followed the directions and
sprayed aphids on his tree --
>> That's my point.
He didn't follow the directions.
>> Judge Judy: Show me.
All I'm asking you to do is
show me.
Just 'cause you say it, sir,
doesn't mean that it's true.
>> They don't have a picture of
the directions.
They only have a picture of the
warning.
>> Judge Judy: That's not their
burden.
>> I understand.
>> Judge Judy: It's your burden
to have a picture of the
directions on both bottles, to
demonstrate that either bottle
says, "Do not combine together.
Must be diluted with so much
water."
Then a report that says to me,
which this doesn't say, that it
wasn't diluted would show
negligence on their part.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: So it's your
burden.
It's not his burden.
It's your burden.
>> They were not in our
possession, so we could not get
a picture.
>> Judge Judy: Go to Home Depot!
>> I looked at Home Depot,
Your Honor.
This malathion was not sold
at Home Depot.
I even asked them at our store.
>> Judge Judy: [ Chuckles ]
Then get it from another store.
Get it from Amazon.
>> I thought, by having our
hazmat and the people that were
there --
>> Judge Judy: We're done.
>> Seriously?
>> Judge Judy: Oh, very
seriously.
>> I'm sorry.
>> Judge Judy: Very seriously.
>> Wow.
>> Judge Judy: Very seriously.
And we're done because sometimes
neighbors do things that are
totally unintentional, and it
causes damage.
There's no indication here that
an incident that occurred in
2016 caused them to spray a tree
a year and a half later, with
the intention -- put your
hand down -- with the intention
of causing injury to you.
So that your burden is to show
negligence.
In order to show --
>> Ma'am, I have an example of
negligence.
Five to six weeks later, they
had a construction crew in their
driveway, cutting dangerous
resin countertops, blowing onto
all of our vehicles and into us
working in the garage.
And they didn't come warn us
then, either, and that's
poisonous.
The gentlemen that worked were
wearing respirators to protect
themselves, and they didn't
warn us.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
You've been living next to both
of them for 20 years.
>> Correct.
>> Not both of them.
>> Judge Judy: I'm not gonna
hear both of you!
So make up your mind!
You sit down.
>> When we first moved --
>> Judge Judy: I'm not
interested in first moving in.
Right now --
>> We have keys to their home.
I helped take care of his mother
when they would go on weekend
trips.
Bob has been to -- It is Janet,
Bob.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
I'm gonna leave you in a second.
I want to know, you've been
living next door to each other
for 20 years.
>> Correct.
>> Step back up.
>> Judge Judy: 20 years?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: What I'd like to
know is, the first incident that
I heard where there was
difficulty was 2016, which was
20 years -- almost 20 years --
sit down.
>> This is very important.
>> Judge Judy: Sit!
I'm not -- Sit! I'm very --
>> I found your information.
>> Judge Judy: Sit! Good.
I'm gonna let you come back
in a second.
>> All right.
>> Judge Judy: You've lived next
door to each other for 20 years.
Until 2016, as far as I can
hear, from the complaint and the
answer, from what you told me,
there had not been difficulty
between the two of you until
those spikes went up in the
backyard.
That's what I asked.
I said, "When was there first
difficulty."
You told me, "June 3, 2016."
That's what you told me, sir.
>> Regarding the case --
>> Judge Judy: Regarding what
case?y, you found
what I needed?
>> Yes, ma'am.
It says, "If inhaled, remove
person from exposure area."
>> Judge Judy: Well, that's what
you did.
>> We were never told that it,
first, was sprayed.
We called the gas company 'cause
we thought it was a gas leak
and panicked and ran around the
house, smelling, unplugging
things, turning off gas
things -- what the gas company
told us to do.
While inhaling this, we stayed
in the home until we realized,
when the gas company came, that
it was not a gas leak and it was
a spray.
And they never did come and tell
us, "You need to get out of
the area.
We sprayed this spray."
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Can I have -- Can I have the
evidence back, please?
Next time, I would get some
expert advice while you spray
your trees.
Do you understand?
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: We're done.
And I'd keep my cats inside.
We're done. Thank you.
>> Wait, Your Honor.
I have a countersuit.
>> Judge Judy: We are done!
>> I have a countersuit.
>> Judge Judy: I know you do,
and I just said to you, "We are
done."
>> But I have a police report
here.
>> Judge Judy: We are -- We
are -- I read your counterclaim.
We are done.
>> What about my police report?
>> Judge Judy: We are done.
>> But this --
>> Judge Judy: Did you hear what
I said?
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: Take your wife.
We're done.