both the complaint
and the answer in this case were
so thoroughly confusing to me,
I don't know what either
of you wants.
The only thing that I was able
to decipher from your complaint
and answer is that you went into
a business together,
and that business
was a salon business.
I gather, Ms. Fails,
that the two defendants,
at some point, worked for you.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: And then you
all decided at some point
that it would be a good idea
to move the location of the shop
and go into partnership.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy:
And when was that?
>> That was July 2015.
>> Judge Judy: And you found
a location
for this expanded salon.
Who signed the lease?
Raise your hand.
Only you?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy:
Why didn't you sign the lease?
>> Well, she had already
signed the lease.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So she signed the lease.
You're the only one
on the lease.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy:
But you went to work there.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy:
And according to you,
you and your husband
made some renovations
in the place.
At the time, you...
Your last name is...?
>> Taniehill.
>> Judge Judy:
...and Ms. Lampkin were working
full-time someplace else.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: So only Ms. Fails
was there.
>> Not correct.
>> Judge Judy: You were there
Friday and Saturday,
or when you weren't working
at your full-time job.
>> That is incorrect as well.
>> Judge Judy:
When were you there?
>> I was there Tuesday
through Saturday.
I came in between the hours
of 3:15 and 3:30,
and I would stay there
until about 9:00 or 10:00
each day on those days.
>> Judge Judy:
And what about you?
>> I was there scattered days
throughout the week
after 7:00 p.m.
...
>> Judge Judy: Scattered days.
>> ...and on the weekends.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
But Ms. Fails
had the shop open all the time.
>> That's incorrect as well.
>> That is correct.
>> Judge Judy: She had the shop
open all the time.
I just wanted to get the lay of
the land, okay?
And things, at some point,
didn't work out.
Give me the month and year
that the partnership broke down.
>> Well, I'm going to say it
probably started in October.
>> Judge Judy: At some point,
you were no longer there.
>> Yes, I was there.
I was --
>> Judge Judy: No.
At some point, you left.
>> You're correct.
>> Judge Judy: In what month?
>> December 29 was my last day.
>> Judge Judy:
And it's your lease.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy:
Are you still there?
>> Yes, I am.
>> Judge Judy:
Are you still there?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: So you're still
working the shop?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy:
And you're gone as of December?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: I want you
to tell me
what out-of-pocket expenses...
You don't have
a partnership agreement, do you?
>> Well, I do,
but it's not the original.
It's just a sample copy
because I never received
the original
partnership agreement...
>> Judge Judy: Do you have
the partnership agreement?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
I'd like to look at it.
>> ...that I ask
for all the time.
>> That is incorrect,
Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Shh.
Okay.
So the partnership's term may be
dissolved at the end
of three years.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy:
And that would be 2018.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
But it was dissolved before.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
So each of you were alleging
a breach of the contract.
Do you want to tell me
what breach of contract
you are alleging?
>> Well, for myself,
and they wrote out
the partnership agreement,
but --
>> Judge Judy: Whatever.
You signed it.
I have it.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
I want to know what breach --
>> And 90 percent of the time,
it says as business partners,
we're supposed to put 90 percent
to 100 percent
into the salon...
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
I'm not getting
involved in that.
What's next?
>> ...meaning to be there
and --
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
I'm not getting involved
in hours
and when they were there
and when they weren't.
Do you understand?
I want to know what happened
in December
and why you are no longer
working
in the salon as a partner
because it terminates
at the end of the lease, which
has another two years to go.
So either they put you out,
or you left.
>> Well, I didn't leave.
They put me out.
>> Judge Judy: When did they...
Put your hand down.
When did they put you out?
>> In December.
>> Judge Judy:
Well, tell me what happened.
>> Well, everything, you know,
they was never there.
But I come in one day, and I had
a full plate of clients,
and I pay on time.
No matter what, you know,
whenever the rent
and everything is due, I paid,
and I put it in the account.
Well, and the same thing
goes for the lights.
I would always put it in, so --
>> Judge Judy: Just tell me
what happened in December.
You came in at December,
and you had...
>> And the lights was cut off,
the 1st of December.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So the lights were cut off.
>> I'm there, had just picked up
three new clients.
One was a doctor.
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
>> And --
>> Judge Judy:
Don't give me a long story.
>> I'm not.
>> Judge Judy: So you came in,
and the lights were off.
What did you do?
>> I immediately
called Erica...
>> Judge Judy: And?
>> ...on the phone.
She didn't answer.
I hung up.
I waited 20 more minutes.
I called Erica again.
After that, I texted her.
>> Judge Judy: I want to know
what happened on December 29.
>> What happened on the 29th?
>> Judge Judy: Yeah.
You told me it ended.
Your last day
there was December 29.
>> Correct.
But this right here was the 1st
of December with the lights.
>> Judge Judy: I understand
there were no lights,
but evidently the lights
went back on at some point
because you were still
there December 29.
What happened on December 29?
>> Well, with all the issues,
two weeks after that,
the plumbing messed up.
I wasn't there on a Saturday.
They was there on a Saturday.
When I got there again
with my clients again
on a Thursday,
the plumbing was messed up.
They knew about it
from that Saturday.
>> Judge Judy: Mm-hmm.
>> Didn't call me.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
I see where...That's why
I couldn't understand this case.