Mrs. Green, this is your
daughter.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And she was hit
while playing on your watch by a
car driven by the defendant.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Your initial
claim was for her medical bills.
Then I see that you revised your
claim because her medical bills
were covered.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And now what
you're suing for is pain and
suffering, and lost wages --
yours, not hers.
She doesn't work.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, tell me
when this accident happened.
>> April 4, 2016.
>> Judge Judy: What time?
>> It was approximately 4:00,
4:00-ish, 5:00-ish in the
afternoon.
>> Judge Judy: What I gather
from reading these papers, there
was some sort of a barbecue or
something going on in the
neighborhood, that there were
lots of people outside.
What was it?
>> Yes, ma'am.
It was spring break.
The children were out of school
for the week, so they were
outside playing and a neighbor
of mine was having, like, a
cookout in their front yard.
>> Judge Judy: Were both you and
your wife at home?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Are there any
other children at home?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: How many?
>> One.
>> Judge Judy: How old?
>> He is 4.
He's her younger brother.
>> Judge Judy: How old are you?
>> 7.
>> Judge Judy: Did you actually
see when your daughter was hit
by the car?
>> No. No, ma'am.
Not the moment she was struck.
>> Judge Judy: So at the time
she was hit, neither of you were
watching her.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: What kind of car
where you driving, sir?
>> 2006 Volvo S60.
>> Judge Judy: And on
April 4th of 2016, was your car
insured?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: So there was
insurance.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: We agree on that?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And I assume that
at some point -- and I'm gonna
get to the accident in a moment.
But I assume at some point, that
the two of you consulted an
attorney.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: On what date did
you consult an attorney?
>> It was the next day, on the
5th.
>> Judge Judy: We're gonna get
back to that in a minute.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: So, since you
didn't see what happened, I'm
going to ask you what happened.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Go ahead.
>> Okay, as I arrived in the
neighborhood, I would say it was
around about 4:00, between 4:00
and 5:00, 5:00.
>> Judge Judy: Is that a
neighborhood that you're
familiar with?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Why?
>> I lived there since high
school.
>> Judge Judy: You live in that
neighborhood.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: 'Cause your house
isn't here.
>> Recently, I've moved outside
of the neighborhood now.
>> Judge Judy: But was your
house depicted in this sign?
>> Mind if I step over to the
drawing?
>> Judge Judy: Yes, please.
>> Thank you, ma'am.
Okay.
So I'd say we were coming from
the end of the street.
>> Judge Judy: No, show me first
where your house was.
>> My house is directly in front
of his house.
So this is his house.
My house would probably be --
probably right here.
It was a couple -- The houses
were a couple more spaced out
between what it -- where his
daughter was.
We was probably about three or
four houses more down the
street.
So I'd probably have to say
probably right here to his
house.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, but you
weren't going to your house.
You were going to your friend's
house.
>> Yes, sir. I mean, yes, ma'am.
He -- she -- he stays inside of
the cul-de-sac.
>> Judge Judy: Because that sign
in blue says "Friend's House."
Is that where you were going?
>> I was heading directly up the
street into the cul-de-sac of
the circle.
>> Judge Judy: You live in the
cul-de-sac?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: So the
"Friend's House" is the friend
that she was going to visit.
I see.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: So you live all
the way in the cul-de-sac.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Straight, okay.
Go ahead.
>> So as I pulled inside the
neighborhood, I noticed Bret
was pulling in.
So we stopped at the end of the
street where we'd be at the
stop sign.
So I stopped.
>> Judge Judy: Now you can go
back.
>> Okay, thank you.
We stopped at the end of the
stop sign, rolled down the
window, probably had about
30 seconds worth of talking back
and forth, and I told him I
would pull down to his house,
which was in the cul-de-sac,
which we had another friend
waiting on us that was in front
of his house already standing
outside.
>> Judge Judy: So you were
following him.
And you didn't see the accident.
>> I didn't see it until...
>> Judge Judy: Okay, go ahead.
>> So as we were pulling up the
street, you can notice that
there was activities going on as
far as outside.
We had on the left side, which
would be the friend's house,
it was probably about -- I want
to say about 15 people outside
at the cookout, usual cookouts
and stuff like that.
So it's not out the normal.
And the kids, it's normal for
the kids to be running in and
out the street.
So as we pulled inside the
neighborhood, we were only
going, like, 4, 5, 10 miles per
hour.
As I met him at the end of the
street, I told him, "Yo, make
sure you drive you slow.
You know these kids running out
in front of this car."
So we pulled down.
We're pulling in.
We know everybody pretty much on
the street.
So we blow the horns, say, "Hey,
there, buddy."
As I'm following behind Bret,
we're probably about five feet
between us, and I'm pulling
farther up the street.
And I look to the right, look to
the left.
But as I looked back to the
right, 'cause one of our friends
was outside, I was like, "What's
up, man?
How you doing?"
I turn back around.
A little girl just pops out of
nowhere.
And I'm only five feet between
Bret, and I'm following behind
him.
So with him going through the
road, it's kind of giving me
confirmation that there's no
little kids gonna run out.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, so she ran
out between two parked cars?
>> No, two driving cars, which
he was pulling -- He was driving
in front of me.