that his daughter
took a rental car of yours,
and either his daughter
or her boyfriend crashed it.
>> No. From what I heard,
they were involved in a pursuit,
and it got impounded.
It wasn't crashed.
>> Judge Judy: First of all,
when was it that you got a
rental car?
>> The day that I picked up
my Mercedes that he crashed,
I went up to the tow yard
in Victorville,
picked it up, had it towed
to the shop for my insurance.
They gave me a rental car
through Hertz.
I allowed her to use it
and then gave --
>> Judge Judy: Why?
>> Because they were going back
and forth up the hill
trying to help me.
And then he used the Jeep,
and said
he wanted to make out a deal,
work off the down payment
and pay me $200 a month
for 10 months,
which I never got
a dime of anything,
and I paid out of my pocket
$1,000-plus.
And the day
that she left in the Hertz,
they took $100 and never brought
it back.
>> Judge Judy: Why did you let
somebody else drive a
rental car?
>> Because they needed to get
to and from.
>> Judge Judy: You knew that
nobody else is allowed to drive
that rental car.
>> Yeah, I have permissive
driving on my insurance.
>> Judge Judy: You did?
>> Yes.
I have State Farm full coverage,
and anybody's permissive.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Great.
So then what are you suing them
for, about the rental car?
>> Well, because,
when she got picked up,
the car got impounded,
and I wasn't aware
of the impound from her
getting arrested at all.
And by the time I was trying to
go get it -- which I wasn't
allowed to, because
Hertz has to.
It wasn't mine.
The tow bill, Hertz charged me
the $2,399.
>> Judge Judy: I thought
you said you had full insurance?
>> Yeah.
But this is a Hertz rental car
that was just impounded.
That's not my insurance's
problem.
She took the car and didn't
bring it back when
I asked her to.
>> Judge Judy: No, no, no, no,
no, no.
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: You're not
following what I'm saying.
I'm saying you knew.
You started out -- Ms. Watson,
I'm not saying
that they did anything right.
You did a whole lot wrong.
If you had a Hertz rental car,
I said to you,
"Nobody else is allowed to drive
that car but you."
You said, "Yes.
I have complete insurance.
Anybody could drive my car."
I said, "Then what are you suing
her for?"
The car got impounded.
If you have full insurance,
then your insurance
should take care of it.
Your insurance didn't take care
of it because they weren't
allowed to drive it.
>> No, that's not what it is.
If she would have crashed
the car, the insurance
would have taken care of it.
I have papers here
where James crashed the CLK,
and it's fully covered.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
>> He's permissive.
>> Judge Judy: I'm talking
about the rental car.
>> If it was crashed,
they would have paid it,
but she stole it
because I asked her
to bring it back,
and she never did.
I found out it was in impound.
By the time I was trying
to get it, it was up to $2,300.
>> Judge Judy: I want to see the
contract you signed
with Hertz for the rental car.
I want to see if you included
anybody else as a driver.
>> No, I don't need to.
It's not necessary
with my permissive driving.
I have the paperwork.
>> Judge Judy: [ Laughs ]
[ Stops laughing ]
>> Yeah.
[ Laughter ]t to see the
paperwork.
>> Would you like me
to take these apart
or just give you whole thing?
>> Judge Judy: I just want to
see the contract, your contract.
I've rented a car probably
a thousand times in my life.
And I rent the car,
and then my husband
comes up later with the luggage.
And I say, "By the way,
he wants to drive too."
Well, I need
his driver's license.
We have to put him
on as a driver, and they put him
on as a driver of the car.
So I want to see if your Hertz
contract is different from
everybody else's
Hertz contract.
>> This is what I have
from Hertz.
And it wasn't for any damages
or anything,
so that's why it was not here.
>> Judge Judy: May I please see
the Hertz contract?
>> Just the contract.
>> Judge Judy: Just the
contract.
>> Byrd: Okay.
>> Victor Valley Tow.
>> Judge Judy: This is not a
Hertz contract.
This is an invoice.
>> We're trying to move out
of my mom and dad's.
And since my mom died
and then my dad died,
and we have a lot of stuff,
I tried to get as much paperwork
as I could together,
but some of it's
in storage still.
And I called and got copies.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Then you should have waited.
>> Well, I got called
and got copies on it,
and that's what I thought
they gave me, and I apologize.
But I honestly thought
that him stating,
"I know I owe you the money,
and I'm so sorry.
I'm going to make this
$200 a month.
Pay it off early."
I thought his admission
of owing me the money
for the Jeep, I thought that's
the evidence that I needed.