>> Judge Judy: Mrs. Trahan, were
you and your husband both in the
car or just you?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: So, you are here
because the car is jointly
owned, is that right?
>> Correct, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: So you were not
a witness?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: You can have
a seat.
You were in an automobile
accident that you claim was the
defendant's fault.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: I don't think
that the defendant would deny
that if there was an accident,
it was her fault.
She says there was no accident.
>> That's interesting.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
That's what she says.
She says there was no accident.
So, why don't you tell me the
date of this accident?
>> June 27, 2017.
>> Judge Judy: What time?
>> 2:15 in the afternoon.
>> Judge Judy: Could you go
over to the board and show me
which one was your car?
>> I am the orange car with the
"P" on -- "plaintiff."
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So, you were going straight down
the road, the defendant had a
stop sign.
>> Correct.
I had the right-of-way on this
main street, Granvia Altamira.
>> Judge Judy: So she went
through the stop sign...
>> Correct -- right in front of
me, across in front of me.
>> Judge Judy: She crossed in
front of you?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And then what
happened?
>> And then she shot through, so
she didn't hit me.
She headed towards this curb
here, and then to avoid hitting
the curb, she swerved out and
struck my right front fender and
her left front wheel.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, do you have
a photograph of the damage?
>> Yes, I do.
>> Judge Judy: I'd like to see.
>> Since the car is brand-new, I
had a very difficult time taking
pictures 'cause it's shiny and I
got a lot of reflection.
>> Judge Judy: What kind of car
was it?
>> 2017 Porsche Boxster.
>> Give her all of them, Kim.
>> Okay.
Do you want her damage also?
>> Judge Judy: First, let me
see yours.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: Did you both get
out of your car?
>> Yes, we did.
>> Judge Judy: Show me where you
were when you both got out
of the car.
>> Right in the same area here.
>> Judge Judy: So she stopped?
>> Yes, she did.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
>> And then as she did so, she
said, "I have a microfiber cloth
in my car."
>> Judge Judy: Well, first, she
stopped.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: Didn't say
anything.
She stopped, she got out of the
car.
>> She apologized profusely.
>> Judge Judy: What did she say?
>> She said, "I'm so sorry.
I tried not to hit you.
And I swerved, but I didn't
make it."
>> Judge Judy: Her son was
traveling with her in the car.
Where was he?
In the passenger seat in the
front or in the back?
>> I believe so, in the front
seat.
>> Judge Judy: You believe so.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Were you in the
front seat?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Did you exchange
information?
>> We exchanged phone numbers.
>> Judge Judy: Not insurance
information?
>> Not at that time.
We exchanged phone numbers.
She texted her phone number to
me there on the scene, and for
some unknown reason, one of the
phone numbers she gave me for
her home was a Minnesota phone
number, and I don't know why.
>> Judge Judy: Did she give you
a working phone number?
>> Yes.
The cell number -- she texted it
to me as I stood there.
And I have the texts with me.
>> Judge Judy: I'd like
to see it.
>> And the whole time that she
had stopped, her son kept
saying, "I'm sorry, Mom.
I'm so sorry, Mom" --
about three times.
She never gave me her license or
any type of address.
I had to go seek that out for
myself.
>> Judge Judy: Well, you asked
her for "your insurance
registration card."
>> And she never gave it to me.
>> Judge Judy: Why not?
>> I gave my insurance card.
>> No, your number.
>> Judge Judy: Shh, shh, shh.
>> I have the complete text
exchange between us.
>> Judge Judy: May I see it?
>> No license.
>> Judge Judy: Shhhhhhh!
Did you tell your insurance
company that you didn't hit her
car?
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Why?
>> Because we came close, but I
did not --
>> Judge Judy: That's baloney.
That's baloney. It's baloney.
Because you wouldn't have gotten
out of your car if you didn't
hit her.
>> We stopped --
>> Judge Judy: You wouldn't have
gotten out of your car if you
didn't hit her, so my question
to you -- I'm gonna repeat it
again -- why did you tell your
insurance company that you
didn't hit her?
>> I told my insurance company
that I did not feel an impact.
We were very close, and I rolled
down my window, and she was
right there.
>> Judge Judy: That's not true.
How could you lie?
Is that what you want to teach
him -- how to lie?
Is that what you want to teach
your son -- how to lie?
>> No, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, well,
that's what you're doing,
because your son was in the car.
He knows that you hit her.
So if you want to do is teach
him how to grow up to be a liar,
you're doing a good job.
>> That is not what I want
to do.
>> Judge Judy: Well, then you
want to tell me why you told
your insurance company that
there was no accident?
>> Because -- do you want me
to go...
>> Judge Judy: No, I want you
to tell me.
You and I both know that there
was an accident.
We both know it because
everything she told me was
true -- that you got out of the
car, that you said, "I'm so
sorry.
I tried to avoid you."
>> I did not say that.
>> Judge Judy: Tel