>> Judge Judy: She came to live
with you with her two children.
>> Correct.
>> Announcer: His girlfriend's
daughter was frantic.
>> Ms. Clark comes upstairs and
says, "Michael, I've locked
Brooklyn in a car."
>> Announcer: After her child
was put in jeopardy...
>> Brooklyn's passed out.
She's kind of leaning to the
side.
My response was, "I need to
break my window."
I grabbed a hammer, and I
smashed the hammer about three
or four times into the window.
I'm able to bust open the
window.
>> Judge Judy: You tell me how
it happened, 'cause you did lock
the kids in the car.
>> No.
>> Announcer: "Judge Judy."
Folks, have a seat.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Seybold,
Ms. Clark is the daughter of
your girlfriend.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And she has two
children, two small children.
>> Yes. That is correct.
>> Judge Judy: There came a time
when, for whatever
circumstances, she came to live
with you with her two children.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: When was that?
>> That was in late of 2016.
>> Judge Judy: And when did she
leave your residence?
>> That would be in October of
2017.
>> Judge Judy: So, she lived
there for a while.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And your
complaint is twofold.
You say that she is responsible
for you having to break a window
in your car...
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: ...because of
something that happened with one
of her children.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: And the child was
in danger, so you had to break
the window in order to extricate
the child from the car, and
you're gonna tell me what
happened.
When did that happen?
>> That happened in August of
2017.
>> It happened -- No.
It happened June 8th.
>> Judge Judy: Is she correct?
>> As far as I'm aware, to my
knowledge, it was in August.
>> Judge Judy: Whatever it is,
she lived there subsequent to
either June or August for
several months.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: The second part
of your claim is for cost of
getting a Dumpster to move some
property that she left behind
when she moved out.
Why don't you tell me --
Whether it was in August or
June, why don't you tell me
about the incident that occurred
that required you to break your
own car window?
>> On the day in question,
basically, I was upstairs.
>> Judge Judy: Not "basically."
>> Okay. Well, upstairs, I was
in my room, and then Ms. Clark
comes upstairs and says,
"Michael, I've locked Brooklyn
in the car."
My response was --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
"I've locked" --
>> "I've locked the kids in the
car."
And I said, "Okay."
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Do you remember that?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: You don't
remember going upstairs to get
him and saying, "I've locked the
kids in the car"?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: You tell me how
it happened, 'cause you did lock
the kids in the car.
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Who did?
>> My mom.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Where were you?
>> I was following close behind
her.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
So, you were there.
>> No. I was getting the diaper
bag ready.
>> Judge Judy: What?
>> The diaper bag.
>> Judge Judy: Don't move.
Well, that's not what you say in
your answer.
You say in your answer, "Michael
had given the keys to the car to
my mother, who went with me to
the car and put my daughter in
her car seat."
"Went with me."
>> I was following close behind
her.
I was getting the diaper bag
ready.
I went downstairs, and my mom
was banging on the car window
with my daughter locked inside.
>> Judge Judy: Where was
Michael?
>> Upstairs.
>> Judge Judy: Who went to get
him?
>> My mom.
>> Judge Judy: Your mother or
you, and what were you doing?
>> I was outside in the driveway
with my daughter.
>> Judge Judy: Who was in the
car?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: So, your mother
went to get Michael?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Do you remember
that?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: She went to get
him?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Go ahead.
>> Okay.
So, as Ivory came up to tell me
that the child was locked in the
car, first response out of my
mouth was, "You need to call a
locksmith."
So I go downstairs.
I'm getting dressed.
I'm rushing down so I can go
down to see what's going on.
Brooklyn, who is in the back
passenger seat --
>> Judge Judy: How old is she?
>> At that time, she was
probably just a little bit over
a year, maybe, and she had the
keys in her hand, and I'm like,
"Brooklyn, can you push the
button?"
She's pushing the lock key
because it simply makes the
noise.
Well, with my car, once you
disable it, if you push the lock
key too many times, you can't
get in.
So, the locksmith showed up.
So, the locksmith comes in.
He tries to jimmy the passenger
door.
He can't do it with the
slim jim.
At the same time, there on the
driver's side with me, we're
trying to see if we can get
inside.
Tina is on the other side, the
passenger side, and she says,
"Michael, something's wrong,"
and I said, "What do you mean?"
She says, "Brooklyn just passed
out."
So I go to the other side.
Brooklyn's passed out.
She's kind of leaning to the
side.
My response was, "I need to
break my window."
So I go into the garage, I grab
a hammer, and I smash the hammer
about three or four times into
the window.
I'm able to bust up the window.
Once we get Brooklyn out, Tina
grabs Brooklyn and takes her to
the garage, where there's some
shade, so we're waking her up,
giving her some water, making
sure she's okay.
Meanwhile, Ms. Clark is standing
in the driveway, just kind of
standing there and not really
doing anything.
So, I kind of looked at her and
I said, "Okay, this was your
fault.
You handed the keys to the car
to the daughter while you were
putting her in the car."
I said, "You're gonna pay for my
window."
And she says, "Okay, I
understand."
And I said, "Now, when we're
done, I'm gonna go get some
dummy keys made so we can go and
make sure this doesn't happen
again."
After that, the following day, I
scheduled for a window to come
in -- the window-repair guy.
Had to take it to my mom's
house.
He brought the window,
repaired it.
The following day after that, I
had to go and get the dummy keys
made.
>> Judge Judy: Do you have a