>> Judge Judy: Ms. Tyson, this
is your daughter.
Let me understand what your
lawsuit is about.
According to you, about a year
ago, you purchased a new car.
>> I did.
>> Judge Judy: And you sold your
old car for $2,700 to your
daughter.
The arrangement that you made
with her was that she would make
payments on the car.
You would keep the car insured.
You would not let her register
it in her name until after all
the payments were made.
Couple of months later,
according to what I've read
here, she let her boyfriend
drive the car, and he totaled
the car.
The car wasn't covered under
insurance because he didn't have
a license.
>> The car was covered, but it
didn't cover him because he was
an unlicensed driver.
>> Judge Judy: So, the insurance
didn't pay for the car because
an unlicensed driver was driving
it.
>> Correct. Judy: Okay.
The insurance didn't pay for the
car because an unlicensed driver
was driving it.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: And the car was
towed to a tow company because
it was not drivable.
This is according to what I'm
reading in your complaint.
Well, you told your daughter,
"Well, that's too bad.
You let him drive the car."
Is this the same boyfriend?
"You let him drive the car, so
you have to keep paying for the
car until you pay it off."
Which, according to you, she
did, and I assume you have proof
of all of her payments.
>> I don't.
>> Judge Judy: Well, I figured
you didn't.
>> I don't, but she did.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
I figured you didn't have proof
of the payments, but according
to you, she paid off the car.
But then, a year later, after
she finished paying off the
car --
So she paid you for the car.
You asked your daughter to pay
you for a car that now she
didn't have.
And she paid you, despite the
fact you have no proof of those
payments.
You got a bill from the tow yard
for storing your car, and you
want her to pay that bill, too.
So you want her to -- she paid
the $2,700 for the car, and then
you got a bill from the tow
company for over $3,000 for
storing the car, and that's what
we're here for.
>> Well, we're here because, in
the agreement that we made, I
made an agreement with my
daughter that she could purchase
the car as long as she didn't
let anyone else drive the car
because she wasn't able to pay
for the insurance on the car.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
According to you, that's not an
issue.
She paid for the car.
According to you, what you're
suing her for are the storage
fees that they're coming after
you for as the owner of the car.
Right?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Is that what
you're telling me?
Well, you should have taken the
car out of the tow company.
You knew where it was.
You knew where it was because
you went there to get out some
of her personal property because
the car wasn't in her name.
She couldn't take the property
out of the car.
The only one who could remove
the car from the storage
facility was you, as the owner.
Why do you think your daughter
is responsible for that?
She had no power to get it out.
>> Because she agreed that she
would pay for the sale of the
car once the storage people had
sold the car.
She said that she wanted it to
stay there and that --
>> Judge Judy: Listen.
Then, that's your problem.
If your daughter let an
unlicensed driver drive the car,
if all of this is accurate, and
then she said to you, "You know,
I'll take over the rest."
So, she's irresponsible, right?
And then, she's going to take
over the rest.
I wouldn't let my daughter take
over the rest of the
responsibility of getting the
car out of storage, and she's
certainly not responsible to pay
you any money for anything.
It's your responsibility to get
the car out of the storage
because you're the only one who
can do it.
She can't. Wasn't in her name.
>> She went down with me each
time I went.
>> Judge Judy: I don't care.
She had no right to take the car
out of storage, because you're
the owner.
Only you have to do that.
You're much older and much
wiser, and you should have known
or asked, "What am I going to
do?
Are there going to be charges
for keeping it here?"
>> I knew that there were going
to be charges, and I told her
about it, and she said that she
would pay them.
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
You're not getting any more
money from her.
Period.
'Cause it's ridiculous.
Even if I believe all this
nonsense.
Stop shaking your foot.
It's making me seasick.
>> Habit.
>> Judge Judy: If you can stop
it, fine.
If not, you can go outside.
Do you understand?
>> No problem.
>> Judge Judy: Great.
Now, let's get to your
ridiculous counterclaim.
Money owed for moving expenses
and furniture.
When was the accident?
>> July 28th.
>> Judge Judy: When did you move
with your mother?
>> In February 2017.
>> Judge Judy: So after the
accident.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: After this whole
thing.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: You were living
with your mother.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: [ Scoffs ]
Goodbye, kids. Go home.
>> I couldn't drive because I
had a C-section.
>> Judge Judy: Goodbye, kids.
Go home.