to look at his house for rental
purposes for your mother.
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: All right.
How many rental houses do you
have?
>> 156.
>> Judge Judy: And where are
they located?
In what city?
>> In Little Rock, Arkansas.
>> Judge Judy: On what date did
you fall through the porch?
>> August 15, 2017.
>> Judge Judy: Do you have a
photograph of the porch?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: I'd like to take
a look at it.
Do you have a photograph of it?
>> Yes, ma'am. Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Did you fix the
hole in the porch?
>> Yes, ma'am, I did.
>> Judge Judy: I want to see it
before you fixed it.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Good. Perfect.
>> You want all the pictures or
just the hole?
>> Byrd: His. Hers.
>> Judge Judy: Is this the hole
that you have reference to?
>> Yes, that's the hole.
I blew it up.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Mr. Bohra.
>> Yes, Your Honor?
>> Judge Judy: The hole that
existed on the porch...
>> Yes, Your Honor?
>> Judge Judy: ...is on a wooden
plank.
>> It is.
>> Judge Judy: And that wooden
plank looks very old.
>> It is.
>> Judge Judy: And there's no
question she fell through this
hole.
And ambulance were called.
The fire department was called
to help get her out.
Her foot went through.
We agree with that.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Your defense is
that she should have seen the
hole, 'cause the hole was there
before.
She didn't make the hole.
You knew the hole was there
before.
>> No, I didn't know that,
ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: But you know now
that the hole was there before.
>> It was there.
>> Judge Judy: The hole was
there before.
She didn't create the hole.
>> No, she did not.
>> Judge Judy: And your answer
says she should have walked up
the other side, where there was
a railing.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Bohra, do you
have insurance?
>> No, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Well, that's a
big problem.
>> [ Laughs ]
>> Judge Judy:
[ Laughs mockingly ]
Because if you have 156 houses
and if you keep them in this
kind of condition, but for court
program, you would soon have
zero houses, because they would
take them all away from you.
Are you not required to have
insurance in case something
happens in one of these houses?
>> No, Your Honor.
You know, insurance is optional.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Bohra,
Mr. Bohra, there is total
liability on your part as the
owner of this property -- I'm
telling you there is total
liability as the owner of this
property when you invited people
to come on the property to look
at the property for the purpose
of renting it.
So they weren't trespassing.
They were there on a legal,
legitimate purpose.
You are the owner of the
property.
The law presumes that you either
know or should know the
condition of your property.
And you are responsible when
your property, because of
deteriorating condition, causes
injury to somebody else.
You're responsible.
And for that, smart people
usually have insurance.
Dumb people don't have
insurance.
That's it.
All she has to show me is that
her leg was injured.
You're totally responsible.
[ Laughter ]
This happened on the 15th of
August.
Can I see the medical report
from the 15th?
>> Yes, ma'am.
Here are the medical bills, my
records.
>> Judge Judy: Shh.
I just...
[ Sighs ]
Medicaid paid for your medical
bills.
That's either a "yes" or a "no."
>> Yes, they did.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Do you work, Ms. Christopher?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: So you had no
lost earnings.
No lost earnings.
You don't work, so you had no
lost earnings.
>> No, but it was close to my
birthday, and I missed out on
family trips and all that.
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
All I asked you was, "Did you
work?"
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Because loss of
earnings form part of your
damages.
You don't work.
I don't care if you missed your
birthday parties, as sad as that
was.
Now, Mr. Bohra, if you want to
be a slumlord, that's your
prerogative, but I'm gonna tell
you, you are responsible for the
condition of the home.
You are.
And the way you left the porch
on this home is outrageous.
You finally fixed it, but it was
there for a long time.
I'm gonna tell you how I know it
was there for a long time --
because the boards that were
covering it looked like they had
been put there 100 years go.
>> [ Laughing ] Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: And I don't know
what the condition of your other
residences are, but this one
looks like a disaster.
Are you still under medical
treatment for your leg?
>> I still have problems with
it, but --
>> Judge Judy: The answer is
either "yes" or "no."
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And for how
long -- Ms. Christopher, after
you saw the doctor, how long did
you remain in a situation where
you couldn't get around?
>> I had the cast on my leg for
like three weeks.
>> Judge Judy: Was it a soft
cast?
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: So, Mr. Bohra,
your negligence is responsible
for that.
Judgment for the plaintiff in
the amount of $5,000.
We're finished. Thank you.
>> Byrd: Parties are exc