>> Judge Judy: Well, this is
actually a pretty confusing
car case, even for me.
So maybe, Mr. Cormier,
you can make it easier for me.
You purchased a car
from Mr. Bolch.
When?
Month, day, and year.
>> It was September 18, 2014.
>> Judge Judy: And you had not
known him before?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Bolch,
what kind of work
do you do, sir?
>> I'm in the oil field,
oil and gas.
>> Judge Judy: And do you have
your own company,
or do you work for somebody?
>> No, ma'am.
It's -- it's my own company.
>> Judge Judy: And how long
have you had that company?
>> Ten years.
>> Judge Judy: Prior to that,
did you work for someone else?
>> No, ma'am.
I had a -- another company.
>> Judge Judy: Same kind
of business?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy:
Different location?
>> Yes, ma'am, Laredo, Texas.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Bolch,
I'm going to ask you
a series of questions.
I just want to figure out
who you are.
Who is this young man?
>> This is my son.
>> Judge Judy: You live
with your son?
Do you have family
with other children?
>> Yes, ma'am.
I have five sons
and three daughters
and, uh, two foster kids,
David and Diana.
>> Judge Judy: Have you
ever been convicted of
a felony, Mr. Bolch?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Have you ever
been convicted
of a misdemeanor, Mr. Bolch?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: I'm asking you
these simple questions
because somehow,
Mr. Cormier seems to think
that you scammed him
out of a car,
a car that you sold to him
on the 18th of September, 2014.
So I'm trying to get an idea
of who you are
and whether this something
that was a typical thing
for you to do.
Now, what kind of a car
did you sell him, Mr. Bolch?
>> It was a Mustang.
>> Judge Judy: Had you had it
for a long time?
>> A couple of years.
>> Judge Judy: How old was it?
>> I guess it was around
10 years old.
>> Judge Judy: And how much
did you sell it
for to Mr. Cormier?
>> $3,500.
>> Judge Judy: So far we
are correct, Mr. Cormier.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: So far correct.
And you didn't know him before.
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: You saw the car
parked in the street?
>> No, I bought
it off of Craigslist.
>> Judge Judy: And you looked
at it?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And when you
went, you gave him cash for it.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: He doesn't deny
that he gave him cash.
And he gave you the car.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Did he also
give you the title to the car?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: So you had
the car and the title.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And it was titled
in his name?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And he signed
the title over to you.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: All right.
Now, you can pick it up
from there.
>> Uh, I probably need
a little bit of help.
I got incarcerated about
four days afterwards.
It was at my mom's house.
And she was trying to sell it.
She knows a little bit more
as far as details.
>> Judge Judy:
Just a second, fine.
So you were incarcerated
for how long?
>> 14 or 15 months.
>> Judge Judy: So you don't know
what happened to the car
after 14 or 15 months yourself?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: But you were
in touch with your mother --
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: For those 14
or 15 months.
Okay. Now, step up.
Your last name is?
>> Cormier.
>> Judge Judy: All right,
Ms. Cormier.
Now, your son is incarcerated
for a year and a half.
He has this Mustang that he has
just purchased for $3,500.
Pick up the story.
Why is Mr. Bolch here today?
>> About a week or so
after my son was incarcerated,
I think it started raining.
The Mustang
had holes in the roof.
And I had no key to it.
The key was with my son down
in Galveston,
about 250 miles away.
He suggested I contact Mr. Bolch
to see did he have
a spare key, which he did.
We met at his office,
got the spare key.
I explained to him I wasn't
really sure about what
I was gonna do with the title.
I needed to know the disposition
of my son's case.
Uh, if I would put it
in my name,
if I was gonna sell it,
you know, there was lots
of different variables going on.
And so we had faxed each other,
had called each other
on the cellphone.
I got the key back.
>> Judge Judy: So the bottom
line is,
your son never registered
the car in his name
before he was incarcerated.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: The title is
in your son's name.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: And you did
not register the car.
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
And he, Mr. Bolch,
gave you the spare key
that you requested.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy: What's next?
>> Probably, uh,
a month or so later,
my son's girlfriend,
a friend of hers
who lived with her dad,
wanted to buy
the vehicle on payments.
And then about a month
or so later, and I --
and I relayed that to Mr. Bolch.
>> Judge Judy: Right, but he has
nothing to do with it.
>> No, he doesn't.
But I just wanted to
let him know what was going on.
>> Judge Judy: Well,
I don't know why.
>> I -- I --
>> Judge Judy: I don't know why.
There would be no reason
to let him know.
>> I -- I --
>> Judge Judy: Somebody else
wanted to buy the car.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: On payments.
And the car is no longer his.
He has turned over the title
to your son.
>> I -- I'm -- I'm assuming I --
I thought maybe
he may want to know
why he hadn't received the,
you know -- They --
they send a copy of the --
the title, I think.
>> Judge Judy: Oh, you mean
because it had not been
taken out of his name yet,
despite the fact that
he had turned it over to you.
If you or this girl
that was wanting to buy it
on payments drove around with it
and didn't register it,
if the car got into an accident,
his business is liable.
He's liable.
His children are liable.
His family is liable. So you --
>> It was a courtesy on my part,
I believe, to --
>> Judge Judy: It wasn't
a courtesy.
The right thing to do would have
been to register the car
so that he who had sold you
the car
no longer has any liability.
Now it's your liability.
Or your son's liability.