I was very clear.
I said, "What happened?"
And he didn't say to me,
"He was teasing the dog.
He was screaming at the dog.
He was shaking a stick
at the dog."
He said what happened was
he was out walking two dogs.
One leash got away from him.
Well, clearly,
he was being chased by two dogs.
Clearly, in the video, it shows
him being chased by two dogs.
>> But the video does not show
where he was behind my house,
not on the side, teasing my dog.
I was sitting
in my living room chair.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
>> And I could hear Skyler
even say,
"Malik, please don't
tease the dog."
>> Judge Judy: Do you remember
teasing the dogs?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: You don't
remember getting bitten, either.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: No.
>> I think he's just being shy
right now.
He remembers.
He was telling the story.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Well, I see that he was bitten,
and I see that
he was frightened.
You have to be careful.
Even with little dogs,
you have to be careful.
Okay. I'd like to see
the medical bills.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Who were
the other children there?
There were other children,
more than just --
>> Yeah, they're --
It's our other side
next-door neighbors
playing in our yard.
>> Judge Judy: With you?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: With whom?
>> With my littler siblings.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Well, I have one emergency room,
and then I have --
>> At that particular hospital,
the E.R. bills separate
from the actual doctor,
but that was the same visit.
They told me before we left that
they would bill separately.
I also let the defendants know
that when I talked to Frank.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
And you had no health insurance?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So the total charges
were $383 and $438?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Did you present
these two bills, which total
$821, to the Herreras?
>> Yes, I did, on two
separate occasions,
because they came
in the mail separately.
>> Judge Judy: And what did
they say?
>> The first one,
when I went over to their house,
they actually weren't home.
So I taped it to the inside
of their glass screen door along
with a note
just saying, you know,
"Hey, this is the bill.
I wanted to try to see
if you wanted to resolve it
between the two of us.
If not, then, you know,
I'll have to take it further."
Frank actually came to my house
two days later, asking me,
was Malik okay
and talking about the bill, and
he said that they didn't have
any problem paying it.
But on the bill,
it does not state that
this bill is for the dog bite.
So he wanted, basically, proof
that that's what this bill
was for.
I actually contacted
the hospital the next day to see
if they could give me something
like that, and they said
because of HIPAA laws,
they couldn't put the reason
for the visit
on the actual bill.
The next bill came in about two
or three days later.
That one I attached
to their vehicle that was
in their driveway, along
with another note explaining
what I just said
about the HIPAA laws and that
if I didn't hear anything
from them soon that
I would just take it to court.
And I never heard anything
from them again.
>> Judge Judy: Well, both bills
show the date of the visit
is February 19th.
>> I mean, I'm the type of
person -- I ain't going to pay a
bill that don't show exactly
what it's supposed to be
and who it's for.
>> Judge Judy: Now you'll pay
the bill because it's an
emergency visit on
February 19th.
You saw the video.
That's why she took the child
to the emergency room.
There was no other reason
for her to take the child
to the emergency room
other than that.
Now do you understand?
So, you should have
paid the bill.
Would have saved you
an awful lot of trouble.
>> Yes. I understand that part.
But not showing exactly
who the person was,
that's all I was asking for --
for it to show
what the person wanted,
what it was for.
>> Judge Judy: It says who the
person is.
>> But can you look
at these, please?
>> Judge Judy: I'm looking here.
This is for Malik Mack.
>> Yes, but the ones that we
received.
>> Judge Judy: Oh, okay.
Maybe the ones that you received
didn't have them.
This one shows the person
who was treated.
>> Yes. It shows it on those.
>> Judge Judy: No!
It shows it on yours, sir.
Malik Mack.
>> It has it on there?
>> Judge Judy: And this one is
"patient's name, Malik Mack."
What?
>> This is the first time
we've ever seen any video.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
>> I have gone to the office
at our park to see
if we could get the video.
And we have been informed
that the park says
that her surveillance cameras
do not work.
>> I've never received
any request for the video.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
She didn't just create
that video.
You want me to play it again
so you can see it's your dogs?
>> I believe that those
are my dogs, but I don't believe
that he was bitten.
He might have been scratched.
>> I have pictures
of the dog bite.
>> Judge Judy: Judgment for the
plaintiff in the amount of $821.
We're finished. Thank you.
>> Byrd: Parties are excused.
You may step out.
>> Malik has been
teasing our dog.
He does it weekly.
>> My neighbors have actually
never told me anything
about Malik teasing their dog.
>> We've addressed this before
in the last six months.
>> As far as him teasing them
or the dog, I really don't know,
because, again, they're kids.
>> And nothing has been done
about it.
>> I would have stopped it
immediately.
>> No. I think it's just
poor parenting.
>> It's not a parenting issue
at all.
>> They need to learn to teach
their kids
to respect other people's
property and animals.
>> I'm fine with it.
If they don't like him
in their yard, that's okay.