just an auto accident with a
twist.
Let's see if I can decipher it.
Mr. Henriquez, this accident
happened in December of last
year on the 3rd.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Boykins
rear-ended you.
Mr. Boykins doesn't deny that he
hit you in the rear.
He hit you in the rear.
Everybody's stopped at a light.
Car in front of you went.
You went.
Mr. Boykins went a little too
fast...
and hit you in the rear end.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: So you both pull
over to the side of road.
And Mr. Boykins, according to
you, said, "Let's settle this
without calling the police or
anything else.
I will fix your car."
That's what you said to him.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And you made an
agreement with him to fix his
car.
You would pay for it.
And to show your good faith so
that he didn't call the police,
you gave him, according to
you -- according to him -- the
title to your car...
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: ...which you kept
in the glove compartment.
Now, Mr. Boykins, the only
possible reason that you did
that is because, on December 3,
you did not have insurance.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Sort of makes
your counterclaim easy for me.
So, you had no insurance.
You said, "Don't call the
police.
I don't want to get into
trouble.
I'll pay for the damage."
But then you didn't pay for the
damage.
And on December 31, which was
almost a month later,
Mr. Henriquez came to take your
car.
Because he has the title.
And police are called.
Policemen come.
Mr. Henriquez, you show him this
agreement, which I'm gonna look
for in a minute, and the title
to the car.
"Sir, the car belongs to me.
It's my car.
He defaulted. He didn't pay.
He was supposed to pay.
This was our agreement."
You said, "It's not his car.
I got it from my sister's
estate," or from somebody's
estate.
"It's not my car."
And the policeman said, "A pox
on both your houses.
I'm taking your car to impound.
Let the courts decide whose car
it is."
So that's your counterclaim.
You say because he broke the
agreement and didn't give you
enough time to pay for the car,
your car was impounded.
You don't have any money to get
the car out of impound, so you
have a counterclaim for all the
fees for the car.
That's your counterclaim.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Well, that's
dismissed.
And that's dismissed,
Mr. Boykins, because we don't
help people who drive around
without insurance.
I don't.
And if you had had insurance,
liability insurance, and you hit
the plaintiff's car in the rear,
your insurance company would've
paid for the damage to his car.
Simple as that.
Then we wouldn't be here.
You don't have to agree with me.
I-I know...
I mean, I'm happy that you agree
with me.
Better than you not agree with
me.
So, I want you to understand --
we don't allow people who come
to courts with unclean hands,
who drive around without
insurance, to benefit from
driving around without
insurance.
So your counterclaim is
dismissed.
So therefore, the only question
that remains is -- I'd like to
see photographs of the car and
the damage and an estimate for
repairs.
This is almost like a monologue.
Perfect. I love it.
Could I see photographs of the
car?
>> Uh, there you have before
and after --
>> Judge Judy: Shhh.
Of your car.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Whose car is
this?
>> His.
>> Judge Judy: I don't want to
see -- I want to see the damage
to your car.
>> No, they're there.
>> Judge Judy: No, I want to see
the damage to your car.
Would you please look up,
Officer Byrd, the value of
a 1990 Honda Civic?
Why are you showing me a picture
of the inside of your car, sir,
when he hit your bumper?
>> Oh, well, those are just, um,
pictures on how I had the car
in general, before and after,
from the inside and out.
>> Judge Judy: I'm just asking
you -- why are you showing me
a picture of the interior of the
car -- or this -- when all I'm
interested in seeing is one
picture?