaintiff has the car.   Plaintiff paid $300 cash and $445 in labor to pay for car. Defendant has received $1843 for this car. 

Defendant wants $5,000 for return of the car, lost wages, and car damages, but this man already collected more than double the blue book of the car.     Officer Byrd laughs when he hears the counter claim by defendant.  KBB is $800 for the car.   Nephew tried to get car back from plaintiff.

JJ has to use her new calculator, because someone stole the previous calculator off of her desk.

Plaintiff gets car title signed over to him by nephew, as title is in nephew’s name, with uncle as lien holder, and defendant gets $730 for the car.     Nephew told to sue uncle/defendant for his $1098, but won’t.

(On a mean note, I knew uncle and nephew were related as soon as I saw the same slack jawed, vacant look on their faces.)

Contractor Scam?!-Plaintiff Juan Ciaurri suing contractor/defendant Sean Starnes for return of payments for home remodeling.    Defendant is a licensed contractor in Orlando, Florida, and was hired to redo a shed. 

The contractor was supposed to redo the shed into living quarters from the studs out, and did less than half of the work contracted for.    Plaintiff deposit was $3400.    Defendant has no receipts for supplies he bought for the job.  (To make a shed into living quarters requires a lot of work, redo the slab to hold a higher weight of the house, reframing the walls, and roof to support the house, add plumbing, electric, HVAC, doors, windows, insulation, drywall.   There is no way to make a livable house out of a shed for $3400.  Just the permits from the city or county will cost $3400 or more.)

Defendant loses, and should have.  Plaintiff receives $3400.

Second (2016)-

Single Woman Snafu!    -Plaintiffs/boyfriend Kenneth Hay and girlfriend Donna Lawson,are suing the ex-girlfriend/ defendant, Melissa Stout-Corriveau and claim plaintiff man let her use a joint debit card, for car rental fees, towing fees, and suing for filing for a false restraining order.     Plaintiff man claims the defendant is a friend of many years, not a girlfriend. (I don't believe the not a girlfriend story about the defendant at all).         Plaintiff girlfriend wasn't happy about lending the defendant their car.    

Plaintiff says defendant has spare vehicles, and felt sorry for the defendant, and wanted the car out his name.   The car was loaned to defendant in July, for four weeks, and then it was traded in by the plaintiff girlfriend, for another car.   When the plaintiffs broke up, they had joint cars, individual cars, and she wanted it cleared up.     

The credit card for the rental car was a joint plaintiff card, and man paid for the rental car, and he didn't discuss paying for the rental car, or loaning the other car (titled to both plaintiffs) to defendant.     Plaintiff girlfriend was really ticked about defendant/not a girlfriend's car use, and credit use.   (In my experience, using a debit card for rentals is a terrible idea, the company puts a hold on the account for a lot of money). 

Rental car fees included toll fees, $442 in collections, plus almost $243 not in collections, $212 in toll road violations, plus $90 from Hertz, rental car fees outstanding, $840.  Plaintiff man, and defendant claim the rental car was a gift.     So plaintiffs filed burglary and theft charges against the defendant.       False restraining order claim by defendant is denied by JJ.    Toll fees are still racking up on defendant's car.  

Defendant filed for restraining orders against both plaintiffs.     Defendant is a realtor (Melissa Corriveau), so the burglary, and theft charges hurt her career.     There are Facebook messages acknowledging the debt for the car, and tows, etc.     

$2038 to the plaintiffs.    

My Sister the Moocher!-Plaintiffs (sister) Raven Buchta and (her man bun wearing boyfriend)  Damian Jordan, are suing her sister/defendant Kissaundra Moreno for mooching.       Defendant sister claims plaintiffs wanted her money, but didn’t want to treat her like a paying tenant.      

Defendant moved out due to "a lack of disrespect" by man bun plaintiff. (That is the exact quote). 

Defendant moved in with sister, and agreed to pay rent for $500 a month, stayed for 11 months.     Defendant moved out after a verbal altercation with man bun.   Plaintiff girlfriend bought a gun membership for man bun, and they want money for a mini fridge for the defendant. 

Nothing for either set of litigants.   

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Subsidized Siblings -Plaintiff/brother suing defendant/sister Latanya Frye because she was taking rent from the brother, $1,000 a month, and he wants his $4123 back.  However, defendant only paid $200 a month for her portion of the rent, on a subsidized apartment.   Sister says she isn’t on the lease, so she didn’t need to pay more rent to the landlord.

Plaintiff received a settlement, and paid the defendant, and the rest of the settlement was spent. 

$4100 to plaintiff.

Friends No More -Plaintiff Kendra Deslandes suing defendant Danielle Morgan for unpaid rent, and utilities after defendant and children moved into plaintiff’s place.  There were a total of two adults and five children living in the apartment.  Then when defendant moved out, there were lease breaking fees plaintiff had to pay.  

Plaintiff leased the apartment, but only defendant and family lived in the apartment.   When defendant moved out plaintiff could have found a sublet tenant, or moved back to the apartment herself, but plaintiff didn’t do either option, so had to pay the lease breaking fees.

Plaintiff case dismissed.   

Second (2013)-

False Restraining Order? -Plaintiff/landlord Tuesday Wilcoxon suing defendant /former tenant Peggy Munoz for a false arrest, property damages, unpaid rent, and attorney’s fees.  Plaintiff claims she had to get an attorney because defendant applied for a restraining order against plaintiff.   Defendant claims plaintiff was renting an illegal apartment, so she doesn’t owe back rent.   Plaintiff lived in the upper two stories, and defendant’s apartment was in basement level, kitchen was shared on first floor, and only bathroom was on the second floor.    Defendant was a roommate, not an apartment renter.    Lease from previous owner says no roommates or sublets.    Defendant claims plaintiff used a sledge hammer on her door, to get her out, after trying to evict her.  

Defendant only lived there six weeks.    Defendant says plaintiff was getting more and more aggressive, and claims plaintiff abused her 2-year-old daughter, and defendant made a police report about the physical abuse.    Plaintiff witness is plaintiff’s sister, who is asked if her sister drinks, plaintiff sister says she does.    Plaintiff claims CPS never contacted her.   

Defendant says plaintiff was getting more and more aggressive against her, and her 16-year-old daughter.    Then, defendant says plaintiff locked the thermostat off, so defendant and her daughter didn’t have heat.    Then, plaintiff and family members were gathering at the home, and defendant called the police, and then plaintiff requested her father break down the basement door.  

Defendant claims plaintiff broke the basement door down with a sledge hammer.  Then, defendant says plaintiff and her father physically dragged her out of the house.  

Plaintiff keeps claiming JJ has to read the letter from the landlord, and JJ tells her to shove her letter. 

Plaintiff claims defendant only called police after plaintiff hit the door, to switch out locks. Police reports about incidents started after the child abuse complaint.   

Plaintiff case dismissed.   

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

Dirty Drug Test Bail Out-Plaintiff Justin LaBreche suing ex-wife/defendant Molly LaBreche, and her mother, Juanita Willmes, for unpaid bail, and credit damage.  Defendant failed drug test, again.      They were actually living together for a while, because otherwise she would be homeless.   Her children were taken by the state in 2005 after a DUI, and plaintiff has custody since 2005.  This time she was arrested in 2008 for petty theft, 2005 DUI, and this time in 2013 for a dirty drug test.    She tested dirty for meth, and prescription drugs.    Defendant paid child support from her disability.   

Remaining bond amount is $4786, or she would have to go to jail for six months.   She claims to be sober for six months, but she's been arrested many times in El Dorado county, so she’s not sober consistently.    Defendant's mother claims she didn't know daughter was busted again.     Too bad for plaintiff, the phone number for bondsman is wrong, no contact to verify. 

Justin LaBreche says he also has to pay $15 a day for his son who is in jail.   

Sadly, it seems that Molly Labreche didn't change her ways. Such a sad story, I feel sorry for her kids.    (When JJ can't reach the bail bond company, the hideous look from defendant when she realizes she'll never have to pay her own bond off is nasty.   I also think defendant's mother is lying about not knowing her daughter was arrested, and needed bail. The plaintiff may not have the best record, but he takes care of the kids, and keeps out of trouble, and that’ more than you can say for the children’s so-called mother.    Yes, in Nevada the parent is supposed to pay child support for their minor children in foster care, or jail.)  

Case dismissed.  

Teen TV Custody-Plaintiff Grant Glavin suing defendant/ex-girlfriend Monna Anderson for half of the money spent on their TV.  The litigants lived together, bought a TV two years ago, and plaintiff wants $300 for half of their joint TV.   

Defendant has a "Once Upon a Time" Disney tattoo on her upper chest, and between that and her green hair, not a pretty picture.  Also, the defendant's nose piercing looks like a giant booger.  

Defendant offered $300, and plaintiff accepted it, so he gets the money.   

$450, for plaintiff, $150 for the phone defendant broke, and $300 for the TV. 

Second (2016)-

Father Shields Negligent Teenager-Plaintiff Keisha Haughton (Driver) and her mother/car owner Channa Austin are suing defendants Luis Del Rio and Christine Del Rio (husband and wife, car owners) Ryan Del Rio (17-year-old driver) for automobile damage from teen hitting her car.   

Plaintiff was turning left off of highway, and teen pulled out from stop sign, and hit entire driver's side of plaintiff's car.  Both cars were insured, and everyone had a license.     Father of teen arrived at accident scene, and asked plaintiff to not call police, and said he would pay for damage.     Then when defendant's father refused to pay for car damage, defendant father lied to his insurance company about the accident, so his insurance rates wouldn't go up.   The defendant father’s smirk through the entire case is despicable.   

Teen driver also stands up at the display board and lies about the accident too.    After this the car was rear ended, and car was totaled, but it was a reduced amount because of previous accident damage.   

 JJ awards nothing, because woman received more money that car was worth.  (I would have given her $5000 for plaintiff having to put up with the jerk defendants).

Shouting Out Not Allowed-Plaintiff Bruce Blair suing ex roommate/defendant Joyce Casey for theft of his property.   The two litigants were just roommates, matched up to rent house by realtor who rented the house.   

Defendant locked plaintiff out of the house, and he couldn't retrieve his property.    Only defendant signed the lease with the realtor.   Plaintiff claims he was never served with counter claim by defendant, so she has to refile in their location.    Defendant received a TRO, and plaintiff couldn't go back into the residence.       

JJ is right, defendant should live alone.    Defendant saying how scared she was of wimpy plaintiff is so unbelievable.     Defendant says man only left trash behind, and she disposed of it all.   $0 for plaintiff.  (Plaintiff won't shut up, and gets his case dismissed, after he says defendant is a meth user).  If he kept his mouth shut, he would have been paid, but too bad. 

(I miss group talk about the same case, but I'm guess I'm lucky I still have 2 hours of JJ on weekdays.   I suspect one of these days, the channel will stop wanting to pay the fees, and get two other shows). 

Edited March 21, 2022 by CrazyInAlabama

[One Tough Cookie]

i miss everyone getting the same show and talking about it with everyone else!

[badhaggis]

37 minutes ago, One Tough Cookie said:

i miss everyone getting the same show and talking about it with everyone else!

Me too

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Magician vs. Illusionist -Plaintiff Robert Bailey  suing defendant/magic trick or illusion builder  David Pavlov for the return of a deposit for a $19,000 magic trick, deposit was $6450 .  Plaintiff has been a working magician since 1989.   Plaintiff runs a nonprofit for veterans, schools, Native American events, to raise money to support his magic fundraisers.   There are sponsors for the foundation.   Foundations gives his 501 ( c) (3) registered charity money to sponsor shows, and plaintiff’s income comes from that money too.  Plaintiff does 10 events during the year and gets $500 for each show, and does non-sponsored magic shows and gets all of that money for income, not under the foundation.  Tamaka’s Magical Tales (name is Tamaka’s Magical Revue is his company., Tamaka is Mr. Bailey’s middle name )

Plaintiff wanted defendant’s magic trick or illusion, and put down a deposit of $6450, and there is no written contract.  Contract with defendant was through a retailer, so defendant didn’t have a separate contract with plaintiff.    Plaintiff would pay retailer the full price, and defendant would drop ship to plaintiff, check paying retailer to defendant was from the 501 (c )(3) foundation he runs.   However, the foundation money paid for a trick that would be for the non-profit events, and his profitable business.

I agree with JJ, plaintiff makes $5,000 a year through foundation, but pays for tricks or illusion for many times that amount with foundation money, but uses the same illusions for his profitable business.   Plaintiff claims he doesn’t used the illusions funded by the foundation in his private business.   

JJ doesn’t like the case, and tells plaintiff she will dismiss the case without prejudice to go back to local small claims court.   She doesn’t like the overlap of charity, and profit business, and I don’t either.

In the hall-terview, defendant says plaintiff has had the illusion

Pit Bull Choke Hold -Plaintiff Kerri Flook suing defendant/Pit Bull owner Jennifer Diottaviano for medical bills when plaintiff intervened when defendant’s Pit Bull attacked.   They both live in the same mobile home park. 

 Plaintiff was walking her leashed terrier mix, a 20-lb. dog, when defendant’s dog got loose, and attacked plaintiff’s dog without warning. Plaintiff was afraid the Pit Bull would rip out the dog’s throat, so she put the Pit in a choke hold.     When plaintiff was getting the Pit off of her dog, plaintiff scraped her knees up, and had other bruises and abrasions. 

Defendant says she didn’t see the attack, her cousin did.   After the attack, someone opened defendant’s gate, and let her Pit Bull back into her yard after the attack.  

I wonder if the mobile home park allows Pit Bulls, or mixes?   Plaintiff wanted vet bills for her dog. Defendant claims her dog looks like another dog in the park, and he dog didn’t have blood on him, or look like he’d been in a fight.  Defendant claims manager of complex told defendant to pay the vet bills, or get the dog out of the mobile park.   Plaintiff says the dog went right to defendant’s driveway, and on defendant’s porch after the attack. 

Plaintiff wanted $836 for vet bills, and defendant still owes $377.

$377 to plaintiff.

Second (2013)-

Driving School Skirmish -Plaintiffs Travis and Katya Williams suing defendant/driving school instructor Kevin Cruz for a refund for son, Akim Williams’ driving lessons after son did not passing his driving test.  Plaintiff parents are complaining that son didn’t like defendant and wanted another instructor, but Mr. Cruz is the only instructor at that time.    Ad for driving school says school has multiple driving instructors.    Son passed the written test at driving school, but flunked the first DMV test.  

Son had to try the written exam again, and still had to do road test after practicing.    However, tests were in February, and on road lessons weren’t scheduled until April and later May.  

Then, son was leaving the country, and needed a second lesson.   My question is why son waited so long between lessons?    That’s very unusual.  

Son didn’t like defendant, and after parents didn’t decide to continue with the defendant’s driving school.     On one occasion defendant was supposed to take son to practice parking, instead instructor told him to go to a bank, and wait while Mr. Cruz ran into the bank.  

$259 to plaintiffs.

Up a Creek Without a Boat (2013)-Plaintiff Rosada Haines suing former friend Kenneth Steele-Breitweg, Jr. for boat costs, rental fees, and mental distress, after boat ownership ends in a fight.  They each paid $800 for the sailboat, and they thought they were getting a great deal.  Defendant claims plaintiff wanted more than to be co-owners, and he didn't want that.    

Defendant gets snotty with JJ, and tells her that she doesn't know what she's talking about (I bet Officer Byrd just snapped his pencil in half), and defendant gets booted. Then, defendant stomps the wrong way off set, and I’m sure the off-camera security was glad to point the correct door for his walk of shame.  Defendant case dismissed. 

Plaintiff wants $2,271, to get rid of her part of the boat, and doesn't want to own with the defendant.   

JJ's solution is to sell the boat, and split the proceeds, or defendant can buy plaintiff out.   Plaintiff receives $800.

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

Crock of Baloney-Plaintiff Bryan Wu suing defendant/former roommate Marta Suarez for apartment rent, and car damage, $5000.      Plaintiff Bryan Wu, his fiance Purple Herzig, and defendant Marta Suarez shared an apartment, all three signed the lease, and both sides want lease breaking fees.   Plaintiff and fiance moved out early, but paid the last two month’s rent as a lease breaking fee.     

Defendant and plaintiff girlfriend were co-workers at Barbizon.

 Defendant hasn't paid rent in over five months, still lives in the apartment, and landlord has finally started eviction proceedings.   Defendant thinks being a squatter is funny. 

Plaintiff also claims defendant damaged his car.  Defendant sent plaintiff fiance a text saying someone hit the plaintiff’s car.  

(Defendant needs to cover up her ample hooters, hanging out in court.  One sneeze and we'll get to see all of her assets).    (Plaintiff's fiance is named Purple Herzig, this is exactly what the caption on the show said).     

 Defendant Suarez is another reason I'll never be a landlord.    Defendant had plaintiff's car, and she sent a text and photo, and says the car was hit while she had it.  

Plaintiff gets $3,000 rent from defendant (That pays for his rent shortfall, but not the car). 

Pit Bull Chomps Chihuahua-Plaintiff Kaitlyn Cumpton suing defendant Mandy Pryor for pit bull chomping on her Chihuahua (6-year-old dog, 13 pounds) while 8-year-old owner Kaliyah, watched in horror.   

Defendant claims the tiny Chihuahua ran into her apartment, and her dog was being protective (Total Bull Pucky).    Cute plaintiff's kid Kaliyah, was walking a leashed Chihuahua, Hennesey, when Snickers the Pit Bull charged out of defendant's apartment, and attacked the tiny dog.      Little girl testifies the dog is usually off leash outside the defendant's apartment, and growls when the girl and her dog pass.     

The apartment complex needed to boot the defendant, and her vicious dog, and I hope they did.   Lucky for the little girl and dog, the plaintiff was watching them out the window and saw the attack.   Little girl says defendant was sitting outside the complex, when the Pit Bull charged the girl and the dog.    Defendant had to muzzle on her vicious animal, and had this dog around her two-year-old child (she has four kids, 8,7, 6, and 2 years old). 

 Defendant got the dog only two weeks before, and bought for $20.     Defendant claims Chi charged inside her door, and Snickers the Pit Bull attacked the poor little dog.     Total garbage.      My guess, even though Snickers the Chihuahua chewer was supposed to wear a muzzle, I bet that never happened.    I’m betting the apartment management demanded the Pit leave the complex. 

Defendant claims she gave the Pit bull to man who lives in Idaho (they live in Spokane).    I wonder if that’s the same farm that all of the unwanted dogs have been sent to? 

$800 to plaintiff.

Second (2016)-

Parking Insanity Caught on Tape-Plaintiff Lori Hansen is suing defendant Georgette Davenport for medical bills, and damages from parking lot fight caught on video.    Plaintiff was arrested, and video shows plaintiff was the aggressor, and assaulted the defendant.    Defendant says plaintiff whacked her car door into defendant's car, twice.  Lori Hansen, (she's the one on the ad for the show with JJ saying she's not scary), plaintiff parked almost on top of the parking space line, you can clearly see that on video.   All of this apparently happened in front of the liquor store.  Defendant claims plaintiff started choking her, and broke her phone. 

On video, poor feeble defendant isn't using her cane, and claims she doesn't always need it.    Defendant has police report, and JJ saw on video that Lori H. struck the first blow, and kept hitting, and trying to choke the defendant.   

Plaintiff case dismissed.  For some bizarre reason, hall-terview is with plaintiff's husband. 

Single Mom Mess-Plaintiff Jean Massey was being evicted, and defendant Teresa Carter agreed to let plaintiff and her children move into her house.   Rent for two rooms was $600, and claims she paid $694.  Plaintiff moved stuff into the garage, and defendant said plaintiff couldn't stay, and plaintiff agreed to pay utilities.    Plaintiff demanded to do more than month-to-month to save more money to move on.     Plaintiff decided not to move in, and was going to get her stuff out of the garage, but wanted her money back.   

Plaintiff wasn't arrested on the day in question, but was on parole.   Defendant signed agreement in front of police officer that she would return the $694.    Plaintiff is suing because defendant filed a complaint for assault against plaintiff.    They did mediation first, and defendant didn't appear.    Defendant claims plaintiff damaged her garage door. 

$694 for plaintiff, defendant claim dismissed.

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Skin Cancer Scare -Plaintiff/mother Shirley Wagner suing defendant/adult son John Fellabaum for paying off motorcycle loans and $500 in medical bills for defendant.   Plaintiff says she bought a rental property for both of her adult sons, and defendant was living there.   Defendant says mother offered to pay off the motorcycle loan, and never mentioned repayment for the motorcycle, and the same with the medical bill.

Son has a bandage over his entire left ear, so that explains the skin cancer and medical bills.   Mother says she was trying to finance son’s business, and she paid off the motorcycle bills because son needed the debt cleared, and the medical bills.   Son was paying $350 rent for his part of the house payment, and so was the other brother.   Mother claims she started a business with the son.  

Son says he was never asked to pay off the motorcycle loan, or the medical bills.   JJ starts the ‘are you on medications’ to the son.   The business croaked 6 or 10 months after starting, according to which litigant you listen to.   Mother says credit card was in her name, and only for business costs, and that paid off the motorcycle. Mother says she scrutinized every penny her son spent, for his own good. 

Son turned out to have skin cancer, and his medical deductible was $1,000, so he was making monthly payments for the biopsies, but still owed $515, and mother paid that.

Truck was son’s and his father’s, and plaintiff bought it from the ex-husband/father, for $15,000.    Plaintiff has the truck, and is trying to sell it.

Plaintiff gets $2400 for motorcycle payments, and son is told to pay his mother the $515 for the medical bills.

Second (2013)-

Do Not Tattoo Over the Internet -Plaintiff Forrest Hyde suing defendant Chase Kinsey for unpaid tattoo services, and slander of himself and his business online.   Defendant has a previous tattoo that he didn’t pay all for, so the tattoo shop demanded $200.   Defendant had stolen credit cards used for the first tattoo, charges on the credit card were reversed, and so shop says they weren’t paid the $200. 

Then, defendant posted a very nasty review online, claiming he caught hepatitis at the tattoo shop, and all kinds of other nasty things.   Defendant called shop dirty, diseased, and claims plaintiff robbed him.

I disagree with JJ, if you owe a bank money, they take whatever deposits you make to repay the shortfall, so why shouldn’t a tattoo shop?      Defendant has been in legal trouble for drugs and alcohol since the credit card fraud.  Defendant works as a plumber for his dad’s business.

Plaintiff witness Ashley Cain, was a prospective customer of the shop, until she heard defendant in a bar talk about the hepatitis and staph infection from the tattoo shop, then she was reluctant to have work done

$5,000 to plaintiff.

Return my Motorcycle! -Plaintiff Lawrence Giavelli suing defendant Regina Perkins for return of his motorcycle which has been stored in defendant’s garage for three years.    Plaintiff wants the motorcycle, and wants storage fees for the 2 ½ years over the agreed on six months.   Plaintiff moved from Oxnard, CA to Brandywine, MD, and wanted the motorcycle shipped. 

Motorcycle cost $1500 in 2009. Plaintiff wants the full value he paid for the motorcycle.   I guess the shipping costs for the motorcycle aren’t included by plaintiff?  

There is no written agreement for storage for the motorcycle, so JJ throws that out.  JJ says the agreed period of six months means she could consider it abandoned, and dumped it in month 7.

Plaintiff is told to take his motorcycle, since he’s in California, and will ship the motorcycle for about $700.   Plaintiff has an order giving him 24 hours to pick up the motorcycle with police escort.   Defendant gets nothing.  

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

Double Baby Daddy Drama-Plaintiff Lisa Johnson suing defendant Azeri Paige for windshield damage and an assault. Both litigants have a kid with the same man.   Idiot baby daddy, Gary, is witness for plaintiff, so I guess she got custody of baby daddy.   Plaintiff claimed at the time of the assault the plaintiff was on and off, with Gary.  However, she told police they weren’t ‘on’.    Plaintiff is suing for damage to her car, and an assault.  Defendant claims harassment, and vandalism of her car by plaintiff.   

Right after midnight plaintiff, and baby daddy were boinking, a call keeps hitting his phone, and plaintiff answers the phone.   Caller is defendant, who is pissed.   Right after call, defendant is at the door at plaintiff's home.    911 is called, defendant assaulted plaintiff, and police report was filed.    Plaintiff's car's back window was smashed. 

According to police both litigants were drunk, and so was baby daddy.       Defendant had a friend with her at the assault, and claims she never touched plaintiff, or the car.  Defendant claims she wasn't at the plaintiff's assault, but was at her mother's home, out of town.     Defendant is such a liar, and claims plaintiff has been harassing her for years, and is a liar.  Defendant’s witness is her fiance.  

Plaintiff submits photos of her bruises and scratches.   Defendant is court ordered by Champaign Co. IL court to not be around his child with her, except with supervision.   Plaintiff witness says he sees kids all of the time, and can be around his kids, and lives with plaintiff.

$1500 for plaintiff for car window, and assault.  

Go Bang Your Heads Against a Wall-Plaintiff Courtney Smith suing ex-boyfriend/defendant Brandon Brooks over unpaid loans, a car, unpaid rent, and utilities.   

There are text messages from defendant admitting he owed the $700 to plaintiff.   

Plaintiff was 17 when she started living with defendant.   Plaintiff is pregnant, claims it’s not defendant’s baby, is estranged from him, and living with her mother.

Defendant was loaned $700, to buy Audi to flip, and for half the profits, but car wasn't sold.    Plaintiff claims she paid for the Hyundai.  Defendant says he bought Hyundai for $500.    She registered the car in her name.  So, they each have a car with a title in each name.   Plaintiff had $1300, and loaned $700 to defendant.  

However, plaintiff committed fraud when she registered the car, by forging defendant's name.  Plaintiff committed perjury (for signing a false statement on a government document), and forgery when she registered the car in her name.   

Plaintiff had baby, and claims it's not defendant's kid.   They'll have to fight that out in Family Court after DNA tests.

$700 to plaintiff. 

Second (2016)-

Rottweiler Puppy Fail- Plaintiff Phillip Taylor suing defendant Dwayne Gray for the cost of two puppies sold by defendant. Plaintiff was selling a Rottweiler dog (18 months old) that was getting aggressive towards his wife.   Plaintiff bought the puppy for $400, and wanted to sell dog for $800.   

Defendant offered $300, and one puppy, pick of litter (defendant used to breed lots of Rottweilers). 

Defendant wasn't told about the aggression. 

Defendant says dog wasn't aggressive in his home, and he later stopped breeding dogs.  Defendant's mother had cancer, and he sold the adult dogs, and gave the puppies away.   Defendant sold his registered Rottie for $200, and only sold one puppy, and gave the rest away.   Defendant claims he couldn't get in touch with the plaintiff to give him one puppy, and defendant says plaintiff wanted two puppies.   

Plaintiff wants $1600 for the puppies, for his unregistered female he sold for $300, and one puppy that he never picked up.   Plaintiff actually wanted to train the first aggressive, disobedient Rottie to be a certified service dog. 

Plaintiff gets $400.

Pro-Bono Publicist Scam-Plaintiff Julieen Beshere was hired to do publicity for defendant, Christine Fischetti and is suing for unpaid wages.   Defendant says she was never supposed to pay plaintiff.   

 First requirement was flyers, and social media for defendant's management company.    Defendant claims plaintiff wanted to create a magazine to promote the performance artists she promotes.   Defendant claims she had 300 clients, but it's all pro bono (she's on disability, and lives off of her spouse's wages).   There is no signed, written contract.   Plaintiff claims she was to be paid $60 per leaflet produced (=$600), and also says defendant wrote horrible allegations on social media about her.  Plaintiff gets $600 wages.   Plaintiff filed for a protective order against defendant, but it was never served on defendant.    

Plaintiff had nothing to do with the music business before the defendant.   So, her magazine she started about the music industry was from her experience with the defendant.   As usual, defendant claims her accounts were hacked, and everything was someone else's fault.       The defendant says plaintiff shouldn't make money off of the music industry, because she's not doing it pro bono, and claims plaintiff stole her identity, and bullied her, counter claim dismissed.       

Plaintiff gets $600 back wages. 

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2013)-

Legal Beatdown -Plaintiff David Wertheimer, Attorney-in-Fact, is suing defendants Ian Johnston and Doug Barnett over a truck.      Truck is titled to Johnston, a laptop was traded to Barnett for the truck by plaintiff, and after five years the truck was considered abandoned by plaintiff, and defendant Barnett.

The Attorney-in-fact challenges JJ, and he’s going to lose too. (An attorney in fact is an agent authorized to act on behalf of another person, but not necessarily authorized to practice law, e.g. a person authorized to act by a power of attorney, definition thanks to Google). Plaintiff Wertheimer apparently has a practice of being attorney-in-fact, and claims his only income is from being a power-of-attorney, he does paralegal work, gives legal advice, and in my opinion, is practicing law without a license.   He claims under California Probate Code, and Uniform Commercial Code give him the right to act as an attorney, but he is not a licensed attorney.    The audience applauds when plaintiff gets stomped down by JJ. 

Plaintiff’s case is that defendants left a truck on Mr. Barnett’s property for five years, and Mr. Barnett traded Mr. Johnston’s truck to plaintiff for a laptop.  Plaintiff tows the truck, and spends $1300 on repairs, and tried to title the truck.  DMV won’t title the truck for plaintiff because it’s legally still Johnston’s, so plaintiff parked the truck in a church parking lot illegally, then it was towed and impounded, and can’t get it out of impound.   So, defendant got truck out of impound because he’s the titled owner.   Plaintiff is suing for repairs on the truck, or the value of the laptop, or the title to the truck.

Defendant Johnston keeps the truck, defendant Barnett keeps the laptop, and plaintiff is kicked in the nuts by JJ again.  

Boat Bailout -Plaintiff/ Joseph McKenzie suing defendant/boat builders Joe and Sandra (wife) Crawford for the return of the deposit on a custom boat that was never finished.  Defendants had a work order, serving as contract, for the boat order by plaintiff, with $5,000 deposit paid by plaintiff.

There is no date of completion on the work order.

Defendant says boat is 80% complete, and because of the enclosed pilot house, can’t be sold to anyone else, and it’s a self-bailing boat, that feature costs $4,000.   However, defendant didn’t bring finished photos of the boat.   I guess defendant didn’t think evidence was needed for court.  There were also other custom features ordered, but the photos don’t show it. 

Pictures were taken eight months ago, not before court.  Defendant stopped working after plaintiff pulled his order, but that was only three months ago, because the boat wasn’t close to finished. 

The business practice of the defendant is horrible.   Defendant claims boat is 80% finished, but it isn’t. The boat buyer is from Kodiak, AK and builder is in Oregon.  

$5,000 to plaintiff.

Second (2013)-

Too Hot in the Kitchen -Plaintiff Cyan Otey is suing defendant/her son’s ex-girlfriend Keyatta Riley for setting her kitchen on fire.  While defendant and plaintiff’s son were staying with plaintiff, defendant got hungry, decided to deep fry French fries, and the kitchen caught on fire.   Plaintiff now owes the landlord for the damages. 

Defendant was having a phone argument with her now ex-boyfriend, and then decided to go out.   Defendant claims she turned off stove before leaving, but instead the kitchen burned down, and plaintiff is on the hook for kitchen damages.   Plaintiff paid the landlord for the damages.  Plaintiff says defendant was drunk at the time.

Plaintiff only paid the fire damage after she was evicted, by Orange Village Apartments.  However, the apartment bill is $3,480, and rent wasn’t paid so that makes up the rest of the $4,780 of the bill from the apartment.    JJ will enter a judgment to pay the fire damages to plaintiff if the complex sends a receipt for the paid fire damage, or if it hasn’t been paid, then the money for the fire damage will be sent to the apartment complex.    Plaintiff still owes her own unpaid rent.  

The Neighborly Thing to Do -Plaintiff Christine Arnold suing defendant/neighbor Corey Price for burning evergreens on her property, that were killed by defendant burning his lawn to kill the weeds off (this doesn’t work by the way).     The trees are between the two driveways, but on plaintiff’s side.  Plaintiff says defendant was cutting her lawn up to her driveway, trying for adverse possession, so she planted the trees to keep him off of her property, and nullify his try at adverse possession. 

This reminds JJ of a neighbor of hers that was mowing a lot of her palatial estate side yard, she told him he could do that, but he had to sign a legal statement that he wouldn’t try for adverse possession.   When the neighbor refused to sign, she put a fence up around property, to keep him out.

Plaintiff receives $1,000 to replace the trees.

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)

Dangerous Drinking- Plaintiff Justin Jacobs is suing ex-girlfriend Jessica Paolo for false police report and arrest, and stealing his stuff.  Plaintiff/ex-boyfriend and defendant/ex-girlfriend were both drunk, but defendant is proud of the fact she wasn't as drunk as the plaintiff.      

Defendant filed petition to get restraining order.  Plaintiff claims defendant filed exact same allegations to get restraining order against ex-husband, but has no proof.    Defendant's mother seems to think allegations her daughter is a drunk are amusing.  There is no proof of his abuse on defendant.   

Defendant claims after plaintiff's arrest, she moved the truck to guest parking.   She left everything in the truck for his mother to pick up, with the keys near the truck.   However, he couldn't find his truck keys, and a lot of property disappeared out of the truck.  Plaintiff even has a receipt for the rifle.   Defendant's uncle claims he saw items in the truck when defendant moved the truck to the guest parking spot, and she had the keys to the truck then.   

However, defendant 'lost' the keys, so plaintiff's mother had to get AAA to tow the truck.   Defendant's mother is just as pathetic as her daughter, and just won't shut up.     Defendant still claims the rifle was a gift to her.    Both sides need a group rate to rehab.   

$800 to plaintiff for the rifle.  

Second (2016)-

Knife Fight Threat-Plaintiff Jermaine Minter claims defendant Treyvon King, threatened him with a knife at his home, in front of his little daughter.  This happened in Chicago.   Defendant apparently sees nothing wrong with taking a knife to threaten people at their home.   Defendant claims plaintiff punched his younger brother, brother was hospitalized, and the threat with the knife was justified.   After fight between plaintiff, and defendant’s brother, defendant went to plaintiff’s home, with a friend, and a knife (only the second time), then the threatening with a knife happened.   Plaintiff claims defendant came to his house with seven people.   

Defendant's younger brother can’t join us in the courtroom, he's been on house arrest for months, but the actual crime isn't discussed.     (I believe JJ wants to beat both litigants up) Plaintiff is upset because he claims the defendant and his family confronted plaintiff's eight-year-old daughter when she was at school, and told her they were going to beat up her father.   

Why do I have the suspicion that a search on any of the litigants, or witnesses would show it's not their first time in court.  

Case dismissed.   

Meter Fraud-Plaintiff Diane Chapman, and adult daughters (aka Dumb and Dumber) are suing defendants/former landlords David Riacett and wife, Eleanor Coverrubius for meter fraud, harassment, false restraining orders.   Defendant is counter suing for harassment, theft of property, and damages.  Plaintiffs rented property for one year.   Now they're claiming the electric service was only one meter, but it was used to power one light bulb in the work shop, and trailer.  It says in the written lease that rent was reduced $50 a month to compensate for the electric bill.  Plaintiff stayed for the one-year lease period.   It would be nice if plaintiff's adult daughter would stop glaring at everyone.   

Defendant did not bring paperwork about the electricity, then says it was an oral agreement.  Unfortunately, since it was an oral modification to the written contract, it's not enforceable.     Also, defendant says a pre-hung door from the workshop was stolen by the plaintiff's daughter's boyfriend, and it's on camera.     

Plaintiff upset because the one daughter had a restraining order taken out on her by landlord for the entire year before plaintiff and other daughter moved in, that means the one daughter couldn't live in the trailer or visit.   

Personally, after seeing the mother and daughter in court, I would never have rented to any of them.  They seem very mean.       Plaintiff claims landlords forged the lease, and they whited out the two daughters names off of the lease, and forged the plaintiff's signature.   Fortunately, plaintiff and demon spawn, have moved.   This case was filed two years after the moveout.

In the hall-terview he sounds like every person I know that was a landlord, and had issues.  Quote "I'll burn the #### place down before I rent it again".

$600 to plaintiffs for electricity, and that's all.   However, I don't think the plaintiffs deserved a penny.   

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Racism or Renter Neglect? -Plaintiff/former tenant Misty Ziegler is suing defendant/landlord Peggy Terrill for return of her security deposit, and claims landlord didn’t deal with the members of the HOA because they harassed her, and landlord should have protected tenant.   Defendant alleges damages and HOA fines from defendant and her children’s actions when renting plaintiff’s condo.   

Defendant claims the HOA only did the complaints and fines because the board is racist. Rent was $900, for tenant, a friend, three children.   Chelsea the plaintiff witness, was the tenant who was not on the lease.   My guess is Chelsea is a roommate, and not a friend, or maybe closer.

Plaintiff says she had to clean carpet, replace the garbage disposal, and it was taken off of the rent by landlord.    Plaintiff says CPS knocked on her door, wanted to inspect the unit, and talk to her children.  CPS has nothing to do with the defendant.    There is no way to know who called CPS, but it could be almost anyone.  

Plaintiff says the craigslist ad said a kid’s clubhouse, and gym were available, the gym had been closed for three years, and the kid’s clubhouse never existed, but yet plaintiff stayed to the end of her lease.    Plaintiff says her kids went to the pool, but then the kids were told they couldn’t swim without a swimming pass, and kids didn’t have a swimming pass.   (This happened in Los Angeles).

Defendant claims she had to replace the common keys.  $135 for replacing keys, leaving $365 of security left.   Defendant has move out pictures, not move in pictures.     There are a lot of damages, and I disagree with JJ, cleaning the ground in dirt and grease left by plaintiff are disgusting. 

Bill to replace door knobs $35, leaving $330.   Door was replaced by tenant, or so she claims, so how did defendant get a picture of the broken door?  Plaintiff replaced one door, but there were two other broken doors.   (Defendant claims the complaints were her children jumping on the roof of the unit, running loose, causing constant problems, and other issues).

Plaintiff gets $331 back.  

Second (2013)-

Everything but the Kitchen Sink-Planitiff Jessica Arneson is suing defendant/ex-boyfriend,  Kevin Crane for unpaid rent, utilities, return of a trampoline, an unpaid loan for $1800 (title loan). .    Plaintiff had a kid with a previous boyfriend, they split up, and ex-boyfriend left.   Plaintiff lived in the home with her kid, and moved defendant in with his two little kids.   Plaintiff lived there with his kids for four months, and when he moved out he took the trampoline with him.    Defendant says his kids were only there for about 90 days, but plaintiff says that defendant’s kids were there almost constantly. Plaintiff was taking over $400 a month off of defendant’s EBT card, so rent and utilities are tossed out.

When defendant got divorced, he got canned by his employer, who was his wife’s uncle.   When defendant was under employed, and then unemployed he had EBT, and welfare.   He now works at a thrift store, and has the kids in day care, and if he makes more than a certain amount he loses his welfare benefits.  

Plaintiff reconciled with her ex-boyfriend, and she’s now staying home, on disability, which she’s been on since 2012.    

Plaintiff is still paying off the loan she got for the title loan payment.

Plaintiff case dismissed.

German Shepherd Attack -Plaintiff Leslie Copeland suing defendant /dog owner Alek Harounian for defendant’s German Shepherd Dog (GSD) for attacking plaintiff’s Pekinese dogs, and plaintiff wants $ for vet bills. Mrs. Copeland was walking the two dogs, when the GSD attacked.  Meghedi Harounian, defendant’s sister was home, tied the GSD to the gate post, and dog got away attacking the two little dogs.   Mrs. Copeland says she was walking the two Pekinese, and the GSD attacked and savaged her dog, this happened across the street from defendant’s house.   

Animal control was lied to by defendants when they came to their home about the dog attack.

The photos of the little dogs’ injuries are horrible.  Defendant sister claims the GSD was tied to the gate post in front of their house, and she claims the plaintiff’s leash was super long, and the little dogs were across the street, and it was all the plaintiff wife’s fault.  Then defendants say that the little dogs were being walked on their side of the street (No, that makes no sense).

$682 for the plaintiffs.   (Plaintiff says the GSD attacked before, and this time was much worse, and defendant owner does nothing to control his dog, or confine him). (My opinion, another dog owner who gets a charge out of having a mean dog, that attacks people and animals, because he is such a wimp).

Parents of 16 -Plaintiff Michael and Pamela Doyle (parents of defendant) suing defendant Renee Moak (youngest daughter of Pamela Doyle), and wants money for the co-signed apartment for defendant when she separated from her husband.   (Plaintiff and husband, have 16 children, 13 were adopted.   Defendant is 19, and the younger two kids are 9, and 6).  Plaintiff wife was the co-signer.   Defendant was evicted, and she claims that the apartment complex screwed up.    Then, defendant moved into a two bedroom house in Riverside, with her husband and son.   Defendant says the landlord didn’t ask for a credit check (In my opinion, Bull Pucky on the defendant’s story).   The new place is bigger, costs more, is further from their jobs.  

Defendant’s husband is in court, and seems to be stupid, and shiftless.

Plaintiff presents the paperwork the complex sent her, for the unpaid rent, and eviction fees.    

$5,000 to plaintiff.   When leaving the desk area, defendant and her parents are not looking very happy with each other.

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

Artwork vs. the Car Wash!-  Plaintiff  Spencer (husband/artist) and Alex (wife/family law attorney) Van Der Zee and wife claim the car wash workers ruined his $3,600 painting (plaintiff husband does 'interesting' art work, and claims painting is worth $3,600) that was left in the vehicle's trunk, at defendant Simon Berhane’s car wash.   This happened in Cincinnati, Ohio.  The painting was unprotected, loose in the trunk, and there is no proof that the car wash people did anything to the painting.     I suspect the wife /plaintiff damaged it, and they needed a fall guy to pay for it.    

The car wash defendant claims the woman slammed the trunk, and hurt the painting herself.   There's a bunch of garbage about missing phone chargers, and a credit card too.   According to the car wash manager the detailers found the chargers, and put those items in a bag, and put it in the trunk.    

 Defendant says that when the woman slammed the trunk when retrieving the chargers, she hurt the painting, and not the detailers at the car wash.

Nothing for the plaintiffs, and I wish they would have had to pay the defendant's company for the harassment, and defamation from their false claim.

Second (2016)-

Puppy Choking on Chicken Bone Drama?!-Unfortunately, I remember this one.   

Plaintiff Shelly Vick is suing dog owner/defendant Katie Morrison and husband Scotty Morrison for dog’s vet bills, $557.    Plaintiff took a puppy to the vet, for treatment that costs $557.    After owners were letting 'nature take its course', when puppy choked on a chicken bone, plaintiff took the puppy to the vet.     

Plaintiff was 'fostering' the puppies, when defendant's Chihuahua had puppies.    Defendant woman also claims the mother Chihuahua is 25 pounds, and was only 8 months when she dug out of the yard, and was knocked up.   Defendant knew dog was in heat, but it wasn't house trained, and so they left the mother dog outside.     Plaintiff had previously fostered the puppies for September, and October.

Plaintiff saw the puppy the defendant's kept looked thin, and sick.   Defendants left the dog laying alone outside to die, so a couple of days later plaintiff took the puppy to the vet.  Vet report says puppy had bone in throat, the bone had to be surgically removed.     Defendants claim plaintiff stole the dog, and they called the police to get the puppy back.    I wonder how many litters the mother has had by now?    

Sadly, the defendants still have the dog in their possession, and called the police to get the puppy back.       Defendant/ owner refused to pay the vet bills, and neighbor wants to be repaid.  Defendant's wife's defense is they had only had the puppy four days, and that's a bogus reason, because the puppy was born in that house.     

Plaintiff gets $557, too bad she didn't get the puppy too.

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Death Threat? -Plaintiff Jonathan Graciani suing defendant /former landlord Shavon Brice for stealing his laptop, TV and other property.  Plaintiff says defendant had him living in her home for six weeks, then they argued, she threw him out, and kept his property.   Defendant claims he didn’t live in her home, she’s married, and plaintiff is a liar.     Plaintiff had everything but the TV in the 2004  owned by defendant, and moved into the home with defendant and family.    Plaintiff says his stuff was on the first floor, and his stuff was stored there too, he slept on the couch.    After the argument plaintiff made a police report alleging defendant said her cousin was going to shoot him. 

Defendant says she stored two storage bins for plaintiff, that she gave back to him, and she has nothing else of plaintiff’s property, and she claims she never slept on her couch.   Defendant says he’s a stranger to her, that she lived with her four kids, and her husband George, who was outside the courtroom.   George Brice is sworn as a witness.    Defendant witness says he was out of state working from before plaintiff claims he moved for work, and is still out of town (he’s only the biological father of the youngest child). Defendant witness only saw wife and baby when the wife visited him in Rhode Island. 

Defendant and husband are both pretty shifty, and keep smirking, and giggling.

$3,000 to plaintiff.

 Man Cave Clash -Plaintiff Robert and Charlotte Brett (married) are suing defendant/former roommate Taylor Nichols, for breaking their lease.    The plaintiffs, and defendant were all roommates.  Then, defendant got in trouble, and had to either go on probation, or move home, so he moved home.  

The house had three bedrooms, the couple shared one bedroom, the defendant had another bedroom, and the third was for the guy to play video games.    The plaintiffs never tried to get another roommate.

There is no copy of the lease, only a statement that someone paid the rental company.  

JJ doesn’t know what the lease requirements were, subleasing, etc.

Only half of the lease wasn’t covered by defendant.   Plaintiff wife claims that since they just had a baby, that they need the money from defendant, they are out of luck, because they have no evidence of lease breaking fee payment, lease provisions or anything else.   Apparently, plaintiffs lack of evidence means JJ was supposed to just give them money, and that’s not happening.

Unfortunately, they won’t tell what Taylor did, and why he was given the option of getting probation locally, or leaving for his home.  

Defendant says Robert Brett told him to leave, and that they will figure it out.  Defendant left in January, but defendant’s stayed in the apartment until March, and then left for the cheaper apartment with four months left on the lease.  As JJ points out, they could have staying in the leased apartment, for the last four months for another roommate.  They would have lost nothing, and would have received their security deposit back, and have a clear rental record.

Plaintiff case dismissed.

Second (2013)-

Car Keying Tenant? -Plaintiff /landlord Mitch Shulman suing defendant/former tenant Jon Calkins claiming tenant keyed his car, property damages, and utility bills. This is a four-bedroom home in Fountain Valley, CA., it’s a private house, and plaintiff rents the house from the owner, and rents the other three bedrooms.   Plaintiff pays $2,000 a month for the house lease, but it’s not a lease that’s presents, it’s just an agreement.    House is a single-family home on a street of 7 other single-family dwellings, and this is the only boarding house. 

Defendant was a room renter, 10’ x 12’ bedroom, and took over the room from his witness.   Plaintiff paid reduced rent, because the other tenants paid rent and utilities.   Defendant owes for three months portion of utilities.  JJ tells plaintiff to add up the missing payments for two missing months of utility bills, plus $41 for the other month.   Utility bills $165, plus $41, total $206.  

Then, plaintiff wants payment for a stain on the carpet.   JJ wants carpet installation bill, but it’s dated yesterday.     JJ asks tenant about the carpet when he moved in, and he says it seemed new, and defendant looks at the rug photo of damages.   Photo of carpet damage is bad, but it was apparently taken months after defendant moved out.   Plaintiff’s carpet receipt is for several bedrooms, stairs, etc.     Defendant says photo dated in June shows a clean carpet, after professional cleaning, but plaintiff gets $225 for carpet cleaning. 

Plaintiff claims there are unauthorized Pay-Per-Views by defendant, but defendant was never served.

$226 for carpet, utilities $206, total $432.   

Plaintiff declared bankruptcy from $800k of medical bills, and finally bought a car at ridiculously high interest rate, and claims defendant keyed the car.  Plaintiff claims he overheard defendant admit to keying plaintiff’s car.  Plaintiff wants $126 for car key damages.  (Is the bankruptcy supposed to make JJ give him everything he wants?  It won’t work).

$432 for carpet and utilities.   Car damage is one scratch, way down on the bottom of the passenger door, nothing for that.

Plaintiff total $431.

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

Tinsel Town Abandonment-Plaintiff/former part year tenant Geoffrey Wiegman ($655 requested) is suing defendant/ex-landlord Kathleen Pihl over a bag of Christmas decorations that he left at her house after she (he rented in the winter, generally from December to the end of April, in California, and lives on the Cape the rest of the year) re-rented to others.   Defendant says relative of plaintiff picked up the leftover bags from her attic.   Plaintiff throws in a nasty remark about new renters (apparently Middle Eastern renters).    This became such a PITA that defendant is selling the house.  

Yes, plaintiff is suing over used cheapie Christmas ornaments, and small kitchen items.       He's suing for Christmas decorations, a hammer, a water spritzer bottle, toaster oven, a wooden coaster set, a handheld can opener, some Easter decorations, and some coffee mugs.   

When plaintiff demanded his stuff back, summer tenants graciously let defendant look for them.  After summer tenants moved out, defendant looked for more of plaintiff’s stuff in the rental house.

Plaintiff's daughter signed for the Christmas decorations already.   After the daughter picked up the stored items, defendant found another bag of cheap ornaments, and plaintiff's daughter never picked them up.   Defendant gave the two leftover bags to the neighbor who was the former pet sitter to plaintiffs.  Pet sitter doesn't know where the bags went. 

Case dismissed.  After this dust up, defendant sold the house.  (I can imagine the defendant selling the house after having the plaintiff sues her over $50 worth of tinsel and other cheap stuff.    Who does the plaintiff think he is?   How dare the plaintiff treat a seasonal rental as his own home.   Storing stuff in the attic in a house he's only a seasonal renter at?  I bet every Spring after plaintiff moved out, the neighbors had a party celebrating his absence.  I guess JJ was supposed to be impressed plaintiff lives on the Cape, and can rent the defendant's house).

Nothing for plaintiff. 

Courtroom Kickout- Plaintiff Kim Knowler suing defendant Thomas Dougherty for credit card dispute over motorcycle rental.   The rental in question was for $390, for three days.   Defendant made the reservation, rented the bikes, and called to cancel within 34 hours of the original rental reservation.  Plaintiff says cancellation was three days after the reservation was made, and her policy is no refunds.    Reservation was in September, for Thanksgiving.  Defendant had rented the motorcycle twice before this for his son.   

Plaintiff refused to refund the money, only offering vouchers for another rental, and defendant disputed the charges, and he had the money refunded by the credit card company.   Now plaintiff is suing him for the rental costs.     Plaintiff is suing for charges from the credit card company, and other stuff she's not getting. 

Plaintiff won't shut up, keeps talking over JJ, and gets the boot, and case dismissed.  

Second (2016)-

Break-Up Fit of Rage-Plaintiff Dustyn Boyd suing ex-girlfriend/defendant Jessica Whisenhunt for car loan, property damages, and bail bond. Plaintiff and ex-girlfriend lived together for about a year, and plaintiff loaned girlfriend money to buy a car ($1000), and paid for a bail bond.     When the two litigants were drinking, they argued, and plaintiff says defendant broke his TV.  Defendant recalls nothing.  Plaintiff claims defendant has a severe drinking problem. 

He can forget the car loan, because that wasn't a loan at all.   After she smashed his car window, he bonded her out of jail, and they still kept living together.   

Case dismissed.     

No Backsies-Plaintiffs Natasha Lenz, Rayla Arnold, and Darby Smith, were roommates with defendant/ Karina Silverstein, and want back rent after defendant moved out.   

Plaintiffs told defendant to leave and find her own apartment, defendant did that, and now plaintiffs want back rent.   

Defendant did exactly what the coven of roommates told her to do, so she owes nothing.   

Nothing for despicable plaintiffs.  Defendant will have to tell landlord that when plaintiffs leave the apartment, she wants her security back.   Defendant wants to be taken off the lease. 

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Mama Drama -Plaintiff/home owner and cousin Heather Gerst is suing defendant /former house guest and cousin, not tenant Chasity Purington  for unpaid rent, and part of the utilities, and costs for defendant and children’s food and other supplies. 

 Plaintiff told defendant to leave, and defendant refused without 30-days notice.   Defendant was a house guest, not a tenant, with her children living there also.   So, as JJ says defendant and children were guests, not tenants.   Defendant stayed at plaintiff’s house for two months, instead of the short term she claimed she would stay for.   Defendant was getting $1,000 a month from one child’s father in child support, and contributed nothing to the household.

Plaintiff says defendant was only supposed to stay for less than a month, and claims she wanted rent from defendant, but there was no contract.

Plaintiff case dismissed.

Human Shield -Plaintiff Hailey Prasad suing defendants/former roommates Alexiz Ramirez and Elaisa Ramirez for property damages and eviction fees to their joint apartment.    The three women, and another woman lived together in the same apartment, and all four were on the lease.

Plaintiff’s roommate moved out, and plaintiff replaced her with two men.   Defendant Alexiz claims the new roommates’ friends assaulted her, and used her as a human shield, and only left when the police arrived.  So, defendants were afraid to stay in the apartment with the shady friends of plaintiff assaulted them, and the police broke the door down.  

(This happened in Santa Rosa, CA).    Only the plaintiff took responsibility for the eviction fees, and property damage.  Defendants also paid the complex management lease breaking fees, $1580, and $600 more.  Plaintiff claims the police never came to the apartment.

$1618 to plaintiff.

Second (2013)-

Convenience Store Car Kicking -Plaintiff Kody Fabroski suing defendant Randy Spencer for kicking plaintiff’s car during an argument.    Defendant says he did kick plaintiff’s car, but plaintiff threatened defendant and his pregnant girlfriend.   Defendant claims plaintiff was spreading false rumors about defendant.   

On the day in question, plaintiff was at a local diner, and when he went to leave, he saw defendant and their friends were coming in the restaurant, and there were three or four of defendant’s friend lurking outside in the parking lot, and plaintiff thought the friends were going to jump him.   Then plaintiff claims defendant reached into his car, spit on him, assaulted him, and called the police about the threats, and defendant trying to get into the car, and defendant kicked plaintiff’s car. 

When the police arrived, plaintiff pressed charges against the defendant, for malicious destruction.   However, because of a family tragedy plaintiff couldn’t attend court.   Plaintiff’s witness Joshua Goulston,  works at the diner side of the convenience store/cafe, and saw the whole melee.  

Defendant says he went into the convenience store, and waited until plaintiff left, and defendant went out and confronted the plaintiff. 

 JJ says defendant’s witness / girlfriend egged him on.  Defendant girlfriend claims plaintiff was threatening them with guns.  Defendant and witness are such liars.

$2,000 to plaintiff for car damages.

Moving In, Moving Out -Plaintiff Jenny Keffer suing defendant/former roommate Amber Aragon for breaking their six-month lease, to move in with her boyfriend.   Plaintiff is suing for $400 to cover the unpaid portion of the month’s rent, before another roommate would move in.  

Defendant claims plaintiff withheld defendant’s worker’s comp check, so she didn’t pay the unpaid rent. 

However, plaintiff has a new roommate, and didn’t return defendant’s security deposit.  

$350 to plaintiff for the rent, but security back to defendant leaves $100 to plaintiff.

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

Pomeranians and the Police-Plaintiff Traci Franks was walking her two Pomeranians on the street, leashed, then defendant Diana Morris’ Cattle Dogs jumped out of defendant's Jeep, and her dogs attacked plaintiff's dogs.    Plaintiff claims she has had two previous run ins with defendant screaming at plaintiff for walking her dogs on the public street.   

 Plaintiff took her dog to the vet, and claims the abscess on her dog's face was a puncture wound.  Defendant didn't pay her animal control fine $1,000, because she claims her dogs weren't out of her Jeep, and JJ advises her that the city will put a lien on her house.   

Defendant filed for a restraining order against plaintiff walking on the street, and it was denied.   

Defendant keeps laughing at inappropriate times, and denying reality, it's obvious something is wrong with her.   JJ says defendant needs psychiatric help, and I absolutely agree. 

$1500 to plaintiff for defendant harassing her, and for filing a false protective order, but not enough proof for vet bills.   (I’m guessing that since plaintiff was unemployed, and her mother was paying the vet bills, that plaintiff waited until Monday to take her dog to the regular vet.  The cost of emergency vet care on the weekend).

 $1500 for plaintiff, and defendant told to stuff it. 

Underage Drinking and Online Bullying- Plaintiff Ashley Hall suing defendant/ a former friend, Marissa Cabrera, for vandalizing her car. Plaintiff alleges defendant (former high school friend) kicked her car after a night of drinking.    Defendant claims she wasn't drinking (she's 20).    There was a verbal fight, mostly by defendant, and defendant kicked plaintiff's car, witnessed by two others in police report.  Plaintiff says defendant was very drunk.   Litigants were friends in high school, and then after college the two argued.   

When they both showed at the same bar, plaintiff claims defendant and her friends were taunting her.    When bar closed at 1:00 or 2:00 a.m., plaintiff claims defendant came up to her car, and kicked it.   Police report says one of defendant’s friends gave a statement to police admitting that defendant kicked plaintiff’s car.    Defendant is underage too, but was drunk at the time of the incident.  Defendant is suing for false police report, harassment, etc. 

Defendant left the parking lot with her friends.    The absent defense witness told police that defendant kicked plaintiff’s car.   Defendant claims her ‘friend’, who talked to police lied about her.

$1,600 to plaintiff for car damage, and defendant claim dismissed.

Second (2016)-

Be Afraid... Or Not-Plaintiff/former girlfriend Kassandra Weber left home of defendants/ex-boyfriend Nathan Hofstader, and his nasty mother, Delora Hofstader, and claims they destroyed her property (21 and they lived together for 3 years). 

Plaintiff's mother is asked why she didn't ask her 21-year-old daughter to come home to escape an abusive relationship.  Mother's answer is "because she's an adult, and lives on her own".   

Plaintiff is 21 now, and was 18 when they moved in together, and defendant is now 23, and was 20 when they moved in together.   After plaintiff claims defendant cut her clothes up, they still lived together until April (plaintiff claims she moved out, but I don't believe her) with his mother, and then with roommates, and defendant’s parents again.      In April, plaintiff and loud-mouthed defendant's mother emptied the storage unit, but plaintiff claims there is still property at defendant's mother's house, but mother denies it.    

There were multiple police reports about malicious mischief, one report wasn't done until over a month later.  Plaintiff claims defendant has many police reports against him, and his loud mouth mother is awful.    

Plaintiff now gives up on everything but her car, that had domestic abuse against it (yes, a car had domestic abuse against it).  Police report says domestic abuse, and plaintiff says the abuse was on the car.  

Case dismissed.  

DWI Disability Fail-  Plaintiff Meeghan Franciso suing former friend/defendant Elizabeth Vedder  for false accusations against plaintiff of depositing a check.   Litigants were in the Military together, and became roommates after.   When defendant went to jail for DWI, she told plaintiff to cash the check for rent.   Plaintiff claims she gave money leftover above rent to defendant.     

Plaintiff forged defendant’s name on the check, but claims defendant told her to do that, and cash the check.    The check was cashed by plaintiff, and defendant told her bank it was false cashing of check, so plaintiff had $1,000 taken out of her account.     When defendant was released from jail, she didn't pay her rent, because the plaintiff paid it for her, and still owed her $1,000.      Defendant wants $1000 back, has no proof of anything. 

Case dismissed.

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Disability Debate! -Plaintiff/ mother Bridget Mora suing defendants/ ex-husband Keith Henderson, and her children (son) Keith Henderson, Jr. and Christine Henderson (Daughter)  for return of a security deposit, property and stress.   Plaintiff’s only income is from disability. Plaintiff’s witness is her long-term boyfriend, Joe Lopez.   Defendant ex-husband is about to get disability for back injuries, and repeated surgeries, spinal stenosis.  

After plaintiff got a settlement, she paid rent and security for the house four litigants to live in, while she was still seeing the boyfriend/witness.   The daughter moved in with her two children.    Plaintiff was kicked out by the other, and she  wants the furniture she bought for the house, security deposit returned, and  When plaintiff was kicked out she stopped paying the bills, and the rent, and ex-husband and her ungrateful brats want her to pay two months rent, keep her furniture.  

Defendant ex says he’s keeping the furniture, and she owes two month rent for the two months she didn’t pay, before ex got his disability payments.  Defendant and his ungrateful spawn are all suing to get money from the plaintiff.    Defendant ex was denied disability once, and has an attorney and is appealing.  

JJ wants to know if there is anything defendant ex can do to earn money.  Plaintiff wants her bedroom furniture, bar stools, TV stand and TV, dryer, two couches for her current home.    Plaintiff will pick up her property, hopefully with a police escort.

Plaintiff paid first and last month’s rent, and $1500 additional for security, for the extended family home.

Defendants’ claim is dismissed.

Plaintiff gets her property back, within 5 days. 

Hotel Room Party Pooper – Plaintiff John Hall suing defendant/former co-worker (Joe’s Crab Shack) Ashlynn Waldhelm for half the cost of a trip to Rochester, NY, and Niagara Falls.   Defendant is counter claiming that after the trip plaintiff stalked her, and she left her job to get away from him.  The trip was supposed to be with 10 people, all staying in the same hotel room.   Defendant was surprised to see only plaintiff was going.  And the other three carloads of people didn’t go on the trip.    

Defendant says her cost was supposed to be $20 for hotel, and $30 for gas, however, it ended up being a lot more expensive.   Defendant never agreed to pay more than $50 for the trip.

Defendant claims after they returned home, that plaintiff harassed and stalked her, and she felt so threatened that she left her job.   On her first day at her new job, plaintiff came there to harass her.

$50 to plaintiff.

Second (2013)-

Mad at Mother of my Child! -Plaintiff Robert Miller is suing defendant/child’s mother Stefani Williams for a loan to buy a new car, and for car registration, $4345.    The two lived together at various times, and the last time lived in plaintiff’s apartment.    They were living together when the car was purchased, and defendant was unemployed the entire time.   Plaintiff says defendant doesn’t let him see their child.

Defendant’s witness is her mother, Sandra Williams.   Car was purchased in July, in August defendant cheated, then took off with the child for months, without contact between plaintiff and his son.

After the disagreement, plaintiff changed the locks to keep defendant out.  Plaintiff claims he didn’t see his son for six weeks after the fight, but defendant claims that’s a lie.   Plaintiff wanted defendant to help pay car payments after she left, and got a job. 

There was no contract oral or written for defendant to pay for the car.  However, when defendant and child lived with plaintiff, for at least 8 months in the last period, she was still collecting child support through state DOR garnishment.  Plaintiff pays $150 a week for the child.   The arrearage was $800 that the state overcharged, and when that check was sent to defendant, she kept the money.

Plaintiff gets $800 overage check payment.    

Punched Door -Plaintiff Tera Lowe suing defendant/ex Jonathan Story for rent, bills and damage to her home.  Defendant is a musician rap/hip hop (about $800 in six months income), but still works as an administrative assistant as a telemarketer.   Defendant had four different jobs in the past year.

Defendant was getting welfare too.  This was in spite of his full-time job, part-time job with music, plus royalties, etc. but still had full benefits.    Defendant was getting EBT (food stamps) and some kind of medical assistance, ACCESS (this was in Massachusetts).

Plaintiff called the recording studio, where defendant was working, heard a female voice, and locked defendant out.   This was illegal.

Defendant does have an action for illegal eviction, but JJ says that there’s a problem.   

Plaintiff covered the rent on defendant’s previous apartment, before they moved in together. 

Plaintiff gets $1,000, and defendant gets $1,000 for his illegal eviction, so nothing for anyone.

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

Revealing 911 Call- Plaintiff Billy Dye suing three defendants, Shondell Coppage, Patricia Bailey-Mangruem, and Anna Coppage for car damages.  Plaintiff has a protective order for two years, against all three defendants were supposed to stay 300 feet away from plaintiff.     This happened in Rockford, IL.  Plaintiff was going to work, passing Metro PCS where plaintiff use to work, and all three defendants were working at the time of the incident.   When plaintiff was stopped at the traffic signal, he claims the two women threw mustard on his car.   Plaintiff called 911, said nothing to the three defendants, has the audio of breaking glass when the women smashed his car window with a rock.  

Plaintiff’s witness is in court.  Witness Amber Blaney approached plaintiff and asked him if he’s OK, after seeing the assault, and she says all three defendants threw rocks at plaintiff’s car.   Plaintiff witness isn’t someone plaintiff knew until after the assault. 

All three defendants claim they were in Chicago on the day of the assault, not in Rockford.  

Plaintiff receives $1170 for car damages.

Trust Your Instincts-Plaintiffs Jon and Suzanne Connelly are landlords, and rented to the grandmother of defendant for 15 years, and grandma is still a tenant.    Defendant Veronica Romero is granddaughter of former tenant, and her witness is her mother, Ms. Hernandez (Daughter of grandmother tenant, mother of defendant).  Defendant was a tenant, given a three-day notice to leave in January, 2016 for non-payment of rent.

According to landlords, defendant didn't move until mid-March 2016.    Defendant has a ton of reasons for not paying full rent ($800 a month), and didn't pay full rent after August 2015.   Defendant still has a bunch of ridiculous reasons she can’t show bank records of her payments for rent.   $4400 is owed by defendant according to landlords. 

$4400 to landlords.   One of the few landlords who won everything

Second (2016)-

 Mechanic Crosses a Line-Plaintiff /car seller Jamaica Miller suing former friend/defendant DeAndre Walton for value of car, $500 and the cost to fix the car, totaling $1200.     Plaintiff has teenage son, bought a car for son, gave it to mechanic to fix it, plaintiff moved to Houston.    Defendant towed car to plaintiff's father's house, it wasn't registered, had no bill of sale, no tags.   Defendant was going to register the car, by putting a mechanic's lien on it, and confiscating it.   The title was in a previous owner's name, not the woman that sold it to plaintiff.   

Plaintiff paid only the money to put the mechanic's lien on the car to get a clean title, $190.   Car title is in defendant's name, and he will sign it over to plaintiff.    Defendant got car running, and told her it would cost her $200 to have car fixed.   The mechanics lien was a scam to get a clean title, because plaintiff didn't have the right paperwork.   

Defendant has the clean title.  Car is in plaintiff’s father’s back yard, but she now lives in Houston.

I plaintiff wants the car back she pays $200 to defendant, and gets the title. 

Plaintiff will pay $200 to defendant, and title is signed over to plaintiff.

Unbelievable Car Deal-Plaintiff Chantia Edwards suing former friend /defendant Jay Campbell for return of money she paid for a 2006 Chevy Impala to assume defendant’s car loan.   Plaintiff bought car from defendant for $2200, and paid in full.   However, defendant needed to make one more payment on his car loan, and he would have a clear title.   A few weeks later plaintiff's car was repossessed by lender.   

Defendant says she agreed to pay him $2200, and make the four remaining payments on car (he only bought the car a couple of months before he sold it to the plaintiff).   The Blue Book value is $6,000, he put $1500 down, and payments were less than $300 a month, so there were a ton of payments left.   

JJ says they were scammers, and plaintiff claims she didn't know the car was worth $6,000, that she thought she was getting it for $2200.   

JJ gives nothing to either litigant, and that's what they deserve.   I think the defendant was hiding the car out at the plaintiff's place, and the lender found it and repossessed it. 

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Stepfather Payback -Plaintiff/stepdaughter LisaMarie Sanchez suing defendant/estranged stepfather Jerry Rogers for repayment of a loan to catch up on mortgage payments.     Plaintiff claims she loaned estranged stepfather money to get the mortgage current.   Stepfather, his two teen boys, and stepdaughter lived in the home, after mother moved out.   Defendant say soon to be ex wife never worked during the marriage.

Defendant claims the mother, Renee Rogers,  and daughter arranged the loan, so they wouldn’t get foreclosed on.  Defendant says plaintiff called him, said she was getting a loan for the mortgage shortfall, but claims there was no mention of repayment.   The plaintiff’s mother, soon to be the ex-wife of defendant, she watched the defendant’s sons while they lived together.   Plaintiff mother hasn’t worked out side the home for years.   The two lived together for 14 years, and Renee Rogers hasn’t worked outside the home for over 10 years, and still doesn’t.  Ms. Rogers lives off of her grandmother, and from money from her other relatives. 

Renee Rogers has never worked out side the home, and so there was no expectation that mother would

$2567 to plaintiff stepdaughter.

Repo Mom -Plaintiff /mother Annette Price suing defendant/daughter Teffanie Price for missed payments, and maintenance costs on a car that plaintiff had to repo twice.    First time daughter missed a payment, so plaintiff repo’d it, and then daughter paid the car payment, so car was given back to defendant.    The second time, the daughter missed less than one payment, but there were late fees, so plaintiff repo’d the car the second time.   

Defendant finally found out where the car was stashed with a friend in May, but didn’t get the car until December.    When the second repo happened, defendant got another car, and when that one fell apart, defendant went for the car in December.   Plaintiff kept the car after the repo, instead of give it back to the finance company.    Plaintiff wants the payments she had to make after the second repo, and maintenance while the other person had the Jeep, until defendant found the car and took it back.

Plaintiff case dismissed.

Second (2013)-

Thunderbird Theft? -Plaintiff Dominique Taylor (man) suing defendant/ex-girlfriend Echo Agnew for return of a Thunderbird (car), plaintiff wants the value of the car, but not the actual car.  Defendant says plaintiff assaulted her, and destroyed her property. 

Assault report outlines bad injuries, and defendant was hospitalized, but after that plaintiff went back with defendant.    Plaintiff couldn’t register a car in his own name, so for a few months he registered it in the name of his witness/another ex-girlfriend, and then it was in defendant’s name. 

 Defendant has a four-year order of protection against plaintiff, and there was a hearing with both litigants testifying.    Report says plaintiff kidnapped defendant off of the sidewalk at a bus stop, dragged her to his home, and beat the living hell out of defendant.   Then, defendant went back to living with plaintiff. 

Three months later, defendant made a police report about another assault. 

Everything dismissed. 

Car Divides Friends -Plaintiff Don Simpson Jr.  suing defendant/former friend Ezekiel Mack for return of a vehicle, cost of a traffic ticket, and repayment of a loan.   Defendant needed money, wanted a title loan, but he couldn’t get the car registered in his name.   Defendant didn’t have a driver’s license, but still drove, and couldn’t get a title loan in his name.   So, plaintiff registered the car in his name, did a title loan for $2250. 

 Plaintiff claims he didn’t get any money from the title loan, but defendant says plaintiff received $200.    Loan Max, the title loan company, is garnishing plaintiff’s wages.   Defendant claims he only got $400 from the loan.   However, there are two parking tickets in plaintiff’s name, and the car loan is in collections, plus the car broke down, and was towed.  Car will never be seen again.   JJ calls the defendant a moron.

No one came to court with clean hands in this case.

$400 to Loan Max.

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)

21st Birthday Party Down the Toilet-Plaintiff/father Michael LeLoo suing defendant/venue renter Leo Giang for renting a house/venue with inadequate plumbing (one toilet, not allowed to use toilet paper, and a urinal pit in the back yard).  Plaintiff rented house for a 21st birthday party (for son's birthday party, instead of his condo), and there was only one working toilet, with no toilet paper flushing allowed, and an outside urinal pit.   Defendant claims to have had parties up to 300 people at the house, and have to carry toilet paper outside in garbage bags.   There is nothing in the contract about the bathrooms, just a sign in the one working bathroom, with one toilet.   Plaintiff claims defendant rented backyard, and defendant lives in the house.  Defendant is counter suing for damages to plumbing. 

This case is so disgusting.    How can any jurisdiction allow this person to rent this house, with unusable plumbing?   How can the local jurisdiction let this sewage situation exist?  There is no way a septic system should support that many people, or that a residential home should have a urinal pit in the back yard either.    I suspect his septic system needs replacement too.  Plaintiff son only had 22 guests, not the usual 300 defendant rents to usually.   Party was in the backyard, not the main house.

Defendant is counter claiming for damage to his home’s plumbing.  Dismissed.

 $750 was rental price, and plaintiff gets $350 back. (Defendant already refunded $100 to the plaintiff). 

Volvo Custody Fight-Plaintiff/car buyer Diana Corrales suing defendant/car seller Roberto Prado for repair costs, and storage fees for 2005 Volvo S80.   Plaintiff bought car from defendant, and claimed it couldn't be smogged, and therefore, was not able to be registered. 

Plaintiff wants to keep car, but get paid for mechanical work she put into it.  This is a California sale, and is required to have a valid smog certification, so ‘As Is’ doesn't cancel the smog requirement out.   

Plaintiff wants to get paid to fix car, and get it registered. If I interpret what she said about T.J., she wants to go back and forth to Tijuana, but car isn't registered, and would get impounded.  So, she's garaging it.  

Defendant will have to take the car back, $2100 (car sale price only, not repairs), and refund car price back to plaintiff. 

 However, plaintiff wants to keep car, so her case is dismissed. 

Second (2016)-

Disorderly Cousin Conduct-Plaintiff Rebecca Wasson suing her cousin/former tenant Lisa Mitros for unpaid rent, hotel fees, loss of rent, and police complaints after they moved in together.    Defendant was living with a boyfriend for four years in his house, there was a fire that caused damage, and they had to move out.   Cousin/plaintiff offered her main rental house with boyfriend for $1,000 a month until boyfriend's house was repaired.   

House wasn't repaired in time, and plaintiff wanted her usual $2500 a month summer rental.   Defendant claims rent would be $1k, but had to move out the end of May or else.   Defendant claims she moved May 28.   No proof of April or May rent is shown.  April check is $1,000 cash, and May is $1500 to cash.     Defendant is out of control in court. 

Defendant says she rented rear house when she was married before, on a year lease.    This time it was a seasonal rent.

Then case gets interesting.  Defendant claims plaintiff doesn't own house, doesn't rent main house, but lives in it herself in the summer season, and rents the back house out.  Defendant claims Rebecca with another last name is on the deed.  

 Plaintiff letter says she had complaints from the back house renters about disorderly conduct by defendant and boyfriend (4 police visits were documented).   Eviction action started in early-May, according to property manager, Francine Simonsen.    I see no relevance that plaintiff is leasing the house, instead of owns it.     Plaintiff lost over $6,000 in rental income due to defendant.

$2,000 back rent to plaintiff.   

Show Me the Proof-Plaintiff Anneliese Dahms suing former roommate/defendant Mar’keivus Fudge    for unpaid bills, damaged and stolen property, and cost of lock change.    Defendant signed a one-year lease, but moved after she changed the locks on him.   

Plaintiff claims she has photos proving defendant stole her property, but they don't show him with anything.    Plaintiff has zero proof, and simply won't shut up.   She has police reports, but claims that they are inaccurate.   

Case dismissed.  

Edited March 30, 2022 by CrazyInAlabama

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

When Unwed Parents Fight! -Plaintiff /former boyfriend Joshua Eagan suing defendant/ex-girlfriend Jamie Gunther for the return of an engagement ring, return of furniture, and loans for bills, for $4,000.   Defendant claims they took out two loans, to pay their bills.    Plaintiff owned the house, and defendant lived with him, and they had a child together at that time.   When defendant left plaintiff claims she took property purchased by him, and he wants it back.   Defendant claims she bought the engagement ring on her credit card, but plaintiff says he paid $700 down on the ring.   $1,000 loan was to pay the ring off, and buy a humidifier for the home, and loan was on defendant’s credit.

Defendant gets $500 to pay off the loan for the ring, and plaintiff gets the ring he doesn’t want. 

Plaintiff bought furniture, defendant co-signed on it, but plaintiff makes all of the payments.   Defendant has the furniture in her home.       Plaintiff gets the furniture and TV back, with a marshal escort.

There’s also another $1,000 loan, and that financed the TV.   TV tosses the TV claim out, also tosses the bed frame, box springs, and other claims out.

Defendant also had a $3,000 medical bill from before they met, and plaintiff took out a consolidation loan that he’s still paying on it to pay for that.   Defendant claims the plaintiff is responsible for a medical bill she will have to pay for the rest of her life.

Defendant hasn’t gone to court to get child support enforced.  JJ says if she could she would put non-paying parents in jail, until they agreed to pay their back child support.   However, JJ has no jurisdiction to do this any longer.   JJ points out when she could jail deadbeat parents, that there was always someone who paid it for them, usually the new boyfriend or girlfriend. 

So, defendant gets $500, plaintiff gets all of his furniture back with a marshal escort.  Everything else dismissed for both litigants.  (Plaintiff claims the child support is a non-issue, because he has the child more than she does).

Second (2013)-

Mother Daughter Mayhem -Plaintiff/daughter  LaShonda Brown suing defendant /mother Johnnie Hunt for repayment of a title loan plaintiff took out on her car, and gave the money to her mother.   Defendant was working at Reggie’s at Fort Irwin, CA, lost her job, and then lost a job at the post library as a library aid, and lost that job.   Then, mother went to work at the Bowling Alley, Strike Zone.    Fort Irwin is way out of the nearest town, so how does mother get to Fort Irwin to work?  

Defendant needed daughter to get a loan and give her money.   Defendant says daughter is ignoring that defendant baby sits plaintiff’s children for free, and baby sits for plaintiff more than plaintiff’s father does.   Plaintiff works temping, and has SSI from her child.    Plaintiff says when she can’t watch her disabled child, the grandfather babysits.    So, plaintiff gets some county payments for the SSI child, and food stamps, plus her temping jobs. 

Defendant asked plaintiff for $3,000 that plaintiff was saving for herself, and her children.   Defendant calls and says she’s getting evicted, so plaintiff took out the title loan, on defendant’ promise to pay the loan off when defendant gets her unemployment back pay.   Then the first payment comes due, defendant doesn’t make the payment.    

Plaintiff finished an Associates in Science, and is starting Nursing school. 

JJ tells the mother and daughter to settle this themselves, outside of court.  Defendant says her friends paid for her vacations to Vegas, and Belize.

Family Fight Over Home -Plaintiff / daughter Malisa Burdick suing defendant /mother Donna Ciganek for utility bills, moving costs, and return of rent.  Defendant is counter claiming for house expenses.     The defendant’s divorce settlement was to sell the properties, and the house plaintiff was living in was rented/lease-to-own for $750 a month paid to the mother.

Plaintiff and husband, plus children lost a previous house in Florida, after husband had a work injury.    Plaintiff thought she was purchasing the house from defendant.   Plaintiff paid the rent / mortgage to mother, until the foreclosure papers arrived, and she realized mother wasn’t paying the mortgage, and the house was gone. 

JJ points out that plaintiff lived there, and “Ate the Steak”.   So, nothing back to plaintiff.

PLaintiff and family lived in the house for 19 months, and only paid rent for 7 months. House is now empty, and in foreclosure.   Plaintiff lived in house about a year without paying rent, after she saw the foreclosure notice.  

Everything dismissed. 

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

Young Girls Salon Fail-  Plaintiff Lorraine Yurkins, and (fiance) Adam Deleo sold unprofitable children's hair salon (after six months open) to defendant, Rocky Moussa, and claim defendant didn't pay the full amount.    Plaintiff was supposed to have a stylist as a partner, but she bailed on her, so she sold the salon.   Plaintiff Lorraine Yurkins was the owner, but fiance Deleo did the negotiations with defendant.

Plaintiff did little parties with hair and makeup, and food for the little girls, with regular hair services on the weekdays.   

Salon was actually sold to the defendant's wife, and she didn't come to court, but her husband did, with a power of attorney from her (Madeline Scarletta).   (I'm assuming his hair is a wig, but it's awful, and his crooked eye glasses are driving me nuts).  Sold for $38,000, defendants paid $20,549, leaving 17,500 or so.   Defendant brought no proof, and claims he paid all $38k. 

Deleo did the negotiations with defendant wife.  This was in Islip, Long Island.   Defendant didn’t bring proof of payment to court today (apparently thought he was going to a tea dance today).  Plaintiff fiance says he didn’t ask for cash, but the text messages say he asked for cash after defendant husband wrote them a bad check.  

Plaintiff gets $3,000.     I'm still not sure who is the liar here, but my guess is it's the defendant.   

2x4 Vandalism Victim-Plaintiff Kai Sheffield suing her former friend’s boyfriend/defendant Damyus Clark  for assault, and vandalizing her car (defendant is plaintiff's best friend's boyfriend).    Plaintiff was at defendant's witness (defendant's current girlfriend, they broke up and got back together) house, and the defendant and girlfriend were arguing.    During the argument, plaintiff tried to leave in her car, and claims defendant threw something at the car and damaged it. 

Plaintiff gets $500 for car deductible.   

Second (2016)-

Bride Bursting at the Seams-Plaintiffs WaDell Newman is suing dressmaker/defendant Corey McKinney for return of money he paid to have a wedding dress for plaintiff's wife, Felicia Humphrey.    Plaintiff wants money back ($1200 total, $750 actually paid), cost of replacement dresses, and a bunch of other garbage he's not getting.   Plaintiff fiance wanted a layered bottom, and tight from top to the start of layered bottom tiers below her hips.    The bottom would have layers (called pick ups, for fans of Say Yes to the Dress). 

Fiance/wife wanted spandex material lining, with tons of big sequins on the top half of dress.   Basically, fiance wanted built-in lard control, but lining isn't stretchy.   She should have shelled out for Spanx.  The outside of the dress is lace, and won’t stretch, but the inside satin couldn’t stretch if the outside layer/lace won’t.    

Fitting was only a week before the wedding, and it was at seamstress shop (defendant subcontracted out for the dress to the seamstress).   Plaintiff actually paid $750.  For $1200 you're not getting a fully custom dress that looks like a $5,000 plus dress.  Plaintiff wife left the dress behind at the seamstress shop, and seamstress took dress to change to fit plaintiff wife.    

Plaintiff gets $750.   (My question is how any dress is supposed to suck in the extra flesh on the bride? That's a job for heavy duty foundations, not stretch satin.    Stretch satin wouldn't have worked either, and I suspect the seams would rip out very quickly.   The only way to give that woman an hourglass shape would have been a corset top, and it might not have done it either.) (Actually, what defendant does is exactly what Say Yes to the Dress or any other custom shop does, they order from a designer)

Uber Driver Collides with Teen Driver-Plaintiff Amanda Cedrone (driver) and (father and car owner) David Cedrone  are suing defendant Aisha Musheer for car damages, $961.   Plaintiff claims defendant crossed into her lane, and hit her car.   Defendant drives Uber, and passenger from accident day is defendant's witness. 

Plaintiff had a green arrow, turning into left lane of street, and defendant was making a right on red (to the right lane of the same street as plaintiff), and instead of turning into right lane of street, plaintiff claims defendant crossed into the left lane and hit the plaintiff.     

Defendant's witness says plaintiff crossed into defendant's lane, and hit defendant.   However, defendant driver claims plaintiff said she turned on a yellow light, but when her father arrived at the accident scene, he told her to say it was green.   

Case dismissed, no way to prove fault, no police report.  

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Grieving Teen Assault -Plaintiff /grieving daughter Shawntell Summage is suing defendant/her late mother’s boyfriend Cairo Loggins for bills, damages to apartment, and an assault.  Defendant lived with mother for 8 years, and mother paid all of the rent and bills.  Lease was in mother’s and daughter’s name, and daughter lived there for 7 ½ years.     When daughter turned 18, she moved out.   (This happened in Davenport, Iowa).

Mother paid SSI and that paid the rent on the apartment.   However, daughter wants the money back on the apartment for the three months mother was in the hospital, until she died.  After mother died, daughter paid the rent until Loggins moved out.   Then, daughter moved into the apartment.  Rent is dismissed.   When daughter moved back, the apartment had tobacco smoke damages, cabinet doors missing, and other damages.  This is dismissed.

When daughter refused to give the washer to defendant, then she says defendant assaulted her, pulling her hair out, hit her, and daughter filed a domestic violence charge with police.    Defendant claims the washer belonged to him, but not the dryer.   Defendant says nothing else he bought was left behind.  Defendant claims daughter, and her grandmother attacked him, and defendant’s mother was a witness.

Defendant took bedroom set, play station, clothes, and everything else he owned in the apartment, under police supervision.  Defendant is counter claiming for the washer, and cell phone cancelation.

Defendant claims the plaintiff’s mother paying the rent wasn’t rent-free.

Plaintiff case dismissed.   Defendant case dismissed.

Barking Dog Threat -Plaintiff /mother Betty Jones  is suing defendants/ (husband) Aaron Hudson and (wife) Shannon Hudson for return of belongings and harassment.   Plaintiff moved into home with defendants, was supposed to babysit their two kids.   Plaintiff brought her two dogs with her.   Plaintiff claims the two dogs are service animals for her seizure and fainting issues.  

Plaintiff went to visit a boyfriend defendant husband didn’t like, so when the dogs started barking during a storm, defendant husband sent a text to plaintiff that he would beat her dogs to death.   Defendant wife downplays the threat from her husband.  (This happened in Clarks Grove, MN)

Defendant husband has a problem remembering anything he did.   The text says husband will beat the dogs to death if they don’t stop barking.    Plaintiff immediately came to the house to get her dogs.

Defendants claim plaintiff has the property that she’s claim for in court.

Plaintiff claims there is property that defendants have in the house (she moved out right after the threats from the defendant husband).

Defendant wife says the police told them to put everything outside the house, and they put it into the garage.  Wife claims plaintiff came to pick up her items.    Babysitting fees for children are dismissed.

Everything dismissed.

Second (2013)

Niece Fights Aunt -Plaintiff/niece Lori James suing defendant/ aunt Charlene Adamski for rent and cleaning fees ($1450), defendant is counter suing for return of property from niece’s home.   

Aunt, her 19-year-old son, and son’s pregnant girlfriend were homeless.   Son was incarcerated after this. 

Plaintiff didn’t meet her father and his sister, her aunt, until she was 26, that was 10 years ago.   Plaintiff had a relationship with son, but none with aunt, and son told her they were about to be homeless.   So, plaintiff let aunt, and son and girlfriend move in, and were there for 20 days in plaintiff’s home.   

The agreement was $250 a month rent, clean common areas like the living room, kitchen, bathroom.   Plaintiff wants $250 a month for the one month aunt lived there, and then four additional months because aunt left property behind.  However, niece told aunt, et al to leave, and refused to give aunt her property until she paid the rent, four extra months rent are dismissed.   

JJ says niece should have given aunt the property, and then sued aunt for one month’s rent.  

Defendant given five days to pick up her property from plaintiff’s home.   Photos of aunt’s room shows it's trashed, with stuff all over the floor, about a foot deep.  Police went with defendant to niece’s house, aunt claims niece slammed the door in officer’s face, and refused entry to officers without a warrant.

I’m really disliking both litigants.   

If aunt is homeless, son in incarcerated, and pregnant girlfriend moved home with her mother, where is the furniture, and other belongings going? 

Plaintiff case dismissed.  Defendant has five days to pick up her stuff with a police escort.

Los Angeles Vacation Gone Wrong -Plaintiff Michael Rapuano suing defendant Michael Aron McCoy for a loan to defendant for a trip to Los Angeles.    Plaintiff and defendant and two other friends went to L.A. and airfare was covered by plaintiff.    Then, they went to Let’s Make a Deal, defendant and friend Marco, they won cash and prizes worth $24,000.    Now plaintiff wants the defendant to pay the cost of his trip to L.A.      Friend Marco sold the Philippines trip and gave defendant $850, grill was worth $2,000 and is still for sale by Marco.   Defendant won $700, and Marco is selling stuff and giving it to defendant, since they played as a team.    Defendant took the money, $700, and Marco picked the curtain, and won $24000.   

The two winners wanted everything upgraded to better restaurants, flight, etc.  Marco is paying plaintiff, but he was the big winner.

Plaintiff case dismissed.  

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

Car in Captivity  - Plaintiff Jacqueline Pewitt claims her car has been held captive by defendant Freemon Monger  for 10 months at his car repair lot.  Plaintiff wants cost of repairs, value of the 1999 car, replacement of car key, and lost wages, totaling $5,000.   Plaintiff took her car to the mechanic in August, and claims the fact she had no car caused her company to fire her.    The original car issue was oil pan, and radiator (she ran over something).  Car was brought in for work in August, and plaintiff claims she paid in full.   Defendants claim plaintiff paid $780.   Plaintiff picked car up after oil leak and radiator repair, and then took it back to mechanic again.  

Defendant claims plaintiff still owes for further work, and they're not releasing car until the payment.   

Car is running, but motor is past warranty period, but why should defendants suffer because plaintiff took a long time to pay her bills?    JJ says to go get the car, and take it somewhere else, and gets her $780 back (if you want a used engine, you take your chances with it working, and if there’s a warranty, it’s for a very limited time).    Plaintiff keeps interrupting, and correcting JJ, and I think her case should have been tossed for that.

$780 to plaintiff, and that's it.  (I don't think plaintiff should have received a dime, she's a scammer, and a liar.  Anyone who comes to court with phony receipts should be thrown out.   Car was towed into the mechanic's shop, and is now drivable.) 

Speed Eviction-   Plaintiffs Aaron and Vanessa Phillips suing former landlords Melvin Steele and girlfriend Azaneth Torres for return of security deposit and rent.  Defendants rented a townhouse, and rented a bedroom to plaintiffs for a week.   Deposit was $1,000, and $800 rent, and they paid $1700 to defendants.  The defendants rent out three rooms, illegally.   

Eviction was because plaintiffs weren't on the lease.   Property manager, another proposed tenant, and the police came to the house, and told the plaintiffs to leave. 

 In the Hall-terview the plaintiff says they found out that the defendants had an eviction action going against them, and said there were a bunch of 'prospective' tenants knocking on the door constantly.  

 $1700 to plaintiffs. 

Second (2016)-

Ex Brother-In-Law Repo Feud-Plaintiff Justin Mikalinis and roommate Jennifer Clifton(she only paid repair bills, so she won’t be testifying)  suing defendant (men are former brothers-in-law) Robert Harper for a truck.     Plaintiff took over payment on truck, and one payment before payoff, defendant repo'd the truck.  Defendant was brother-in-law, and plaintiff agreed to take over payments on a truck with 2 1/2 years left on payments.    Defendant had truck for 14 months, until plaintiff took over payments, title was in defendant's name. 

 Plaintiff claims he made last payments in May, and defendant claims he paid a last payment of $347 to pay off note in July.    Plaintiff put over $7k in payments when he had truck/car whatever, and then defendant claims since the last payment of $347 wasn’t made by plaintiff, that defendant was entitled to repo the truck.  Three months after defendant took truck back, it was repo’d.  JJ says either money was still owed by defendant, or plaintiff paid defendant, and defendant didn’t pay for the truck.   However, defendant admits he owed money before plaintiff took the truck.

The story becomes clear, the $347 was from when defendant had truck.  Defendant will lose car, and get his appearance money after plaintiff gets the truck back, and title is redone to plaintiff.   Plaintiff just needs a statement from former loan company that vehicle loan is paid in full.  JJ thinks the defendant is pissed at his ex-wife, so he’s taking it out on the plaintiff.

JJ will issue order that title and car/truck is plaintiffs', and that marshal should give truck to plaintiff.  (Apparently, defendant still has the truck/car).   Plaintiff gets truck back.       

$20,000 Child Support Payback-Plaintiff Serena Sheppard suing ex-boyfriend/defendant Bryon Jefferson for $1600 loan to pay bills.   Defendant says money was for mutual bills with plaintiff, when plaintiff moved in with defendant and son.  $1600 to plaintiff. 

JJ says woman needs to move money into an account for her daughter, since she made the loan out of her kid's child support, from her child’s support settlement.   Daughter was living with plaintiff’s mother, while plaintiff was in prison for 27 months.     The $20,000 was from a settlement for plaintiff's daughter's back child support, and plaintiff spent it all on herself.   Since plaintiff ratted child’s father out to child support, I suspect the extra $2000 was taken by fees from the child support office.   Plaintiff bought a car, gave $1,000 to her mother, some to her other kids, bought furniture, etc. and every penny is gone.       Plaintiff lived with defendant for seven months, and plaintiff spent her food stamps on household food.   

Plaintiff receives $1600. (JJ says if plaintiff doesn't put it in a bank account for her daughter, then she's wrong.  My guess, the money is gone before the plane landed when she flew back home).  

Edited April 1, 2022 by CrazyInAlabama

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Daycare Endangerment -Plaintiff /daycare provider Kaylee Novitske suing defendant/former client of daycare Jessica Fink for breach of contract.   Defendant’s child is the only full time daycare student, there were other part-timers or after school, plus plaintiff’s one child.     Defendant was temping, part-time, and wanted state to pay plaintiff’s child care bills.     Plaintiff no longer cares for any child but her own.   (this happened in Des Moines, Iowa, and Davenport, Iowa).  Plaintiff says state did pay her to watch defendant’s child, including for one week child was out of town with parent.  State paid $250 for every two weeks.

Defendant withdrew her child without the two-week’s notice required by the contract.   Defendant says she pulled her child from daycare after seeing dog poop inside and outside the home, people she didn’t know were at the day care house.     Plaintiff says after defendant pulled her child out, CPS had a complaint about the daycare.    Plaintiff is calling the CPS report harassment, citing the same complaint as defendant.    Defendant claims the people at the house were strangers to her, and that was cited by CPS in the complaint.  

I guess JJ doesn’t remember living in a home that didn’t have multiple rooms, and a full-time staff to clean up dog poop instantly.   

Plaintiff receives $125 for one week owed according to contract.

Housing Wars -Plaintiff Justin Anest (husband) and Angela Archuletta (wife) suing defendant Melody Dunn for repayment of a $2800 loan to pay her home mortgage.   

Plaintiffs loaned the money, and in return defendant would move out of the house for a year, and plaintiffs would rent the house out for a year.    Defendant moved in with her boyfriend Kenny, but the twist is defendant was trying to get on disability, and that apparently limits assets and income. 

Defendant could have moved in with Kenny, and rented her house out, but that would be more income than her disability claim would allow.   With the deal defendant would keep her home, and save her home from foreclosure.   However, defendant is counter claiming for house damages.  

 Defendant changed the deal, and wanted to move back into her home, with the tenants still living there.   Defendant says she was disabled from a TBI, and getting SSI, home was too much of an asset with the rental income, so she was moving back into the house with the tenants, and if she was living with Kenny, and collecting rent, she would lose her disability income.    When defendant tried to move back into her house, and claims plaintiffs were scaring her. 

Defendant claims plaintiffs’ tenants trashed and damaged her home.   Defendant claim dismissed.  Defendant claims the basement looked like illegal operations were going on, but no proof.   

Plaintiffs get $2800 for the loan, because defendant broke the one-year rental of the house contract.

Second (2013)-

Abusive Dog Owner  -Plaintiff Mario Cruz suing defendant/wife’s cousin Guy Adams for return of dog that defendant gifted plaintiff wife, and took back when husband was abusing dog.  Dog was a chihuahua/Jack Russell mix.      Relatives are fighting over custody of a dog, accuse each other of abuse and neglect.  Defendant’s dog had 10 puppies, and he gave one to plaintiff cousin, but her husband didn’t want the dog. Plaintiff wife, Sarah Cruz, was given the puppy, and husband agreed to let wife have the puppy.   The plaintiffs were arguing, and wife moved in with her mother, with their child.  Defendant helped his cousin move back to her mother’s place twice. 

Plaintiff wife left dog behind, and the next day she sent her mother to the marital home to pick up other stuff.    However, plaintiff didn’t have her mother get the dog, and didn’t go back herself.   Defendant’s mother went to pick up the dog from his mother, and someone picked the dog up finally.   Then, defendant found a good home for the dog.  Plaintiff wife’s mother picked up dog, gave it to defendant’s mother, and defendant was told that if he didn’t take the dog, they would send it to the pound. 

Plaintiff man wants $800 for a free dog he didn’t even want.   Dog was rehomed three months ago.

Plaintiff’s stupid case dismissed. 

Goddaughter Beware! -Plaintiff/godmother Leslie Foye suing defendant/goddaughter Monique Bangura over car damages to a car plaintiff rented for defendant to drive.  Defendant broke up with her boyfriend, and he took the car.   So, plaintiff rented the car in her own name, listed herself as the only driver on the car, and turned car over to defendant/goddaughter, and goddaughter never put her name on the contract.    Another person coming to court with unclean hands.

Car was eventually returned to rental agency by defendant, late, and damaged, and plaintiff owes a lot to car lease company.   

Plaintiff case dismissed.

Redecorating Disaster - Plaintiff sister Claudette Stepp suing defendant sister Denise Persson for trashing and painting her room in plaintiff’s house, while defendant was pet sitting.  (Plaintiff's wig is hideous, probably from the producer's wig closet maintained for people who think no one will recognize them when they wear a cheap wig). 

JJ is not impressed by plaintiff claiming sister not only painted the room hideous, hard to cover colors, but ignores the stoner party that defendant threw too. 

$500 to repaint for plaintiff. (I bet if the defendant had repainted JJ’s room, there would have been a big kerfuffle when she saw the room).

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

A Roommate's Violent Eviction-Plaintiff Laken Pickrell suing former roommates Francesca Ortega and Martin Torres for return of rent, and security, a false restraining order, and damaged and missing property.    Defendants were renters, and plaintiff subleased from them.

Plaintiff has a video showing the eviction (violent is an understatement in this case).    Plaintiff had paid rent for May and June, authorities were called repeatedly to evict her, and plaintiff left at the end of May.   Plaintiff's boyfriend moved in, but extra rent was paid.   Defendants claim plaintiff didn't pay June's rent, but plaintiff has cancelled check copies for May and June.  Plaintiff paid last month's rent of $650, and wants that back.    The false restraining order case was resolved with a mediator, so that is thrown out.   

Property left behind a bed, and room furnishings, and defendants claims the plaintiff moved everything out with her boyfriend's help.      Video of eviction is violent, records several punches by defendant woman, and plaintiff was physically forced out.   On May 28 the plaintiff went back with a police escort, and was served with a protective order by defendants.   You can tell defendant woman is losing, she looks sick all of a sudden.     

Defendant man helped plaintiff woman move her property out the day after the forced eviction.   Defendant woman gets the boot, but agrees to be quiet (she recovered quickly, didn't she?).  Defendants have no counter claim about damages to apartment, and claim damages but didn't file a claim.    Byrd boots the defendant woman. (Unfortunately, not the real kick in the butt she deserves.  By the way, to wear a skirt so short it looks like you forgot your pants, you should have better legs).       

Plaintiff gets $650 back for rent/security deposit.   Desk and bed plaintiff owned were gifts from a family friend, so nothing for that.  (Defendants’ hall-terview is hysterical)

Out of Work, Pregnant and Swindled-Plaintiff Ashley Gamble wants $750 rent back, but is suing for $1500, and is suing former landlord/defendant Michael Griffin for security deposit.    Defendant wants defamation, water bill, and damages.   

 Rent was $750, with $750 security (she says PA gives you double security deposit back for landlord not telling you why they withheld money, in 30 days).   Plaintiff was pregnant, jobless, and landlord agreed she would move out.    Defendant says he filed for eviction, because she moved out after six months, but the lease was for one year.  Plaintiff had to pay for electric, and gas bills, and she did.  There is nothing in the lease about water utility payments by tenants.   

(I really like the defendant's suit, shirt and tie.   However, his contract is useless). 

$750 for plaintiff.    

Second (2016)-

Road Rage? Never Get Out of Your Car-Plaintiff Fallon Alaniz (driver) Sofia Alaniz (Sister and car owner) stopped in the middle of a parking lot, blocking traffic to talk to someone for at least 5 minutes.  Defendant Chad Fisher  was cutting through the parking lot, finally squeezed past plaintiff, and defendant claims plaintiff cut him off three times in traffic.    Defendant finally gets out of his car, tried to grab her keys out of her car, and pounded on her window that broke.   Then plaintiff followed defendant to his home.   This situation could have end up much worse, good thing no one was a packing a gun.     Police did not arrest defendant.     JJ is right it was either false imprisonment, or kidnapping, depending on the laws in the specific jurisdiction, when defendant blocked plaintiff from moving down the road).   

(JJ’s right, never get out of your car to confront anyone.   You could end up dead).

Plaintiff gets money for window, and door dent, $2500.    

Impounded Car Custody Scramble-Plaintiff Danielle King suing defendants/former friend, Flor Funes and friend's ex-boyfriend Nelson Romero, over car payments they didn't make.   Plaintiff bought a car, and resold it to defendants a week later.     Defendants never reregistered the car in their name, or paid for it.   

Plaintiff paid $2500 for car, and sold car to defendants for $3,000.    Plaintiff did not register car in her name, before selling to defendants.   Defendants were pulled over for broken taillight, (actually for DUI), and car was impounded.   

Since car can only be taken out of impound by registered owner, car was never retrieved.   Usually, I dislike people who don't pay for cars, but it wasn't plaintiff's car to sell anyway.  Neither defendant paid for the car, or signed a bill of sale, or contract.   Defendants call the car borrowed from plaintiff. 

Case dismissed.  

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Boy Going Blind? -Plaintiff Lilia Holland suing defendant/boyfriend’s aunt Robin Peterson, for moving costs and unpaid bills.   Plaintiff, her boyfriend Chance Henson (nephew of defendant, but not father of plaintiff’s child), and plaintiff’s kid moved in with aunt/defendant.   Aunt says she raised nephew, so he’s more like her son.  

Plaintiff gets welfare, plaintiff witness Chance gets SSI, and they were supposed pay a couple of hundred each to aunt for rent.     After plaintiff and boyfriend had an argument, plaintiff moved home with her mother in Ontario, CA, and they’re back together again.  

Utilities were in plaintiff’s name, and plaintiff claims aunt owes her for utilities after the deadbeat plaintiffs moved out. 

Sadly, nephew is losing his eyesight, and that’s why he’s getting SSI.

Aunt also moved out, three weeks after plaintiff woman moved out, but Chance stayed behind. Aunt claims Chance was moving shady characters in as roommates, so she moved out.  Chance Henson claims aunt/defendant made bad remarks about his failing eyesight.   Plaintiff can’t prove aunt lived there after plaintiff moved, and aunt moved out.

Plaintiff case dismissed. 

In-Lawlessness -Plaintiff Carolyn Stapp suing defendant/sister-in-law Robbin Kleinschmidt for the value of a car plaintiff sold her.  Defendant says plaintiff gave her the car as a gift, she was given the title, and she never agreed to pay $900 for the car.

(This happened in Lakeland, FL)  Plaintiff says defendant never paid anything for the car.   Car is registered in defendant’s boyfriend’s Jerry Martin’s name.  Jerry Martin was the fiance of defendant when this aired, and I wonder if they ever married?   Twist is title wasn’t in plaintiff’s name.  So, if car was titled by original seller, how could plaintiff or grandson sell or transfer it, and car get a legal registration to Jerry Martin the boyfriend of defendant?

Defendant says plaintiff’s husband wanted to get the car gone, and she never agreed to pay for the car.  Car was titled to the original seller, who the grandson Jared bought the car from.    Plaintiff claims they never drove the car, but yet they claim they put hundreds of dollars into it after they bought it for $900, for their grandson.

Plaintiff case dismissed, total stupidity on all sides.

Second (2013)-

PayPal Problem? – Plaintiff Roseandra Ceballos suing defendant Damaris Horta over a PayPal account.  Plaintiff wants to get her money back that was deposited in defendant’s PayPal account.  Plaintiff was getting high end cosmetics cheap, and reselling and the money went to defendant’s PayPal account.  My question is how plaintiff was getting high end cosmetics cheap?   The answer is stolen, or counterfeit, or very old and useless.  

Defendant admits she received almost $20,000 in the PayPal account, but $5,000 was taken from the Pay Pal account for undelivered items.    On at least two occasions customers bought the cosmetics, didn’t receive them, and PayPal took the money back.   Plaintiff says defendant’s PayPal was linked to defendant’s bank account, so every penny defendant earned went right into the bank account.    After PayPal ended up refunding the two payments that total almost $5,000, and the plaintiff’s PayPal is now overdrawn.

Defendant claims she offered to resend the merchandise to the customers, but they refused, and took the charge back from PayPal.    Defendant claims giving $2,000 in merchandise to plaintiff, and thought plaintiff could resell the makeup at the higher retail price.    Defendant also took $7,000 from the bank account, but didn’t pay back the plaintiff.   Plaintiff was supposed to get 15% of all sales from defendant’s sales, but plaintiff didn’t get that.    

JJ tells the women to take it up with PayPal, because she knows defendant is a hustler, and thinks plaintiff might be too.  (Trust me JJ, they both came to court with dirty hands).

Mother Mayhem -Plaintiff/ Michelle Davis (Daughter) suing defendant /(mother) Debbie Malone for breaking into plaintiff’s home when plaintiff was in jail for her second DUI, and violating probation.   Plaintiff wants window damages.    Plaintiff was on five-year’s probation for the D.U.I.     Plaintiff’s husband was in jail when she was in jail too.     Plaintiff was arrested in front of the home, gave her personal effects to a neighbor, and claims the defendant/mother found out plaintiff was in jail.   Plaintiff claims defendant broke into the house, took (actually said ‘tooken’) the dog, and stole belongings. 

Plaintiff was incarcerated for two weeks.   Defendant says she rescued the dog, and her other daughter climbed through the window into the house, and her other daughter brought the dog to the daughter.   Defendant says it was hot weather, no air conditioning, and dog would have died.   Plaintiff has no proof that defendant broke into the house. 

Plaintiff case dismissed.  

Trying Truck Times -Plaintiff Amy Laughter suing defendant Chris Draper over non-payment of a loan to repair defendant’s truck.   The litigants weren’t dating, but defendant wanted money from plaintiff’s inheritance from her late mother.   

Defendant claims when they were living together, he bought appliances and furniture, and he left them behind at her house.  (What the hell did plaintiff do to her face?  Way too much bronzer, or self tanner?)  Both litigants worked for the IRS when this was filmed.

$800 to plaintiff. 

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2017)-

Give Me My Prize Money-Plaintiffs Janine Berg and Adam Benevitez suing defendant/ pool tournament organizer (defendant owns the league, he's the league operator) Robert Rollston over their prize money.   Plaintiffs claim they are owed $600.   The league members pay a sanction fee, a price per person, and a price per game.   There are only six teams in the league.   Players were promised a banquet, a trophy, and prize money at the end of the season.   Defendant says you get a trophy and banquet at the end, but prize money wasn't guaranteed.    The banquet and trophies didn't happen either.     

Defendant claims plaintiff man assaulted him.  Plaintiff Berg claims the 'banquet' is a pot luck, and she doesn't care about trophies, just the prize money.    Plaintiff man claims the defendant actually assaulted him.    

Plaintiffs receive $600. (However, plaintiff woman wants the other two teams' money also, $400, and $200, she's not getting that).

Lesbian Marriage Fail-Plaintiff Eureka Starr suing defendant/ex-fiance Tomika Taylor for money owed for a wedding dress, and impound fees.   Defendant says plaintiff broke the engagement.   Dress was for defendant, but plaintiff paid for the dress, $1050.    The other expenses for the wedding were for the hall, with a $250 deposit by plaintiff (usually non-refundable, but refunded in this case).    Defendant kept the ring, given to her by plaintiff.   Each litigant paid for the other person's ring.     

Plaintiff bought the dress ($1.050 purchase price) on her credit card, and she wants the interest on the balance too.    Defendant has the dress, and is told to sell it, and give half to plaintiff.     

Car was in both names, and defendant was driving, stopped for a traffic infraction, and didn't have insurance, so car was impounded.   Plaintiff paid $1200 to get car out of impound, and both names are still on the title.    Car is a 2012 Chevy Impala, and cost $20k.    Defendant hasn't paid on car in over six months, and have no insurance on the car.   JJ isn't figuring out the car issue.

$525 for plaintiff for half of the wedding dress cost.  

Second (2016)-

Illegal Entry and Photo Shoot-Plaintiff /condo owner Pamela Hill suing defendant / former tenant Penny Soto for property damage, and HOA fines.    Tenant was given 90-day notice that lease would not be renewed.  $1840 was security deposit.   Plaintiff moved back into her condo, and defendant moved to a unit next door.    Plaintiff didn't do walk through, but did send a list of security deposit deductions for damage.   Defendant claims plaintiff moved in early before defendant moved out.   

However, plaintiff has pictures day after move out, and the condo has trash all over.  As usual, even though the defendant's dog used the back bedrooms as toilets, no rug money will be given to plaintiff.   HOA fines are still in play, for the defendant's dog that ran loose in common areas, damaged the common area rugs.     Defendant denies she hit the drive through gate, but that the gate hit her car.  Defendant's daughter is witness. and excuses everything her mother did.   Plaintiff and HOA claim defendant pushed traffic gate with her car, and not pushed it with her hands.    Defendant denies the pictures of trash all over the kitchen weren’t the way she left the apartment.  

JJ really hates landlords, doesn’t she?   Actually, she also hates anyone who sells an investment property, and doesn't lose their shirt.  

Defendant keeps giggling through the case.   Brittany Pickering is daughter of defendant, and lies for her mother.

$525 to plaintiff.    I can't believe the HOA allowed the defendant to move back into another condo, after the damages. 

Malamute Mayhem-Plaintiffs Lynda and Robert Stewart are suing for vet bills from defendant/dog owner Elizabeth Cerise Grimshaw for Malamute attacking their small dog.    Plaintiff saw the Malamute loose again a few days later.   Defendant paid first vet bill.    However, plaintiff dog later had a hernia, and they want to be paid for the dog's hernia surgery, $956.   

Even for the owner of an attacking dog, defendant’s attitude is rotten.

Defendant swears the hernia wasn't her dog's fault, and has a ton of excuses for why it's not her fault, and claims her dog only got out one time.    Hernia was right next to the bite mark.    Defendant's dog has been off leash wandering at least six times after the attack, according to plaintiffs.   

$1.002 to plaintiffs. 

Edited April 6, 2022 by CrazyInAlabama

[parrotfeathers]

18 hours ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

JJ really hates landlords, doesn’t she? 

Yes she does.

 

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Pool Pushing Prank -Plaintiff Jennifer Eskridge (mother) suing defendant Michael Turnipseed (Father of defendant) over damages after plaintiff’s son Parker Eskridge was pushed into the pool by defendant’s son Michael “Boyd” Turnipseed Jr, and plaintiff son’s phone was ruined by the dunking.

The litigant teens’ stories are dramatically different.  The only witnesses to the dunked phone were other teens, the swim coach, and JJ will talk to the girls by phone.   First pushee was swim coach, then Lizzie, and someone pushed defendant into the pool (not the plaintiff), and defendant pushed plaintiff into pool ruining plaintiff’s phone.   (This happened in the Mobile, AL area code 251).

JJ goes to make calls on her sacred phone of justice to the witnesses.   Only one witness answers her phone, and will talk to JJ.  However, only reachable witness knows nothing, saw nothing, and the other three teens didn’t answer.

JJ gives plaintiffs $248 for iPhone (Why is it always an iPhone).

Bad Boyfriend? -Plaintiff Holly Wicker suing defendant/ex-boyfriend Jason Barrows for repayment of two loans, one for a used car, and one for tool purchases made while they lived together.   Defendant says the purchases happened, but he put an equal amount into remodeling and repairs on her home while they lived together.   Defendant says he put in new wood floors, and a lot of other expensive remodels.

I disagree with JJ, installing wood floors, and other upgrades done by defendant are high dollar projects, so I call that a real contribution by defendant. 

$1500 to plaintiff for the loans. 

Second (2013)-

Mercedes Benz Scam? -Plaintiff/car buyer Tynetta Winters   suing defendant/car seller Lonnie Winters for car repair bills for a car defendant was trying to sell plaintiff. Plaintiff has seven children, and is a stay-at-home mother, on Section 8, and EBT food stamps.   One child gets SSI, $625 a month, and claims that’s her only income.  (This happened in Akron, Ohio, but she used to live in Dayton, OH).

JJ wants to know where plaintiff got the money to pay for the car repairs.    Plaintiff saw a for sale sign on the car, and plaintiff went to talk to defendant about car.   Plaintiff claims defendant told her car was fine.   Defendant wanted $2,000. 

Plaintiff bought a previous car from a used car lot, and she sold it, and used that for money to buy defendant’s car.   Defendant’s car needed some work, so plaintiff took it to the garage, and she paid for the car repair.   Repairs cost $740.  Plaintiff says she didn’t drive the car, but she was in car when it was driven to the mechanic shop.

Defendant claims the keys to his house were on the car key ring, and he claims plaintiff stole items from his house.   There are no witnesses to the house burglary.    However, the jar of coins from defendant’s house was on the back seat of defendant’s car, and that was stolen out of the house.   Defendant can’t prove who burglarized the house, a mechanic, plaintiff, her boyfriend or kids.

$740 to plaintiff, and defendant keeps the car.

False Arrest Fallout  -Plaintiff Sandra Nicole Labry is suing defendant / ex-roommate Jonathan Taub for motel costs, a false arrest, and return of property, after she had to move because of his police complaint that resulted in her false arrest.    Plaintiff says she's a singer/entertainer, and a caterer on the side.  Defendant says she was prostituting at their mutual apartment when he was at work.   

 Plaintiff says she supports herself from 'friends' who give her money.    Defendant says plaintiff didn't pay her rent, and claims after she was hospitalized, she says defendant locked her out, stored her stuff, and she called a locksmith to let her back in.   Plaintiff claims the police told her to break in (not buying that).

What a nasty, sordid case this is.    I'm believing the defendant's story, not the plaintiff's story.   

Defendant claims plaintiff's stuff is stored, and he will give her the key.

JJ says both sides are liars, and I agree.  Everything dismissed, and plaintiff gets her key to the storage unit. 

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)

Hostile Work Environment -Plaintiffs Amarette Mocteczuma and Joseph Kribell   claim defendant/painting contractor Robert Miller didn't pay them for work.  Defendant claims he advanced the couple so much money, that he owes them nothing.  The plaintiffs worked painting a house, and some handyman work on the same house.  Each week defendant paid them for their wages, minus what he advanced during the week. Both litigants are transients.   

Plaintiff says a hostile work environment existed with defendant, for example when plaintiff mixed the wrong paint.   

$220 to plaintiffs.  

Trampoline Park Accident-Plaintiff Meredith Leblanc is suing defendants Cindy Tipper (mother) and (son) Nicholas Tipper (Meredith and Nicholas both worked at a trampoline park), for damaging plaintiff's iPhone.  Plaintiff's phone was sitting in the break room, on top of an empty, large pizza box, and defendant stabbed the pizza box.  When defendant took pencil out of box, phone was flipped into a bowl of punch and ruined the phone. 

As JJ points out, defendant should replace the phone.  Defendant claims plaintiff had insurance on the phone, so it shouldn't have cost plaintiff the full price to replace.    

$300 to plaintiff, and defendant needs to leave mommy at home next time.

Second (2016)-

Teen Road Trip Lie-Plaintiff mother Candace Brouwer suing daughter's ex/defendant Jonathan Arana for kidnapping girl, stealing mother's car, and wrecking the car.   

However, plaintiff daughter Shellby Brouwer, borrowed mother's car with mother's permission, drove boyfriend to Missouri (mother thought daughter was going to Tennessee), and then the wreck happened. 

Plaintiff daughter drove the defendant to Missouri, and the boyfriend was driving and they wrecked the car.   Both airbags deployed, and front-end damages, but no photo of the entire car damage.   Plaintiff daughter lied to mother repeatedly, and mother still claims her daughter wasn't in on the planning for the trip, and the lies.   I think the daughter should have paid for the car, since she is a liar, and is the one who took the car.  Plaintiff's husband had to drive to Missouri, load car on a trailer, and bring it home.   

Mommy dearest also contacted defendant's first sergeant, and had him ordered not to contact the entire family.   

Plaintiff gets $4,000, basically rewarding the plaintiff's daughter for being a lying piece of trash.   

Botched Bodywork- Plaintiff Chris Ulibarri suing defendant/former school mate Mike Harney for substandard body work on ancient truck (1966 truck).    Defendant used a lot of Bondo on the truck.   Plaintiff has estimate for paint job that will cost $1500 more, plus more body work.  Plaintiff will get his father's rifle back that he traded for the body work.    Plaintiff gets no credit for an unregistered motorcycle he traded too with defendant.   

No money for either side, just the rifle back to plaintiff. 

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Bonfire Damage -Plaintiff /father Rickey Foust Sr. is suing defendants (wife) Alyssa and Christopher Foust (son of plaintiff) were renting part of plaintiff’s house with wife, and their combined kids.    Plaintiff wants money for sold appliances, and back rent.    Plaintiff says defendant cut down a tree for a bonfire, and they used a log splitter that broke the sidewalk.   Defendants wanted to save money to get their own place.   Plaintiff says son didn’t give him any money from the multiple appliance sale. Plaintiff’s first wife, mother of Christopher, was a roommate with her husband, of plaintiff in plaintiff’s house.   So, first wife wanted son, wife, and children, to live with plaintiff in the house to save money.    

Plaintiff is doing odd jobs, and hasn’t worked at a truck driver for three years, and is applying for disability for mental issues.   However, plaintiff redid an entire kitchen for the plaintiff’s witness, so JJ says he’s not disabled.

Witness Robin McNew is a kitchen client of plaintiff’s handyman services.  Witness says defendant son wanted to sell appliances stored in father’s basement, and father agreed son would sell the appliance.    Plaintiff and others were moving out of the plaintiff’s house, and house was about to be foreclosed on.  Plaintiff claims son should pay for the sidewalk repairs at the house he no longer owns, but sidewalk was never repaired, and plaintiff can’t say how defendant is responsible for fixing the sidewalk.    

Plaintiff case dismissed.

Grand Dreams Disaster -Plaintiff Donna Carper suing defendant Bruce Kucera for a loan to move to Missouri.    Plaintiff lived in California, defendant lived in Nebraska, moved to Las Vegas, and then moved to California with her, and then she loaned defendant money to move back to Nebraska.

Defendant says it wasn’t a loan, for $2800, but an investment in his auto glass installation business.   Defendant says plaintiff was going to move to Nebraska to be with him, but only if he had a place to live, a permanent job, and other requirements.   Plaintiff did fly to Nebraska a couple of time to visit with defendant.

Plaintiff receives $2800 for the loans.

Second (2013)-

Go Cart, No Go -Plaintiffs Isabel Chavez (adult daughter) and Efrain Chavez (father) suing defendants teen Tony Briggs, and his mother Hattee Briggs, after teen’s go cart hits plaintiffs’ car.  Defendant mother rented three go carts for a party, but denies her son hit the car.  Defendant mother wasn’t present at the accident.   Teen defendant had a 4-year-old on the go cart with him.  

Plaintiff daughter heard a loud boom, and plaintiffs went outside, and saw Tony Briggs t-boned into their car with the go cart.    Go cart was still touching the car.   The baby was wearing a helmet from the rental company, that was way too big for her, and Tony Briggs wasn’t wearing a helmet.   Plaintiff daughter says Tony Briggs was trying to leave the scene of the accident.   Defendant mother, who was not at the accident scene, denies her son hit the vehicle.   All three go carts had child passengers.  

Defendant signed an agreement with go cart company, that she’s responsible for all damages, as the renter.  (This was before JJ found out Facebook exists, and that guilty people put incriminating information on there).

Plaintiff daughter is suing for extreme harassment by Tony Briggs on the day of the accident.   Plaintiff has a video of Tony Briggs, and his mother harassing them.    The video shows either the mother or her daughter, and Tony Briggs acting horribly, on plaintiff’s property.   

$1,213 to plaintiffs for car damages.

Tenant Conflict -Plaintiff Erna Stark suing defendant/future landlord-to-be Derek Larson for security deposit, $600, and rent $550, in April, and wanted to move in on 2 May.       Plaintiff never moved in, and wants her security deposit back, and prepaid rent.   Plaintiff claims defendant said in a text that room wouldn’t be ready on 2 May, but not until at least 15 May.   Defendant’s parents owned the house, and didn’t want tenants for a few weeks.  

$1150 to plaintiff.

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2017)-

Internet Romeo Smackdown-Plaintiff /former fiance Linda Compton suing defendant/ former fiance James Henson, and his new fiance Karen Newton, over unpaid rent and utilities, an insurance payment, and claims he stole her engagement ring.   Plaintiff's diamond was used in the setting given by the defendant, replacing the small diamond that came with the ring.    Loser defendant swears plaintiff kept everything he owned, including the ring receipt explaining the size of the original diamond.     

Defendant paid for the setting only, not the diamond.   Defendant man should have paid for dental work, not a ring.    The mounting cost $900+, but the diamond was plaintiff's stone.    Ring goes back to plaintiff.     

Unpaid car costs are thrown out.    Defendant wants his property from the plaintiff's home.  Plaintiff sold the small speakers the defendant left at her home.   However, plaintiff has a text message from defendant saying plaintiff could sell everything he left behind.   

 In return for ring, defendant can pick up his computer, his fishing stuff, and his fishing stuff.   Defendant claims he couldn't pick up his insulin for two months, so he went without.   (I have a serious problem with calling this man "Romeo".   He's the furthest from a Romeo of any man on Earth.   So, the defendant claims he left his insulin behind in plaintiff's fridge, and went without for over two months?)    

Ring back to plaintiff, and property picked up by defendant.

Sweet 16 Party Upset-Plaintiff Stacy Knight suing defendant/former party planner Tameka Snow for ruining her daughter's Sweet 16 party that flopped.  Contract was to serve 100-125 guests, provide decorations, event venue, party bus, food, etc.     This costs $2890.   There were actually 50 guests (that is a very cheap price for all of that, even with 50 people).      Some decor is nice, some looks like I made it (not good). 

Plaintiff wants everything back, ignoring that she paid for the venue, the bus, etc., that were fixed costs, no matter how many guests.   Food was supposed to be wings, cake, party food, that never happened.   The party guests ended up eating 26 pizzas purchased by the defendant.     Defendant claims that plaintiff agreed to get $500 back.   However, plaintiff now wants every penny back.   

That will not work, in my view.   Defendant paid for the party bus, the venue, DJ, etc.  Decor budget was $300, and the glow in the dark balloons were $18 a package.   Cake wasn't great, and neither were the decorations.   

Plaintiff gets $1800 for failed food, and decor.   Party planner has a lot of excuses.  

Second (2016)-

Boxing Coach Space Invader-Plaintiff Danny Calhoun Jr. (Boxing and exercise gym owner) suing former employee, Charlando Peoples, boxing trainer for inappropriate touching of clients, violation of non-compete contract, and other nasty business practices.      Plaintiff was fired for inappropriate touches on clients, and there were repeated customer complaints about defendant's roaming hands.    Plaintiff claims he fired defendant, and then defendant poached clients.      

Defendant worked there for three months, and he was fired after numerous complaints from female clients about inappropriate touching.     Plaintiff submits letters, and emails from clients complaining about defendant.   When clients complained to defendant, he ignored complaints.     Charlando Peoples is also an actor, MMA fighter, and totally stuck on himself.   After a warning, and being put on probation, and more complaints, defendant was fired.  

Defendant's witness is a former customer of plaintiff, who followed defendant to another gym.  Defendant works in another job, but still trains two clients from the plaintiff's gym.   The only part JJ will consider is the defamation part of plaintiff's case.   JJ says the online postings by defendant are defamation.   

Defendant gets $112 in back wages, but told to stop writing about former employer.   Plaintiff case dismissed, and if defendant keeps doing the online defamation, he can come back to court and talk to JJ about it.  

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Speedy Cupid -Plaintiff William Hornbuckle suing defendant/ex-girlfriend Arquesha Parker for unpaid credit card purchases, repairs to her house she was renting, and appliances he bought for her house.   They moved in together in her house, two weeks after they met.   Plaintiff moved in with defendant, and her three kids.    She was renting for $1,000 a month, but he didn’t pay any rent during his six-month tenancy, but paid electric and water bills, and claims he had to pay her past due utilities.  

As usual, defendant says appliances were gifts, and repairs to house were plaintiff’s idea.  

Plaintiff will get his merchandise, that’s portable back, a refrigerator and dishwasher.  No money for house repairs, or other money. 

Frat House No More! -Plaintiffs /landlord Andrew Grundman and girlfriend Kelly Punzel suing defendants/ former tenants Jaime Johnson and girlfriend Angel Brown for unpaid rent property damages to a garage door, and an assault.    Plaintiff Grundman’s photos of his damaged face are bad..     Defendants rented half of the duplex owned by plaintiffs, had a one-year lease.   Defendant man lost his job, and Angel was going to cosmetology school, so no rent.  

In August, plaintiff man came to rental property and told non-paying tenants to pay up or leave, and put items like a motorcycle in the garage and locked it.    So, defendant man broke down the garage door and took his stuff back.   That’s when plaintiff Grundman claims defendant Johnson assaulted him. 

JJ’s right, you can’t just take someone’s property.

$3150 minus deposit $525, so plaintiff gets $2625.  JJ again proved she hates landlords.

Second (2013)-

Crash the Birthday Party -Plaintiff Michelle Zerdelian suing defendant Forrest Mallonne for crashing her car after plaintiff’s 30th birthday party.    Defendant borrowed and crashed plaintiff’s car, and it was totaled.   

Defendant was cited for reckless driving.   Defendant has a history of DUI’s, and pled guilty (nolo contendre) in court to the reckless driving citation from this accident.   Defendant had to go to driving school.   Punishment was deferred if he went to driving school.

Plaintiff gave defendant, and three other people rides to the bar, but had no plans to get them home, or was going to ride with someone else, as plaintiff was too drunk to drive (I guess a little drunk was OK to drive?). (This is the historic case where defendant’s witness won’t shut up, and stay seated, so JJ yells “Sit!” so loud that I bet every dog in the audience planted their fanny on the rug). 

$1500 to plaintiff, half of the value of the car, for contributory negligence.

Parking Lot Accident -Plaintiff Brittnee Koska suing defendant Sabrina Zarate for car damages from an accident at their college parking lot.   Plaintiff pulled into the parking space, but defendant had already opened her car door, and plaintiff wants car repairs for hitting defendant’s car door.

Plaintiff claims she was halfway into the parking space, when defendant opened her car door, and plaintiff hit it.    Defendant claims her car door was already open about 18 inches, when plaintiff ran into the door.

Photos of car damages to plaintiff’s car are pretty bad, with the plastic bumpers car have.   If plaintiff had been speeding, the car door would have been gone.    Defendant is another “my insurance just lapsed” defendant. JJ says plaintiff should have slowed down, since she saw the defendant in the driver’s side of her car.  Defendant didn’t really look before opening her car door. 

JJ says both were partially responsible, no insurance for defendant is the deal breaker.

$2,565 to plaintiff.

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2017)-

Defective Pug Puppy?!-   Plaintiff /dog buyer Rachael Kiser is suing defendant / breeder of Pug puppy, Penny Strasser, for a partial refund for a registered pure-bred Pug, and damages from a restraining order.    Plaintiff brought her young son as a witness, JJ excuses him from court.    Defendant breeds 2 or 3 litters of registered Pugs a year.    Plaintiff bought puppy for $1,250, and he was male, then months later plaintiff wanted a female Pug to breed, and have breeder do the breeding, in return for a female puppy.     

Five months after buying puppy he ate a peanut butter cup, went to vet, and at the vet visit vet said dog has one undescended testicle, and plaintiff should neuter puppy.  Cryptorchid testicles can be genetic (I checked Dr. Google, and yes, they can be genetic, and in some breeds up to 10% can have this).       

Plaintiff wants half or all of the cost of puppy back, to keep the puppy, plus damages for restraining order.   (How does the plaintiff not notice puppy only has one testicle showing?)     Plaintiff makes no sense, she wants to get a female Pug to breed with her male, so she can get another female from the litter (That's exactly what plaintiff said, and I’m not believing this story).    What fool who hasn’t had a dog since they were a kid wants to breed puppies, and have the daughter of her male, and another female she owned for breeding?   

Pug was neutered, so my guess is plaintiff wants more puppies to breed.   Breeder said she would return a full refund, but only if plaintiff returned puppy to breeder.    Plaintiff also contacted the state Attorney General Consumer Complaints office, and claims AKC officials told her to contact the state AG.    Plaintiff wants the puppy, and money too.   Plaintiff gets no money back, because she's keeping the puppy.   JJ said if she wanted to give the puppy back to the breeder, then she could get a full refund of $1250.   

Defendant filed for a restraining order against plaintiff, after many people came  to trespass on her property.   JJ says the restraining order was unnecessary.   I think the restraining order application was very appropriate.     However, as JJ says plaintiff is nutty.    (My opinion is the restraining order is justified, and I hope plaintiff gave up harassing the defendant after this ended, but I doubt it). 

Plaintiff keeps the dog, and no refund.  Defendant claim dismissed.

Salvaged Car Fraud-   Plaintiff Virginia Fuller suing defendant/mechanic Hane Othman for refund for fraudulent car repairs.  Car was purchased for $1400, and car is almost 20 years old.    Car needed brakes, tires, and smog check.    Plaintiff took car to defendant, and claims her mechanic says she was ripped off, but the witness didn't come to court. 

Plaintiff is suing for $2450, for the mechanical work which is almost a thousand more than the purchase price.   Plaintiff paid $2380 for the mechanic's work, and the plaintiff reversed the charges.   The mechanic refunded plaintiff $1100+, but her bank tried to reverse the charges, she got $3750 total back from the mechanic.   

Defendant mechanic said car was a salvage car, and he couldn't fix it, so mechanic reversed the charges for $1180 to plaintiff.    And then $1308 was refunded the next day to plaintiff. 

Plaintiff wants $2400 more back, when mechanic was only paid $2400 that was already reversed. 

Plaintiff case is dismissed without prejudice, to return with a witness (didn't see her since, so I'm guessing no one wanted to come to court)  Plaintiff already received $2400 back, so her case is bizarre.

Second (2016)-

Teen Corrupted by Drug Offers-Plaintiff Jacqueline “Jackie” Adams (age 19) was former tenant (room renter) of landlord /defendant Richard Nordquist who kept her security deposit, evicted her, and wants back rent, and house was being sold (Suing for $4500).   Plaintiff went on vacation, was moving out on 1 July, paid prorated rent for June/part of July.    Two days later landlord told her to get out now, so she packed her room up, and left for a friend's place.    

Defendant claims his 15-year-old daughter, and her friend went to the house to swim, claims plaintiff solicited both girls to have sex with men, drink, and use drugs.    How ridiculous to believe that of the tenant.    Another parent who thinks their teenager is an angel, but is actually a total liar.     

Defendant daughter claims plaintiff was drunk, on drugs, and offered her drugs on previous occasions.   (My view, why would tenant have to babysit landlord's teenager, and friends? Daughter and friend are the oldest looking 15- and 16-year-olds I've ever seen).         

Landlord gets zip, and his daughter is a total liar.    (I hope the plaintiff found a soft place to land after this, it's tough for foster kids who age out).   The other daughter claims she told mother about the drug offers before, and the mother said it was OK to go to the house anyway.   The defendant and his daughters are such liars. 

Plaintiff gets $400 security, and $400 rent back, and $400 illegal eviction, equaling $1200.   Plaintiff is now homeless.   (I wish JJ would have granted plaintiff the full $5,000)

Odometer Scam-Plaintiff Joselito Concepcion claims defendant Carmen McMurdock cheated him on a car trade (he traded his car to defendants for a 1985 Suzuki Samurai).     When they traded cars, defendant gave plaintiff mechanical history of SUV, including mileage, but a year earlier the car had a much higher mileage recorded.  My guess is someone wrote the wrong mileage on one service record.    

 However, defendants claim they bought the car with that mileage, and they put 10,000 miles more on it.     

Plaintiff told to stuff it. and case dismissed.  

[parrotfeathers]

17 hours ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

Plaintiff also contacted the state Attorney General Consumer Complaints office, and claims AKC officials told her to contact the state AG. 

This person was very unreasonable indeed.  No way she can keep the puppy and get "more" than the purchase price.   But I can say AKC will in no way get involved in a legal dispute and might have told her to call the AG office to complain.  

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Shattered Windows -Plaintiff /former tenant Tremaine Grant suing defendant/former landlord Gregg Tobin for an illegal eviction, and damaging plaintiff’s property during the eviction.  Rent was $450 a month, rented from March 2012 to January or February of 2013.    A year later the plaintiff’s case now gets on JJ’s court docket.   Plaintiff says he had no money, so it took him over a year to file the small claims case.   

There is a statement from the upstairs tenant who cleaned out the plaintiff’s apartment, and trashed everything. 

Plaintiff admits he rarely paid full rent, and defendant says for almost a year plaintiff didn’t pay rent, and moved back to his mother’s place in New York.  So, plaintiff wasn’t evicted, he voluntarily moved out.

Defendant has no witnesses to plaintiff breaking the 11 windows, so that’s dismissed.   Defendant can prove the rent that was unpaid, and that partially matches the plaintiff’s list of payments. 

Plaintiff case dismissed.    Defendant receives $1,025 for unpaid rent.

Drunken Knife Fight -Plaintiff Craig Knox suing defendants/former friends Jason Kamman  and fiance Amber Goodyear  for unpaid loan for $500, return of rent, and medical bills from an assault. Plaintiff is an alcoholic, and defendants allowed plaintiff to move into a rental.   Plaintiff receives SSDI, and claims he accumulated enough to loan defendant man $500.   Plaintiff claims defendants were drunk, assaulted him, and when he was taken to the hospital, the defendants tossed all of his extremely valuable belongings.   Plaintiff claims after the assault, he accumulated $60,000 worth of hospital bills.

This happened in Reno, NV.   

Defendant man claims the plaintiff threatened him, and his fiance with a knife, and plaintiff was drunk.   

Defendant witness is plaintiff’s brother, who testifies he dropped off plaintiff’s stuff with a friend of plaintiff.

Plaintiff case dismissed.

Second (2013)-

Take the Bar Fight Outside- Plaintiff Autumn Maniaci suing defendant father Gregory Gonzalez, and daughter Alex Gonzalez (a figure skater) for attacking her outside of a bar.   Defendant daughter had been thrown out of the bar, and father saw the plaintiff and his daughter, and claims the plaintiff charged his daughter from 100 ft away, and so the defendant attacked the plaintiff.    (This happened in Loomis, CA).  

Plaintiff says after she left the bar that defendant daughter confronted her, and then the father attacked her.   Plaintiff says she was smashed against a door, had to get stitches for a head wound. Plaintiff submits medical records.   

The shoes plaintiff was wearing that night are super high, and clunky, no way she was charging anyone that night. (I couldn’t even walk in those shoes, and I doubt anyone could run in them).  A lying witness for the defense testifies to a bunch of lies, supporting the defendant.      Lying defendant witness says defendant only blocked plaintiff, and they both fell down.     

Plaintiff receives $1500 for medical bills. 

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

I Only Fear God and Judge Judy-Plaintiff Eddie Elder (former Marine, who only fears God and Judge Judy, and Byrd really laughs when plaintiff says this.) is suing defendant/former tenant Michael McEntee for cost of a new radiator, lock change fees, and unpaid rent.   Plaintiff took in homeless defendant, and has a history of helping others.   Defendant wanted to a pickup truck for him to start a landscaping business, and when the argument happened, plaintiff kept the pickup truck.    

Defendant is obviously not well.   A month after defendant left, he went to court for a protective order against plaintiff, and application for order is submitted.    Order application is bizarre.  Defendant was never granted a final order of protection.  

Plaintiff has the truck back, and changed the locks.  However, plaintiff paid $888 for a lawyer for defendant, in his case against defendant's sister over father.   

Plaintiff receives his $888 for the lawyer back. 

Fake Dreadlocks Disaster-Plaintiff Tiahna Pantovich suing defendant/salon owner Awa Sow for return of money paid for dreadlocks extensions (faux dreadlocks).   Plaintiff paid $240, plus $20 tip.  Plaintiff had hair extensions put in, and three days later plaintiff went back to salon for a refund.  Plaintiff says the dreads were too tight, and weren't washed before installation.   

When plaintiff went back to the salon, she complained that extensions were ripping out her hair, causing scalp issues, and plaintiff removed her own extensions.      Plaintiff claims instructions on hair package say to rinse hair extensions out before installation, but instructions don't say that.     

Defendant says plaintiff did come back three days later, but had another procedure on that second visit, and that was free of charge.    Plaintiff needed two braids rewound, and the ends burned.     

Defendant has been in business for 10 years, and JJ advises her to do the refund for good will for her business.   

$240 for plaintiff.   That’s the price of the service, and doesn’t get the $20 tip back.

Second (2016)-

Warning: Adorable Puppy in Court-Plaintiff/former girlfriend Jenna Calisi suing former boyfriend/defendant Michael Trayers, over custody of adorable dog, Nugget, and for falsely accusing plaintiff of assault.   

Another plaintiff who thinks she gave birth to the dog, I guess that never occurred to her what that makes her, does she?   

 Defendant says plaintiff's former apartment doesn't allow pets, so dog always lived with defendant.    Defendant paid for the dog on payments, by himself.   Nugget was $1500, and defendant paid all of that amount.    Plaintiff put her credit card down for dog, but defendant made the payments.  Plaintiff never paid the rent.    The moved in together in September, and plaintiff moved out in April.   

Plaintiff sneaks in the mention that doggy finance company said they were going to repo the dog, so she paid four months on the dog.    Plaintiff claims since she had an Instagram account for Nugget, and that he's her child, so she should get the dog.   

Plaintiff's name was never on the contract to pay for dog as a purchaser, and has no claim to the dog.  Defendant has a statement from credit company that he has paid off the dog purchase contract.  As JJ says, defendant owns the dog legally.   If defendant hadn't paid off the dog, then the loan company could have repossessed the dog, and resold it to plaintiff, but that's not going to happen.   

Case dismissed, and Nugget goes home with defendant.   

(In the hall-terview plaintiff says she wants visitation, and defendant says never going to happen). 

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

E-Cigarette Scam? -Plaintiff/e-cigarette products supplier Eidan Hameiri is suing defendant/former employee Crystal Martin for theft.   Plaintiff claims defendant took $5500 worth of merchandise when she was watching the merchandise at his mall kiosk when plaintiff was out of the country for a few months.   This was in Frisco, Texas.  Plaintiff got out of the business after eight months.  

Defendant watched the booth in return for free product, for a couple of days.   Then, plaintiff’s grandmother got sick, and defendant watched the stock for the couple of months while plaintiff and wife were in Israel.   The kiosk was closed, and merchandise was at defendant’s home.  Stock is about the size of the litigant desk.    Defendant says it was her compensation, and that she left items outside for plaintiff to pick up.    The two boxes cost up to $6,000 or so (bad receipts by plaintiff, stock list, but no prices).   

E-cigarettes do have a smell, and around here many of the liquid suppliers have been busted for selling items other than tobacco-based products.   JJ tells plaintiff to contact the wholesaler, and get the invoices faxed to court.    Defendant does produce invoices, and claims the kits look OK, but when kit boxes were opened the products were all removed.   

I believe the plaintiff, and don’t believe the defendant’s various stories.  

So, the defense is that defendant only took a little, and only what she was owed, besides she never agreed to pay anything for what she took.    JJ discounts the price of stock.

When plaintiff returned from his trip, they talked on the phone, and she admits she had the same two boxes of stock to return to plaintiff.   A friend of plaintiff picked the stock up off of her front porch.  Plaintiff says many kits were missing from the boxes, and many of the kits were empty inside the box. 

JJ is not really listening to plaintiff and letting him explain anything to her.    JJ calls the defendant a hustler, and I agree with that.     

There is an inventory of what he gave the defendant, and the invoice to defendant of what was missing out of the stock when he got the stock back.     

Defendant also was advertising e-cigarette on eBay.   Defendant also claimed to have no assets, so plaintiff would get nothing from suing her.

Plaintiff says since defendant was a customer, she was aware of how much the products cost.

Plaintiff receives $2,000.

Second (2013)-

Tenant Power Struggle -Plaintiffs/former tenants Jenny Hernandez and boyfriend, Juan Avendano are suing defendant/former landlord Diana Gallarzo for turning their electric power off.  Rent was $765 including all utilities.      Defendant counter claims for unpaid rent.   Plaintiff man is a tattoo artist, who works only for cash.

When they stopped paying rent, both litigants used the Basta legal group, which only represents tenants fighting evictions in California.   The plaintiffs stopped paying rent, then started filing documents with the housing authority, tried to get restraining orders.   The tenants didn’t pay in February, March, April, May, June, but lived in the rental during those months.   After six months of living in the rental, plaintiffs claim defendant disconnected the electricity.  Plaintiffs claim they had roaches, mold, gas leaks, and it made plaintiff’s asthma worse, and landlord wanted them to pay the utilities. 

Defendant wants four full month’s rent, and $150 for February.     Housing court dismissed the unpaid rent case.   However, plaintiff tattoo artist just said the couple didn’t pay for 4 full months, and part of February.

$3235 to defendant, nothing to plaintiffs.

Child Daycare Provider Dispute   -Plaintiff Tina Dayton suing defendant Bessy Miller, over day care she paid to defendant, $210 for the deposit, and a $90 inconvenience fee.   Defendant sent plaintiff a letter saying the daughter's potty-training issues meant that the child had to leave the day care program.   

Charges were $35 per day, and plaintiff says child there for four days.  Defendant claims child was there two days a week, for a month.    Defendant says daughter wasn't potty-trained, but it's not in the contract that kids have to be potty-trained.  If the defendant wants to run a business, then the contract should list all of the rules. 

(I don't have kids, but shouldn't a 4-year-old be fully potty-trained? And why should defendant have to take a 4-year-old potty all of the time, and potty train the kid?)

Then defendant's much older boyfriend, chimes in and irritates JJ, and I'm sure Officer Byrd, and really irritates me.      (Behind plaintiff's right shoulder, there is a woman that is hideously sun burned.     It makes me hurt just looking at her, it must be painful)

JJ says plaintiff will get the $210 deposit back. 

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

You Sound Like a Fool-Plaintiff Elaina Pitre suing defendant Josefina Garcia for medical treatment, rabies shots, and damages after defendant's poodle bit her.   Dog bit plaintiff in the apartment parking lot, dog was off leash, collarless, was wandering in the street without an owner.  Poodle came over to plaintiff, then went in the street again, then poodle came back, and poodle bit her on the hand.  Plaintiff claims a woman came out of the defendant's apartment complex, and when plaintiff told her what happened, neighbor says the dog wanders constantly, and has bitten before.   Plaintiff called animal control, and defendant's young daughter came out of the apartment complex, and dog owner got defensive.    Animal Control report says no proof of rabies shots, so plaintiff had to get four shots in her arm over three weeks.   

Defendant's witness is an adult friend of defendant, and they keep calling the plaintiff a liar.      Defendant and her witness's excuses are ridiculous.   Defendant witness says plaintiff probably was bitten by another dog.   Defendant hasn't paid the impound fee either.   Defendant's witness claims dog was outside briefly, wasn't off the property, and never bit the plaintiff.   Defendant's witness, Karla Sanchez, is such a liar, and keeps mouthing off at JJ.   

Animal control report says neighbors says poodle is frequently running loose.  Defendant claims plaintiff hates Latinos.   

Plaintiff gets $1500.   (I would have given plaintiff $5,000, so defendant wouldn’t get a penny).

Gambling Getaway Gone Wrong-Plaintiff Esther Haskin suing ex-boyfriend/defendant Tony Lopez for unpaid gambling loan, and property damage.   They went from Stockton to Reno, defendant claims woman gave him $800 so he wouldn't bounce a check for gambling, and plaintiff gets $800 for the loan back. 

Plaintiff gets $800 for the loan, but all property damage claims are dismissed from both litigants. 

Second (2016)-

This is Not Show and Tell-Plaintiff Matthew Kerns suing former roommate Shelly Baker for an illegal lockout.  Plaintiff was already in the condo, and defendant needed a roommate, and landlord matched them up.  This all occurred in Denver.    Defendant says she's only another renter, and not the landlord.  However, defendant is the one that changed the locks, after putting plaintiff's property outside.      After the lockout, defendant moved another friend/ tenant into the condo.    Defendant's counter claim is that plaintiff damaged her motorcycle.   

Plaintiff couldn't move his California King bed, a sofa, love seat, entertainment stand, dresser.  Defendant claims couch, ottoman, and love seat are in the garage at defendant's place.   Defendant says the bed is gone, but defendant tossed the dresser, entertainment center, and other large items outside, and they disappeared.   Plaintiff was going to move, rented a U-Haul, but defendant had already locked him out, tossed his stuff, or put it into the garage.    Defendant claims to have hearing loss in the one ear, and defendant was napping, and couldn't hear the knocking.   (My guess is defendant hears what she wants to, and ignored the plaintiff coming to pick up his stuff).   

Defendant has some ridiculous counter claim about her motorcycle.  Defendant starts to charge the desk of Justice. 

Plaintiff is suing for replacing the furniture.   

$2509 to plaintiff.  Defendant's stupid counter claim dismissed. 

Smoked Out-Plaintiff John Cuevas suing former landlord David Cacciatore for return of security deposit, and rent.      Plaintiff paid $1200 for rent, and security deposit.    Defendant, and live-in both smoke, and they agreed to smoke outside.    Plaintiff moved his stuff into the room, found out the landlord and girlfriend were smoking indoors.     Plaintiff moved out the next day, after defendants were smoking up a storm in the house, and the defendant's in-laws were staying for quite a while, and were smoking indoors also.

Plaintiff receives $1200 back.

Edited April 12, 2022 by CrazyInAlabama

[Mrs Shibbles]

The defendant and witness in the you sound like a fool Case were infuriating.

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Show Me the Lawsuit Money! -Plaintiff/ex-girlfriend Lucy Ortiz suing defendant/ex-boyfriend Nemecio Benevidez over loans she made to him.  Defendant says it wasn’t a loan, but part of household expenses. Litigants never lived together.  Plaintiff lives with her son, daughter in law, and their kids, and defendant has his own home also.    

Plaintiff says the money was from a loan from her IRA. Plaintiff took a loan from her IRA, and has texts from defendant saying he will pay her back.    There is no proof the $3000 taken from her IRA was given to defendant.

Also, plaintiff claims defendant had a lawsuit settlement due, for over $100k, so she loaned him money because he could pay her back.   This all happened in Evans, CO.

Then, plaintiff went on unemployment, so wasn’t putting deposits in her bank account, but only cashing checks, because the deposits would limit her unemployment.   So, plaintiff was cheating the government, and all of us.   So, plaintiff didn’t put the IRA money back in the account.

Plaintiff case dismissed.

Dying Mother -Plaintiff/landlord Kolleen Dockins suing defendant/former tenant Kimberly Rendon is being sued for unpaid rent and property damages.     Defendant denies damaging the property, except for normal wear and tear, but omits saying how often she paid the rent in full.  (This was in Victorville, CA).

Defendant didn’t pay the rent after her mother died, because she was getting paid to be caretaker for her mother.   Defendant owes for two full month’s rent, $2600, and also another month, and a partial month, total is $4700.

Photos of house are full of trash, and there is a video of the day after defendant moved out.  Defendant says that her mother’s care and death ruined her finances.  Plaintiff says clean up bills are $8600, a lot of that is for smoke damage in the house, and smoking is prohibited in the lease.   There were additional tenants, and police were looking for one non-legal resident.

$5,000 to plaintiff

Second (2013)-

Fight Over Horse -Plaintiffs Bruce and Janet Stuesse are suing defendants/former landlords Deborah Koyn  for vandalism to their vehicles, cost to board a horse.  Defendant ran into a rough patch, and plaintiffs would board defendant’s two horses, and pay for boarding them.   Plaintiffs want $4700 for vandalism, and horse boarding.  (This happened in Union, MO).

One horse had to be removed by defendant, because one horse was dangerous to people.  Plaintiffs arranged to have a horse donated to a church riding program.   Defendant agreed to have the horse donated to the church camp.    The second horse is still at plaintiff’s barn, and that horse will go to defendant’s friend’s farm.  

Defendant claims she gave plaintiffs a mattress and other items, so she claims to owe nothing.

Defendant has two days to get horse off plaintiffs’ property, and if that doesn’t happen, then plaintiffs will own the horse.

Defendant daughter, Miranda says she didn’t vandalize the plaintiffs’ vehicles, but a friend did.  Defendant daughter says a neighbor wrote on plaintiffs’ vehicles because of nasty remarks plaintiffs said about gay people.    Miranda says she used window chalk on the cars, not paint or marker.   Police reports about damage are submitted.   Horse trailer mark is permanent, didn’t come off and needs to be repainted. 

Plaintiffs receive $2400 for the horse care (you can’t feed a gerbil on $200 a month, and horses need vet and farrier care regularly).  Plaintiffs also receive $500 for vandalism of trailer, and other vehicles.   So, $2900 to plaintiffs.

Tenant Tidiness   -Plaintiff Thurston Moore suing defendant/former tenant Elizabeth Hunter, for unpaid rent, and cleaning fees.    Defendant is counter claiming for rent return, but plaintiff says defendant never paid the rent during the two month’s tenancy.   Rent was $525.    Plaintiff claims she stayed a month, but defendant says it took her almost three more weeks to totally vacate.    

(I really like her necklace).     However, plaintiff says defendant paid $1,050, which is the full rent for two months.    

Defendant receives $100 security back (she claims it was $225). 

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

Stealing From the Disabled?!-Plaintiff /former tenant Kadisha Fong suing former landlord/defendant (owner of duplex, who lives in one side, and rents the other side out) Juanita Klingensmith for stealing from her bank account, and unlawful eviction.  Plaintiff claims her landlady had the account number, and pin number, and used it to steal from her.  However, rent was $750, but the withdrawal was for $713 instead.    Plaintiff and her daughter lived in the duplex.  

Plaintiff had a history of late payments, one month non-payment until well after the due date, so she was served with an eviction notice from landlady. In Oct 6 and 13, plaintiff was given eviction notices, for not paying rent in October.   On October 13, plaintiff paid the rent.    Plaintiff never paid November’s rent.

JJ says no proof of theft, no reason to get security back, since no payment for one month's rent was ever made.   Utilities weren't in her name, but that wasn't put in counter claim, so defendant isn't getting more than the withheld security deposit that covers the rent.    Damages are cleaning, holes in wall, etc.  Too bad defendant didn’t file the counter claim for damages.  Plaintiff doesn’t get paid for the couch she abandoned in the duplex.

Both cases dismissed, and defendant keeps security deposit.  

Stalking and Harassment-Plaintiff/ex-boyfriend Aaron Tew suing defendant/ex-girlfriend Christina Swanson for unpaid loans, and the return of belongings (a laptop, and a BBQ grill).   Defendant claims stalking and harassment, but no police report.   What a shock, they met online, and it was a short relationship.    

Plaintiff loaned her money for her to buy items to resell at the flea market.     Defendant says he bought items for plaintiff to resale at flea markets, and she never repaid him. 

As JJ points out, if defendant was so afraid of plaintiff's stalking, then why didn't she return his items?   No police report of stalking was made by defendant.   Defendant claims she gave plaintiff a chance to pick up his two items, but plaintiff never showed up.  Plaintiff never received the text.

Plaintiff loans, and credit charges are dismissed.   Counterclaim dismissed.    Plaintiff has order to retrieve his grill and laptop in the next five days with a police escort. 

Second (2016)-

Repoed for a Crazy Amount-Plaintiff Lexus Scales bought car from defendant Charlotte Hammerschmidt, (2004 Saturn Ion) plaintiff still owed $60, so defendant repoed the car.  Plaintiff wants the money she paid for car returned.  Defendant doesn't have title or registration, and claims she repoed car, and gave car away.   Defendant says car had bad memories about previous boyfriend, so she just wanted the car gone.    $1,000 of the down payment was for defendant to pay her car note off.  

 Plaintiff paid $1,000 to defendant, and defendant claimed she would pay car off (def. only had car for six months) at dealership.    $1504 was the total amount paid to defendant, she still owed nasty heifer $60, and it was repoed.     When plaintiff came to defendant's house to pay the last $60, the boyfriend took the car. 

Who the hell is the defendant's boyfriend?  (He’s Larry Bartlett)  I thought Charles Manson was in jail when this was filmed, not in JJ's court. 

Defendant claims she gave car to friend of boyfriend.   JJ calls the man that defendant claims she gave the car to, but he doesn't answer his phone.  Defendant is counter suing for stress, and car detailing.

Plaintiff says at the dealership, defendant was talking to salesman about buying another car from the dealer.

Plaintiff gets $1000 (she drove the car for five months).   Defendant’s claim dismissed.

Then, in the hall-terview defendant yells at someone to stop laughing, I'm assuming the boyfriend?  Or maybe one of the camera guys? 

Dog Grooming Business Fail-Plaintiff Miriah Green suing former roommate/defendant Mark Love for value of dog grooming equipment, and lost wages for $4700.    Plaintiff moved in to the house in April, and moved out in July, and left her dog grooming stuff behind in the shed she used for her dog grooming business.      When plaintiff moved out defendant wasn't home, and the dog grooming shed was locked.  Defendant claims woman never picked her equipment up, so he eventually trashed it.   There is only one receipt, for a table.      

Defendant claims plaintiff never used the dog grooming equipment, never had customers, and JJ wants case to go back to Missouri.   

Plaintiff gets $100, and if defendant wants last week's rent $90, he needs to sue her locally.  This is to pay her for the equipment.     I would have given the plaintiff $10 to make up for the rent. 

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Rehab Brother -Plaintiff/brother David Cady suing defendant/brother Alan Cady for bills plaintiff paid for defendant while he was in rehab, including a motorcycle, bills, and rent.     Plaintiff is suing for defendant making false CPS charges, about the defendant’s daughters who were in plaintiff’s custody until the CPS charges were made, that put the daughters in the foster care system.  JJ can’t hear the false CPS charges part of the case, because it’s in court litigation.  Hopefully, after this case, plaintiff was given custody of the 12 and 17 year old daughters again.   

Defendant was in rehab for a year, and plaintiff paid the utilities, and apartment.   Plaintiff wants $60 a month for brother’s cell phone, and $100 a week for rent.    Defendant was supposed to pay plaintiff back when he got a job, which was a year ago.  Plaintiff says he evicted defendant after he had a job, but paid nothing for the motorcycle or rent for eight months.    Both daughters get $609 each a month from their late mother’s social security benefit.  

Plaintiff also supported Damian, the 20-year-old brother, who is witness for defendant.   Defendant claims defendant son Damian owns the property they all lived in.   The trailer they all lived in belonged to the grandmother, and when she died the deed went to defendant son, and two daughters.  However, the 12- and 17-year-old can’t inherit the home until they are 18. 

Plaintiff receives only $859 for motorcycle repairs.  Not the rent or cell phone bills.

Fire Hydrant Slam! -Plaintiff /car owner Monika Mills suing defendant/driver Tabitha Smith for car damages from accident defendant had in plaintiff’s car, including hitting a fire hydrant, and claims defendant took the car without permission.   The litigants rented an apartment together.  

Yes, defendant nailed a stationary, brightly painted object, and claims it was plaintiff’s fault.  Apparently, defendant is pleading stupidity.     Defendant’s ridiculous defendant is that plaintiff had so much dangling from her mirror, that defendant was distracted.      Defendant says since plaintiff gave her permission to drive plaintiff’s car, that the accident was plaintiff’s fault.   

Estimate for car damage is $1868.   After the accident, litigants and other roommate had a big argument, and defendant moved out, sticking the other two with her portion of the rent.  Defendant doesn’t want to repeat what plaintiff said to her after the accident, and JJ says she’s heard it all, and to say what plaintiff said.     (Plaintiff called defendant a ‘rude bitch’, they can bleep it, but I could figure that one out).   Since plaintiff and roommate didn’t find another roommate to replace defendant, so they get $291 for one month’s rent.

Plaintiff receives $1868 for car damages.  $2159 to plaintiff.

Second (2013)-

Lovers Spat -Plaintiff Darren Berilla suing defendant/ex-boyfriend Diego Dixon for an unpaid loan, and for damaging plaintiff’s car when defendant threw luggage at the car.   They met online. Then they met in Atlanta while plaintiff was traveling, and defendant was temporarily living in Atlanta.  Then, plaintiff claims defendant wanted $250, but plaintiff only sent $100, the transfer fee was $40.    Defendant says he did receive the $100 from plaintiff, by Western Union.   

Plaintiff claims that defendant threw his luggage at the side of plaintiff’s car, causing scratches. Defendant claims plaintiff threw the defendant’s luggage against his own car.

$100 to plaintiff.

I Want My Rent and Property -Plaintiff Tyler Hunter suing defendant Latownsend Cassell (plaintiff’s landlord to be) for return of deposit, and rent.   Defendant is leasing, and can’t sublease to others, such as the plaintiff.   Defendant advertised on Craigslist.  Plaintiff came to look at the room, and someone else lived there already, her boyfriend’s brother.  Plaintiff gave defendant $300 deposit, and $360 rent for the first month.   Defendant signed the lease as a sole tenant, so boyfriend, and others aren’t allowed to live there.

When plaintiff was evicted, he says defendant’s boyfriend threw his mattress outside in the rain. Boyfriend admits he put the mattress out, but claims plaintiff picked it up, and JJ believes him.

However, plaintiff’s bank withdrawals and deposit amounts and dates don’t match.

$300 deposit back to plaintiff.

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2017)-

Sister Brother Breakdown-Plaintiff/sister Cecilia Ramirez suing defendant/brother Elias Ramirez for rent, bills, unpaid utilities, and taking furniture with him that belonged to her.  Brother is counter suing for utility payments, cars that were taken, and other garbage.    Plaintiff owned a house, and moved to another city, and rented to brother.  Brother was supposed to lease/purchase the house.    Plaintiff moved in with another brother and sister, in another part of Texas.   Brother claims sister forced him to move into house, and purchase her house.   Brother never qualified for a mortgage for the house.   

So, brother was still paying rent, pending purchasing another house.     Then the sister/plaintiff moved back to the house, and brother still paid same rent to sister.     Sister says brother let propane tank run out, hurting the propane system.     

Plaintiff says brother took her other bedroom set when he moved out.    Sister will have five days to pick up the bedroom set.    Rent is thrown out, and so are the utilities.

Defendant/brother counter claim for two unregistered cars is dismissed.   Plaintiff gets her bedroom set if she picks it up within five days.

Neighborhood Hit and Run-Plaintiff Ben Bland Sr claims defendant/neighbors Shari and Darnell Winbush across street backed across a two-lane wide road, and hit the plaintiff’s van parked on the street, then fled the scene.    Plaintiff didn't make a police report, because he thought neighbors would pay for the damage.      Plaintiff wife  Deborah Bland, and adult son saw the neighbor's car back up, and her van rocking, and other car driving off.    Plaintiffs don't know who was driving the car.  

Defendant wife says either brother or son drove van, and no one can prove that their van hit the plaintiff's van, but claims the van is only at her home occasionally.     Plaintiff says van is at the neighbor's house all of the time.     Plaintiff throws her husband under the bus, as the car driver.   

Plaintiffs receive $1100.

Second (2016)-

Mom the Mechanic-Plaintiff Lori Danielson suing defendant Sarah Kolosky over the value of plaintiff's car, and impound fees.   Car was deemed abandoned by the city, and towed to impound.   Defendant says she's an amateur mechanic, fixed the car, and then moved it to the street, and car was impounded.    Plaintiff paid $2200 for car parts, for a 20-year-old car, and defendant was going to charge only parts and labor for repair.         Defendant was told by the city that car not registered to her could not remain on her property for more than 48 hours.   Defendant was going to be fined $200 a day for having the car on her property. 

As usual, defendant's phone croaked, and messages telling plaintiff to move the car are lost.    Plaintiff has the text messages.    Defendant claims car was repaired, and running, and she moved it to the street.    Plaintiff claims the car was not running, and had been gutted of all parts.   

Plaintiff paid $2200 for the car, and car dealer would only give her $500 on the car as a trade in.    Defendant’s ridiculous counter claim dismissed.

Plaintiff receives $500 for the car.   

Dog Etiquette 101-Plaintiff Fiona Carroll suing defendant Linda Farr for injuries to her dog, after a dog fight.   However, plaintiff husband let her dog approach the other one, when the attack happened.    Plaintiff husband Gregory Carroll, was holding dog leash, and walking the dogs.   Defendant was standing with her two dogs, and all were on a fire road.    Defendant stopped, and held her dogs while the plaintiffs passed the woman, and her dogs.    Plaintiff husband let his dog approach the defendant's dog, and defendant dog lunged and bit the plaintiff's dog.  

As JJ says, defendant is not responsible for the vet bills, since plaintiffs didn't ask if the dogs were friendly, or anything else before allowing their dog to approach the defendant's dogs.   Just because a dog is friendly at a dog park, or other situations, then some are leash reactive, so approaching another dog is at your own risk.     Defendant claims plaintiff dog lunged.    

Case dismissed.  

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Pit Bull Attack -Plaintiffs/dog owners John and Karen Sullivan are suing defendant/ Pit Bill owner Kevin Harris for vet bills.  As usual, defendant has six kids, and claims the breeding pair of pit bulls are safe to have around.   Plaintiff’s dog is a 9-month-old Pit Bull mix.   Defendant has a two adult Pit Bulls, one a new mother, and another about a year old.  Defendant’s front fence is only about 30” high.        Plaintiff and wife were their young dog, were walking dog, on leash, past defendant’s house.   Plaintiff man says there were three adult Pits in defendant’s yard.   One dog came under fence and grabbed plaintiff’s dog’s leg, and second Pit jumped over fence and attacked the plaintiff’s dog, and then the third dog came after the dog.  (This happened in Staten Island, NY).

Plaintiff grabbed the defendant’s dog which was still biting the plaintiff’s dog, and told defendant to get the dog off of his dog, or plaintiff would break the defendant’s dog’s leg.   So, defendant got the dog off.  Defendant had three adult dogs, one with puppies, then defendant denies the one dog wasn’t a mother with puppies.    

$2,000 to plaintiff for vet bills.

Shoe Throwing Sister! -Plaintiff /sister Shaquita Ballard suing defendant /sister Christine Ballard for breaking plaintiff’s TV when defendant’s son threw a shoe at it.  Plaintiff says it started when one little girl scratched another kid.    Then daughter threw the shoe, and damaged the TV. (This was in Cicero, IL)

Plaintiff says this isn’t the first damage the kids did in either of their houses.   Kids are 4 and 5, and 8. 

Plaintiff says one child slapped another, and started fighting.   Then claims young niece threw a shoe and hit the TV, and cracked the TV.

JJ tells plaintiff she should have supervised the children at her house better.   Defendant is counter claiming for a broken dining table from a month ago, blaming the plaintiff’s son. 

The shoe that hit the TV has metal studs all over it, I can see how this cracked the TV.

Everything dismissed

Rent Games -Plaintiff/roommate on lease Chelsea Hill suing defendant/former tenant Michael Rabaino for taking her car without permission, and not paying rent.    Defendant only paid partial rent a few months, and skipped a few months.   Plaintiff owes $1600 unpaid rent.

Plaintiff’s car use claim is dismissed.    Plaintiff receives $1600 unpaid rent. 

Second (2013)-

Let Them Eat Wedding Cake -Plaintiffs Lakena Oppong (wife) and (husband) Ricardo Frost are suing defendant/caterer chef Jarrell Smith for not providing them enough food for 150 people. Strangely the defendant has to wear his hat in court for medical reasons, including with a note from his doctor.   

Plaintiff wife says 150 people were coming, and all showed up.   It was self-seating, not assigned seating (goody, musical chairs wedding reception edition).    Wife’s family supplied the booze.   $3000 cash paid to defendant, for 150 people.    Defendant says he provided the amount of food for 150 people, but claims a lot more than 150 people came to the reception, and many people took multiple servings.    

All litigants signed the contract.    Defendant wants the included gratuity in the contract, there are two different contracts for some reason.    The modified contract says $3,000 paid, tip to caterer required, but no one can claim a gratuity unless it’s included in the contract with an amount.    Defendant tip /gratuity tossed out.  There is no amount or percentage in the contract for gratuity/tip, so it’s not happening.

Defendant received $3,000 from plaintiff.    So, defendant doesn’t get any money for his claim.

Plaintiff claims people didn’t get enough food, and bride thinks she should get money back, but she won’t. It worked out to $20 each person for two kinds of chicken, and sides.    Defendant had to plate the food, and plaintiff hired some teens to serve the plated food to tables.  

Defendant says the plaintiffs were late to their own reception.    Defendant claims family members and other guests were in the kitchen, taking a lot of food before plaintiffs arrived at the reception site.

Plaintiff and defendant claims dismissed. 

Hurricane Destruction -Plaintiff Kara Portocarrero suing defendant Daniel Famulare for driving her car into a hurricane.  Plaintiff talked to her friend, and witness the day before the hurricane arrival, and accident about driving her to work, but that person didn’t want to drive in bad weather.   Instead, plaintiff drove to her work site, with plaintiff, and turned car over to defendant, but plaintiff claims she didn’t give defendant permission to drive the car home.  

Plaintiff wants $500 deductible, and $2700 down payment on another car.

Plaintiff drove the car to work, and defendant drove the car home, when the car fishtailed, went into a canal.   Defendant had to climb on the roof of the car, and had to call 911, and be rescued.    This was after Hurricane Ike, and plaintiff is a zoo keeper, and had to go to work.

Plaintiff case dismissed.

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2017)-

Eyelash and Tanning Business Bust-   Plaintiff Troy Vincent suing defendant/former friend Patricia Grugette for unpaid loans, and unauthorized use of his debit card.    Plaintiff sold his home, and needed to start a business as an investment, and invested in plaintiff's eyelash, and tanning business.  Tanning bed was $1400, and plaintiff claims another $500 in a check.  It is obvious that the plaintiff considered the defendant more than a friend, or business partner. 

Defendant accepted a check for granddaughter's preschool from plaintiff.   Defendant claims she remodeled his mobile home to repay him for the money, and helped him pack his home.    Defendant claims she bailed on the friendship when plaintiff sent her indecent photos on her cell phone.   Defendant erased the photos.  Defendant says plaintiff threatened to kill her.   

As JJ says, defendant should have paid the money back, if she thought plaintiff only gave her money because he had feelings for her.    Defendant claims her daughter witnessed a lot of this, but can’t come to court, and she wants JJ to call her daughter, and that’s not happening.  Defendant's witness is another buttinsky, and should have been booted.  JJ points out that if defendant really felt threatened, and had proof of threats, then she should have applied for a protective order, and she never did.

$465 to plaintiff for the child's school payment to defendant.

Surprise Evidence-Plaintiff Justine Craig was living with defendant/cousin Amanda Restrepo, and is suing for unpaid utility bills.   Before that they both lived in the plaintiff's grandparents’ home.     When plaintiff turned 18, she had moved in with defendant.   She says defendant wanted the gas and electric bills in plaintiff's name, because defendant had a bad history of non-payments to utilities, and bad credit.   

Defendant claims the utilities were in the brother's name.  However, the utility bills are addressed to plaintiff.    Plaintiff says at a previous residence of defendant the utilities were in the brother's name.

My opinion is if someone has bad credit and stiffed the utility companies, then they’ll rip you off too.

$747 to plaintiff

Second (2016)-

Lame Horse Trespassing-Plaintiff Tia Erickson purchased a horse from the defendants Nikki Parent (Daughter 17 years old) and Richard Parent (father), and wants purchase price of horse, and vet bills back.   Plaintiff claims horse was dead lame for the three weeks she had the horse, and she never rode the horse.    Defendant daughter rescued the horse, and wasn’t using the horse, and couldn’t use her for rodeo, so decided to sell her (I agree, if you give the horse away, often people take them right to the kill pens for money).  

There are pictures on Facebook posted with plaintiff’s boyfriend on the horse, on a trail ride.     

Plaintiff returned the horse to defendant's barn while trespassing, and defendants are suing for the vet bills of horse since she was returned.    Plaintiff claims defendants knew she was dumping horse on them, but defendants say she was lying.   Plaintiff claims she called the vet, three weeks after she purchased the horse, and finally had the vet out, and dumped the horse on the defendants.   

Plaintiff will not get a refund of purchase price.    Plaintiff waited three weeks to tell defendant she wanted to return horse, but who knows what happened during the three weeks?

Plaintiff case dismissed, and defendant will resell the horse.  

I'm Tired of Paying for Weed-Plaintiff Linda Bartolomeo is suing former tenant/defendant Nathaniel Wooten for rent, late fees, and damages to property.     Defendant was growing pot, because he was sick of paying for his own weed supply.    Defendant claims he paid his every two weeks rent, then admits he didn't pay for two months.  Defendant claims he owes plaintiff nothing.   

Plaintiff rented to defendant’s girlfriend, then he moved in, girlfriend moved out, and defendant signed a new lease for the trailer.  

Amended lease, signed by both parties, say that defendant will keep place in good condition, because plaintiff was trying to sell the property.     Defendant claims plaintiff was trying to sell house, so he decided not to pay the rent.    Defendant claims plaintiff knew he was growing weed at the house, and plaintiff denies that.      (I found the plaintiff's wide eyed innocent look isn't working, I think she knew about the weed growing, and probably was smoking too, even if not the product defendant was growing). 

Plaintiff receives $675 for rent.   

 

 

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Get Out of My House! -Plaintiff/former landlord Michael Chapman suing defendant/former tenant   Lavaya Kettlehake for damages to his rental home, missing appliances.   Plaintiff moved from Ohio, to Michigan for a job opportunity, so he rented the house to defendant.     Their issues are a mysterious check, allergies, and vanishing appliances after they were evicted.  

Defendant signed a one-year lease with plaintiff, for defendant, and her children.   Then, plaintiff told her to move out because he was going to move back to Ohio.    Defendant only had a one year lease, and she could live in house until lease was up.   

Why did landlords come on this show?   JJ hates anyone who is a landlord, sold a house and made a profit, or is upset about damages.

Landlord says he wanted to move back, and also found out the defendant illegally moved her boyfriend into the house too.   Landlord has a signed letter agreeing if defendant, all tenants, and her belongings are out by the end of the lease, that he’ll forego rent for the last month, and return her $700 damage deposit.   Defendant also moved her boyfriend in illegally, and had a cat that was not permitted.  Since plaintiff is deathly allergic to cats, he would have to have the house professionally cleaned, and I bet the rugs ripped out.

Defendant is counter claiming for harassment, and wants $2,000.

Defendant took the fridge, and stove, plus washer and dryer, so JJ gives plaintiff $400.

JJ says plaintiff and wife are lying about never receiving the rent for the last month. 

$400 to plaintiff for appliances.    Defendant gets $2,000 for the wrongful eviction.

Invasion of Privacy? -Plaintiff/former tenant Dathan Brown suing defendant/landlady  Michelle Slade  for assaulting him with her car, return of rent, stealing his mail, and refusing to fix a broken sewage line.   Landlady says tenant lied about her trying to hit him with her car, and is suing him for unpaid rent.

(Defendant’s bright purple hair matches her scarf).

Defendant says plaintiff was evicted in October by sheriff’s deputy, and owed for five months rent.   Plaintiff claims the kitchen drain line was broken, spilled sewage on the lawn, and says because landlady didn’t fix the broken drain, he didn’t pay rent.  

Plaintiff claims the defendant hit him with her car, but he doesn’t have a police report, or medical records.    Plaintiff claims defendant was stealing his mail, and clipped him with her car while she was snooping through his mail.  

Plaintiff case dismissed. 

Defendant receives $2750 for unpaid rent.

Second (2013)-

Weight Fall on Body Builder -Plaintiff Khaled Hettini suing defendant, Yiu Wai Cheung for dropping a barbell on him at their mutual gym.   Defendant was lifting 210 lbs., without using a spotter, when the barbell got away from him while doing a squat on a weight lifting platform, and defendant lost his balance, and dropped the weight.   

Plaintiff was taking weights off of the leg press machine, when barbell landed, rolled off the platform, and hit plaintiff in the calf.    Defendant points out that gym has everyone sign waivers.    Plaintiff says accident was caught on camera, and someone at the gym office sent a written statement.   Medical costs were $2700, and wants $1,000 for lost wages.   Plaintiff is going to show his bruise, and dent in his calf to JJ.  

Plaintiff receives $2,700 only for medical bills, nothing else. (In Hall-terview, defendant says

Day Care Disaster -Plaintiff Angella Scott suing defendant Stacey Hastis, for non-payment of daycare bills for two children for three days.   As always, defendant claims care was inadequate, and so she left her children there anyway?    If defendant really had concerns, why would she bring the children back?    She had the children there for the 15th, and 16th, and brought them back on the 30th. 

On the 16th, defendant claims her mother went to pick her children up, and plaintiff gave the wrong 5- year-old to the grandmother.   Then, grandmother says they gave her an infant, not the 5-year-old.  So, if they gave your the wrong kid at daycare, you would keep leaving your children there?   I don't think so. 

The defendant brought her children back on the 30th, and that was the last day at daycare.   Oh no!  The Ate the Steak story again.  (this case is old enough that JJ doesn't know a tablet is an iPad).  

Plaintiff receives $77.25 for the daycare bills.

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

Nervy Squatter Lawsuit-Plaintiff Heidi Janiero was renting condo from owner, overstayed lease, and was served a three-day notice to quit in June, and left the end of August, but wants more rent from defendant, Stephanie Hernandez.  Defendant was locked out in July, moved back in August.     

Plaintiff was shorting or not paying rent.   Defendant was a roommate of squatter plaintiff.   Plaintiff wants rent from roommate, lock change fees, and attorney’s fee.    (Note to plaintiff, if your eyes don't even open, then your fake eyelashes are way too big, and heavy).  JJ calls landlord to see if plaintiff ever caught up on the rent.  Plaintiff claims she was only a week behind when she was given the notice to quit, or pay up. 

 Defendant was locked out in June, back in condo in August, and moved out the end of August.   Plaintiff wants July rent from defendant, but plaintiff had locked her out.   Defendant couldn’t go back to condo until the hearing for the restraining order was held, and judge granted defendant the restraining order against plaintiff.     

Defendant had possessions in the condo in August, but didn't live there (after police were called by plaintiff twice, claiming defendant was a burglar).   Defendant had to get a restraining order to move back in August (JJ says no rent owed from defendant). 

Nothing for plaintiff, or defendant. 

Well-Behaved Courtroom Dog-Plaintiff Corey Furniss  suing defendant Viani Bolanos for her dog attacking plaintiff's dog (I think a Papillon).   Plaintiff says defendant was outside the non-leash area, with her dogs off leash, outside the fenced/gated dog park.   Defendant has a Husky, and Chihuahua, and Husky attacked plaintiff's dog.  The plaintiff's adorable dog is maybe 10 pounds or so, and is totally quiet in court.   

Defendant's stupid story is that plaintiff was going to kick her Husky, and that made her dog defensive, and she claims there was no attack.      Tiny plaintiff's dog wakes up when JJ yells at defendant, and is still totally quiet.   

Defendant lies about her dogs being in the dog park, then went outside (supposedly gate to dog park was broken), and then came in dog park, and attack was all plaintiff's fault.    Injury photos are very bad, I'm surprised the little dog lived.   

$864 for plaintiff.

Second (2016)-

Thanksgiving Day Breakdown-Plaintiff Ryan Riemenschneider suing defendant/ex-girlfriend Kathryn Anderson, for unpaid rent.  Long term partners split up romantically, and became roommates, still living in the same apartment.  They broke up in November 2015, and became roommates, and defendant never paid the rent or utilities until she moved out in June 2016.     Defendant’s witness is her new boyfriend.  

 Defendant gives JJ some carbon copies of checks, but doesn't have actual proof of any payments.

$2250 to plaintiff.

Sun Roof Strife-Plaintiff Louise Chatman is suing defendant Stephanie Boyd for sun roof damage on plaintiff’s car.   Plaintiff needed a place to stay, for plaintiff and her two children, and paid no rent, but they were all living with a friend who was paying the rent for everyone.      

 Defendant says plaintiff was delivering pizza, and defendant was babysitting plaintiff's baby in the car.    Defendant also borrowed plaintiff's car to drop off plaintiff's kid at day care, and then said she dropped an ink pen in the sun roof track, and the sun roof broke.   (How do you drop a pen in the sun roof track?)

After the broken sunroof they all lived together for almost a year, then the court case was filed.   Defendant says they were all doing a police report about the car accident, and that's when she dropped the pen.  Plaintiff says there was no accident, and no police report. 

Plaintiff receives $580.58.  (I wouldn’t have paid plaintiff a penny, the stories of both litigants are very bizarre, and very unbelievable).

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Store Rage! -Plaintiff/business owner Suzette Cook suing defendants/former business partners Frances Nesbitt and fiance Scott Smith for property damages, and loss of revenue.  Plaintiff already had another thrift store, and this was a second location.   Defendants were renting half of the store, and paying half of the rent. Store owner claims her business partners posted nasty signs, and blocked customer flow, and denies she evicted them illegally.  

Defendants claim they showed up at the shop one morning, the locks were changed on them, and they were illegally evicted. 

Ms. Nesbitt and plaintiff met when they were customers at the same thrift store.   Agreement was that defendants would pay rent to plaintiff, as subleasors.    There is a signed lease with plaintiff’s landlord saying no sublets.    Plaintiff says her lease said no subleases, but she paid $843 lease a month, and they split utilities.   Defendant’s rent was half of plaintiff’s rent, $422 a month, to put her merchandise in plaintiff’s thrift store.   Defendant never received a copy of the lease, so defendant didn’t know plaintiff wasn’t allowed to sublet.  

Plaintiff says defendant broke her lease by putting items on the sidewalk and parking lot, and it violated city codes.   Plaintiff says landlord told her to get rid of furniture outside, and that he was not renewing defendant’s or plaintiff’s lease.    The next day, plaintiff changed the locks.   Plaintiff changed the rules by changing the locks, and didn’t want defendants in the store unless plaintiff was present.  Plaintiff is still in business at the other location, but everything is moving to the second store location, and wanted the store in question to put her stock from the first store, which was going to close soon.    

Defendants are countersuing for illegal eviction.   Plaintiff complains the defendants didn’t get their stuff out on time, but they could only come in the store when plaintiff was there, because they didn’t have keys.   I wish defendant would stop shaking her head like a bobble head doll every time plaintiff lies to JJ.

Defendant Nesbitt says they arrived at the shop, and the doors were locked.    As soon as defendant could get ahold of plaintiff, they started moving their stuff out.   Plaintiff sent a message to defendant that plaintiff could increase her business in the store, if defendants left.    Defendants took about 3 weeks to move out of the store, and didn’t pay rent that month.   (This happened in Gainesville, FL).

Defendant receives $5,000 for the illegal eviction, and plaintiff case dismissed.

(This is one of the very few cases I don’t remember at all.   I remember virtually every other case no matter what year it originally aired).

Second (2013)-

Back Kicking a Toddler?! -Plaintiff/former tenant Timothy McCarty suing defendants/landlords Jillian and Salvador Delgado for illegal eviction, storage and moving fees, assault, and $300 security deposit back.   Defendant wife met plaintiff at the door, told him he was no welcome in her home, and locked him out.   However, the two children were inside the home, and he couldn’t get to his children.    Plaintiff claims he was homeless with two young children for two months.  

Defendant woman claims plaintiff assaulted her, and her daughter.   This is where the back kicking a toddler comes in to play.    Plaintiff had paid in full for the month, and defendant woman never served any eviction notice.  Defendant woman claims plaintiff was a lodger, not a tenant.  Defendant woman claims plaintiff’s children didn’t have to be homeless, but could live with their mother.  However, that’s none of defendant’s business.  

 Plaintiff explains he works cash for a medical marijuana collective, and he gets food stamps, and G.R. (General Relief, aka welfare).     Marijuana business is usually cash only, since it’s not federally legal, just by the state (This is in North Hills, CA).  

After the lockout, defendant woman claims plaintiff broke her door, assaulted her and her child, but neither needed medical care.    Police report is unreadable.     Defendant woman claims she was reasonable (no she isn’t), and locked plaintiff out, but his two children were inside her home.  

JJ hears the audio tape that defendant woman claims supports her story, and it doesn’t.    Then, defendant starts tearing up, when JJ says defendant lied to JJ.    Tape clearly shows defendant woman as the aggressor.   JJ says defendant woman was performing for the tape. 

JJ says plaintiff should have left the house, called police, and they would have given him access to his children.   

Defendant case dismissed.

Plaintiff case dismissed.  

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

Retirement Payday Fail-Plaintiff/ex-girlfriend Kimberly Storey suing defendant/ex-boyfriend Vernon “Wayne” Crutcher for an unpaid loan to pay his mortgage.   Plaintiff gave defendant three cashier's checks adding up to $5k, instead of a checking account check (she thought it would be a better record than a regular check, wrong idea).   The litigants were living in defendant's house, and paid no rent.    Plaintiff claimed she bought air conditioning for his house, a recliner, and other items. 

Defendant was unemployed for a while, but still supported plaintiff, and supported her during, and after her trip to rehab.   Plaintiff claims she sent keys and rings back to defendant, but defendant claims he didn't receive rings back.   Plaintiff claims defendant was getting retirement money, and would pay her back when defendant’s money arrived. 

 Hall-terview is interesting, defendant claims they were engaged, but she was married to someone else at the time, and still is. 

$5,000 to plaintiff.   

Teen Drives Into Wall-Plaintiff Diana Whittle suing defendants/cousin, car owner Tierra Young and defendant’s brother, Tyshawn Stearns, for damage to her bedroom wall.   Defendant borrowed his sister's car, and drove it through the plaintiff's bedroom wall.      Plaintiff's brother was implicated by the defendant driver, but he denies ever driving a car, and says plaintiff mother doesn't even own a car.    Plaintiff son was going to sneak out to meet defendant driver, to go to a party, and that's when the defendant driver hit the house wall.  Defendant brother says plaintiff’s 15-year-old son was driving when the accident happened.  

Defendant driver still only has a learner's permit, and his cousin/defendant is surprised that her insurance didn't pay for the damages from an uninsured, unlicensed driver.   Defendant car owner gives cousin permission to drive her car all of the time.    Defendant car owner still doesn't think that the cousin's learner's permit should require a licensed driver with him at all times behind the wheel.    JJ thinks plaintiff son was driving, but either way an uninsured, and unlicensed person hit the house, with defendant’s car. 

$1,600 to fix the wall, and plaintiff gets that.  

Second (2016)-

When Inebriated Lovers Fight-Plaintiff Jennifer Matschi suing defendant/ ex-boyfriend Jerry Heck over a drunken fight they had.  Both claim the other started it, and threw the first piece of junk.   

 Plaintiff wants an unpaid loan for defendant's motorcycle loan refinance (original loan was 27% interest) repaid, an assault, and insurance costs.  Plaintiff took out loan, and paid off motorcycle for defendant, to refi to 4.9%, and to get $2,000 extra for plaintiff's custody battle.   

Defendant was sent title by loan company, and so he sold motorcycle back to the dealership, for $4,000.   Motorcycle loan is up to $6300, for loan, insurance, and fees.   

Defendant makes a good point, he’s 300 lbs. and if he had hit plaintiff, the police would have figured that out.  

 There was an initial fight, and police removed defendant, but did not arrest him.    After the altercation, defendant came back to plaintiff’s apartment, and she let him in, and they started throwing items at each other.    The two litigants apparently get drunk frequently, and then fight.   

Plaintiff gets $3,000, everything else dismissed.       

Bad Grandmother -Plaintiffs grandson, Craig Byrd Jr and his mother Julie Byrd are suing defendant/grandmother (maternal grandmother) Ninfa Islas over an unpaid loan to purchase a car for the grandmother's other son, Adrian.   Grandmother was supposed to sell her house, and repay the loan ($2100).     Grandmother never paid grandson, claims she doesn't owe grandson, and never asked for a loan for her other son, Adrian.   Grandson gave the money to his uncle Adrian, not to grandmother.   $2100 for grandson for loan (I don't trust grandma at all).   

Grandson claims grandmother took property from her home, that should have belonged to grandson, and daughter in law (rake, garbage cans, window AC unit, BBQ grill-smoker).     Adult son (grandmother's witness, son Alfred Medina) says smoker/grill was his, so that's dismissed.  

Grandmother lived with plaintiffs for a while, they had a kerfuffle, and grandmother wants moving expenses, first month's rent, etc. all dismissed.    Grandmother claims plaintiffs kept her Virgin Mother statue, and tools, dismissed too.    Defendant was living with plaintiff for a while, and that’s why she wants apartment deposit, moving costs, and for her property. 

$2100 to grandson for the car loan.  

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Kidney Transplant Travesty -Plaintiff / mother Karen Lyday is suing defendant/son Bradley Robbins for living expenses and rent, after his kidney transplant.  Mother of the Year candidate says son agreed to pay $200 a month, but she thought he would move out after a couple of months.  Son had a kidney transplant, and stayed about seven months at mother’s house.  

Mother complains son had transplant, was in the hospital for five days, and came home to her house, then on Day 12, he went to the casino.  I didn’t know going to the casino meant you should move out, or you’re some kind of daredevil risking your life.  

 Son agreed to pay mother $200 a month for food, and part of the utilities, out of his $1100 a month social security disability.    JJ says plaintiff’s oral agreement for son to pay rent isn’t a valid contract.  (Apparently Mother-of-the-Year wasn't the kidney donor, or she would have wanted that back too). 

Officer Byrd boots the plaintiff and her cold heart out.

Plaintiff case dismissed.  Son hugs mother in hall. 

You Trashed My Home! -Plaintiff/landlady Regina Brown suing former tenant/defendant Sandra Sanders for property damages, unpaid rent, trashing her home, and unpaid utilities.   Plaintiff gave defendant a 3-day notice to quit for not paying December’s rent in full, and didn’t pay for January at all.   Here comes the “You Ate the Steak” lecture.  House was rented furnished, and plaintiff says defendant trashed the furniture too.  (This happened in Victoria, VA)

Plaintiff says defendant left a lot of trash in the house, and items like shot gun shells, and house is still being cleaned and repaired.   

$375 to plaintiff for the rent.     $0 for utilities, clean up is too early, because there are no final bills.  Plaintiff should have waited until work on cleanup and repairs were completed and paid for to bring the case.

Defendant’s security deposit of $400 is applied to clean up.

$375 for rent to plaintiff.  

Second (2013)-

Ex-Lovers’ Property Dispute -Plaintiff Tammy Hollingsworth is suing defendant/ex-boyfriend David Howes for the return of property, and rent.    They met online, don’t they all?   Plaintiff paid three months rent in advance, $900.  Defendant says she paid him $900, out of the $1300 owed.   (This happened in Anaheim, not the happiest place on earth despite being close to Disneyland).  Plaintiff moved into defendant’s place.

Their handwritten agreement states, No Alcohol in or near the premises (they both have a history of alcohol abuse).  If either one drinks or has alcohol in the house, the relationship and tenancy ends.   Defendant says a few days after plaintiff moved in, she was drinking again.   So, plaintiff gets $600 back.

Plaintiff only lived there for two weeks, so has to pay for a month.  Plaintiff wants her furniture and household goods back, that she moved into the house.

The night plaintiff started drinking again, she left the house, was locked out, and was arrested for DUI.  

Defendant is playing stupid.  Plaintiff moved to New Hampshire, I bet moving costs will be more than the cost of the furniture she left behind in California. 

Plaintiff wants the furniture back, and defendant says he wants his life back.

Defendant also says plaintiff is a fugitive with an arrest warrant out on her. 

Plaintiff has 10 days to pick up her furniture, with police escort, and she also gets $600 for two month’s rent returned.

Mother vs. Son -Plaintiff/son Marsalis Brown accuses defendant/mother Danielle Hibbits of stealing from his bank account.  Defendant has an ex, who is not plaintiff’s father, the ex is divorced.   Ex went into defendant’s bank account at Wells Fargo, and took out a total of $3450.     When defendant found out about the withdrawal, and theft she went ballistic at Wells Fargo.  However, if ex (ex is father of her daughter, but not her son) was still on account, and defendant never took him off of the account, how was it stealing? 

Son had a joint account with mother until 2012.   Then, son who had issues with Wells Fargo, so when bank took out $1532 out of son’s account, because mother already took the $3450 out of her account. 

So, why did Wells Fargo take the money out of defendant’s account?   Because he had issues with the bank, so mother’s name was on the account.  

Defendant says the fight should be between plaintiff and defendant’s ex.   

Why would defendant leave money in account with her name, and the ex-husband’s name on it for four years?  JJ’s right, something bizarre is going on with defendant and her ex.

$1500 to plaintiff.       

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

Elder Abuse Arrest-Plaintiff/tenant Chase Adrain suing former landlord/defendant William “Tyler” Horn for the return of security deposit, a laptop, and a false arrest.    Plaintiff was a tenant of defendant for eight months.     Plaintiff says defendant gave him groceries, defendant says plaintiff stole the food.   Plaintiff says he grabbed a baseball bat to defend himself when the defendant attacked him.   $1450 was the security deposit.    Defendant claims he withheld security for damages that occurred when plaintiff moved out, and for thefts.  Plaintiff says he didn't do the wall damages, but the door hole was already there when he moved in.   

Plaintiff was arrested and released, for assault, but no charges were filed against the plaintiff, and defendant tried to get plaintiff arrested for thefts.    Litigants were fighting over $20 for gas, plaintiff claims he locked the door to his bedroom to keep defendant out, and defendant pushed door in, and plaintiff called the police.   Then, plaintiff claims defendant came after him with a bamboo bat, and police were called again.    Defendant submits the police report for the second call, but everything is redacted.   I’m not fond of the defendant.    I suspect the truth is on the plaintiff’s side.

Plaintiff receives $1450 for the security deposit.     Plaintiff gets his laptop back with the assistance of the police. 

Deceased Husband...and Boyfriend-Plaintiff/ girlfriend Joylyn Williams suing for her watch and tablet, that was left at her deceased boyfriend's home, and is suing defendant/wife Brenda Robinson of boyfriend.     Defendant is the 'estranged wife' of deceased boyfriend (they didn't live together after 2005).     The defendant and deceased husband never divorced.   Plaintiff wants the watch and tablet that were on the dresser at the late boyfriend/husband's house.   

Plaintiff saw the watch on the defendant's wrist, when defendant came by the Senior Center that plaintiff, and late boyfriend went to.   Plaintiff's witness saw defendant wearing the wrist watch, when she gave a bag of pictures to the defendant.    Defendant didn't say anything about the watch, and drove off still wearing the watch.   

Plaintiff has no proof about defendant stealing the tablet, so that's dismissed.   Plaintiff claims she paid $75 for the watch.   $75 for plaintiff for the watch.

Second (2016)-

New Boat Owner Fail-Boat repairman/plaintiff Roger Fountain suing client /defendant Jody McCluskey for interest, late fees, and unpaid bills for a boat repair, on a 1997 SeaDoo Challenger.   Defendant bought boat for $8,000 (As is) with accessories.  Buyer didn't have it checked by a mechanic, or ever put it in the water.   Defendant says boat had a leaky crankcase, and it needed an engine rebuild, and defendant called seller for help.   Boat has two engines, one worked, and one didn't.   

 Plaintiff worked on boat, and defendant claims someone else fixed the boat so he could use it, but defendant has no receipt of repair from another mechanic.     Defendant took boat to plaintiff, but refused to pay the bill.   

When defendant went to pick up repaired boat, there was a kerfuffle over the bill, and police were called.     Defendant told police he only brought boat in for oil change, and is absolutely lying to JJ, and lied to the police.   

Plaintiff gets $879 for fixing the boat.  

Sister Fighting DUI  -Plaintiff Chelsea McDonald (sister) is suing her sister/defendant Jordan McDonald for an unpaid loan to pay her DUI legal fees ($2105).    Defendant sister Jordan McDonald, works part time registering patients at the ER.     Defendant doesn't even comprehend anything in court, and seems to have her own script she's following.   

Before the time of the DUI the mother, and defendant were living with the plaintiff, and defendant hit something at the gas station with plaintiff's car.   Plaintiff paid a total of $2105 legal fees, and other fees for a title loan on defendant's car.  Lawyer cleared defendant’s DUI record.   

 Defendant says she no longer drives, after her insurance was cancelled.  Plaintiff says sister was caught driving under suspension, car was impounded, and plaintiff refused to bail car out, so it's gone.   JJ gives plaintiff a big thumbs up for plaintiff not bailing defendant’s car out of impound.

 $2105 to plaintiff (smart woman, she doesn't live with mother and sister any longer, and cut them both off). 

Edited April 21, 2022 by CrazyInAlabama

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4 p.m. reruns-

First (2014)-

Verbal Contracts 101 -Plaintiff /car buyer Jackquealyne Hall suing defendant/car seller and former friend Nicole Horton for either the return of money paid for the car, or the signed car title.   After plaintiff agreed to buy the car, defendant raised the price by $1,000, but this was a verbal contract.    Plaintiff bought car from defendant for $3200, gave defendant $2,000 down and plaintiff had the car then.    Balance of car price, $1200 was paid to defendant.   Defendant accepted the money, and admits car was paid off, but still has the title.   Plaintiff wanted the signed title after car was paid off, but defendant wants $1,000 more because plaintiff paid over time.   

JJ has title from defendant signed by plaintiff.   Defendant says she only agreed to $3200 if plaintiff paid car off then.   After defendant raised the price, she tried to repo the car twice and failed.   JJ has to explain contract law to defendant, because modifying the contract wasn’t legal.

Plaintiff gets the title signed over to her, so she can register the car.

Shut That Dog Up! -Plaintiffs/former tenants Eldon and Rosa Berry suing ex-landlord/defendant Megan Rosales for illegal eviction, and security and moving expenses paid for, after they rented defendant’s condo for two years.   Plaintiffs claim defendant illegally evicted them by using a barking dog complaint against them.

Defendant says HOA/condo association had issues with plaintiffs, and she sent them a lease termination notice.    Complaints were dog weeing on the patio, loud outside parties.  Defendant presents the HOA emails about plaintiffs’ issue.   Complaints were that plaintiffs chained the dog on the patio all day, with the dog barking constantly, loud parties, a total of three complaints about plaintiffs.   Plaintiffs say they were harassed from the day they moved in, but they renewed the lease and intended to stay there for two years.    Plaintiff says the dog wasn’t their dog. 

Plaintiffs get $1800 security back, but other stuff is dismissed.    Defendant told plaintiffs to leave and wants rent for the remainder of the lease, and that’s dismissed. 

Annoying Roommate Rant -Plaintiff Jennifer Gibbs suing defendant/former roommate Frederick Schmidt  for the lease breaking fee, which was her security deposit, $685.    Defendant says he had to move because plaintiff was very annoying to live with.

I'm finding defendant and his innocent act very annoying.  

$685 to plaintiff. 

Second (2013)-

Camel Race Injuries -Plaintiff/failed Camel Rider Cole Chase suing defendants/ camel race organizers Mike Wright, Angie Erickson, and Nancy Harrington, for medical bills, after he broke his collarbone racing camels.    Plaintiff's paid the $20 covering joining the Camel Riders group, and $10k of supplemental insurance, but it's only to add to what the rider's own insurance doesn't pay.    The defendants say they aren’t organizers, but just members.  This happened in Virginia City, and the Virginia City Camel Racing Organization.   International Order of Camel Jockeys is the race organizer, and rent the camels, and put on the race.   

Plaintiff is suing for $5,000 to cover his medical costs, not covered by his insurance.    Mike Wright was the president of the organization when this happened, and there was insurance for the event too.   Plaintiff is an attorney and prosecutor, and works with defendants Erickson, and Harrington.   Plaintiff was invited by the two defendants to attend the races.    Plaintiff’s crash was on his second day of riding.

Plaintiff signed a liability waiver on scene before riding, with the stock provider.   This happened in Virginia City, NV, and plaintiff and two defendants are from Oregon.   (The camel and ostrich races are still going on, and it’s been happening for 60 years, but not 2020).   

The event insurance paid plaintiff $10,000, but it's a supplemental insurance, to go with his own medical insurance.     Plaintiff says Mr. Wright’s statement is an exception to hearsay.   Plaintiff paid a $20 membership fee, that covered the insurance.    Defendant Wright says the $20 fee includes the supplemental insurance, and pays $10k for the injuries.   

Plaintiff claims the camel tripped.    Plaintiff says he had to have two surgeries, and that the supplemental insurance rejected his claims.   Plaintiff also already had a primary medical insurance policy, so I’m guessing through work.  Supplemental insurance paid plaintiff $10k, but his primary insurance refused to pay, I guess they have a no camel clause. 

Plaintiff case dismissed, and that plaintiff filled the paperwork out wrong isn’t the race organizer’s fault.

Bad Tenant? -Plaintiff/landlord Ronald and Lisa Kern suing defendant/former tenant Malory Elliott for moving out with unpaid rent and damages.   Defendant said her $5,000 payment was not only rent, but for a lease/purchase on the house.   Rent should have been $4800, and can’t prove she paid anyone.

Plaintiffs claims contract was with defendant, but she moved out to live with her boyfriend.   Plaintiffs claim then defendant’s brother and others moved into the house, a violation of the lease/purchase contract.   

Plaintiffs say defendant paid $1587, and partial payment for two more months, and after that her brother moved in.

When plaintiffs filed for inspection after nonpayment, they videotaped the house.   There are kid’s clothes, and male clothes in her brother’s room.    Brother was not on lease, or his two kids either.

$1200 rent to plaintiffs, taken out of $5,000 defendant paid, so $3800 to defendant.   The plaintiffs say they paid commission to the real estate agents on the sale.

$3800 to defendant.

(Why did landlords come on this show?   They usually get treated like garbage.  It's obvious to me that defendant violated the lease/ownership terms, and broke the lease).

5 p.m. reruns-

First (2016)-

Wedding Carriage Ride Failure- Plaintiff/ mother of bride, Mary Paul is suing defendants/carriage ride service operators, John and Mary Block for the shortened number of time for her daughter’s post wedding ceremony trip to the reception.   Daughter, Leah Paul Johnson, testifies for her mother.  

  Angry mother of the bride (Momzilla) arranged for defendant to ride bride and groom around for an hour, with a stop for pictures.   Carriage arrived at 4:30 p.m., arrived at the reception at 5:05 p.m.    The ride was only 35 minutes, but there were supposed to be some stops for photos, but the photographers were nowhere in sight.   The best man took cell phone pictures, instead of the photographers that were missing. Cost was $650 for one hour, by way of Pioneer Park.  

I believe the mix up in communication was between the photographers, and Momzilla, and the daughter was being surprised, so she got out of the carriage and went into the reception hall early.  Momzilla had the guests in Pioneer Park, but they didn’t meet up in the park with the bride and groom.   

(In my personal opinion, another Momzilla who planned the wedding she always wanted, and not what the daughter wanted, and it ruined the mother's day, not the daughter’s day).  

Case dismissed.        

Terrible Landlord or Miserable Tenant- Plaintiff Cheryl Logan suing former landlady Robin Daniels for moving costs (not happening), harassment, and a false restraining order.    Landlady says tenant paid her rent, but was often late. 

 Former landlady/defendant filed for a restraining order, and gave her a Section 8 connected 60-day notice to quit (Is there a difference between a regular notice to quit, and Section 8 notice to quit?).   

Plaintiff’s cost $687 for her portion of the rent to defendant. Plaintiff moved into a new place, also in Palmdale a 5 bedroom 3 bath home, rent is $385 for plaintiff’s portion, the same day she moved out of plaintiff's place (the house was a lot bigger, and the cost to tenant was a whole lot less).    The eviction was because of continued complaints to housing authorities, threats, etc.   There was a mediation on the restraining order, so that's dismissed.   (Rent was lower at the second house, even though it’s the same number of bedrooms and baths as defendant’s property, but supposedly rent was lower because there were fewer relatives living in plaintiff’s second house.)

Everything is dismissed. 

Second (2016)-

Lesbian Mud Slinging-Plaintiff Lauren Glynn suing defendant/ex-girlfriend Brittany Kittredge for a burned couch, and unpaid rent for one month.   Defendant states that plaintiff is a fire-dancer, we need the video. Defendant claims the locks were changed, and her property was destroyed.    Defendant denies that she broke into the house, and burned the couch.     

Defendant says plaintiff is always drunk, so plaintiff says defendant is twice as drunk, and half as attractive she is.   (Sorry, my opinion is they are both jerks, and the way they act and treat others, shows both are losers).   JJ tossed both out to compose themselves.    

Plaintiff can't figure out what the rent is.   Rent is $1570, and half was $785 for defendant.  Plaintiff admits she dumped defendant's TV, and other items out on the porch.   

JJ says there was no legal right to lock defendant out, and dump her property outside, without legally evicting her.   

 $2600 to defendant for her destroyed property, that plaintiff dumped outside in the rain, and rent was deducted from the total $3385, so plaintiff gets nothing.    

Deceased Dad's Equipment Recovery-Plaintiff Richard Espin suing defendant Robert Lee lover the late father's farming equipment.    Defendant sold equipment to plaintiff's late father, purchased through the defendant's ex-wife Cheryl Lee (she's witness for the plaintiff).    Plaintiff's late father bought cattle trailer, and a round bale hay buggy.    Down payment was $200, by late father.     

Trailer and buggy were sold before the property division order was issued by the divorce judge.    Plaintiff keeps the trailer.

Hay buggy is on defendant's property, and plaintiff paid the defendant's ex-wife (plaintiff's witness) for the buggy, and if plaintiff wants the money back, he's told to sue his witness.  

Cases dismissed. 

Edited April 21, 2022 by CrazyInAlabama