>> Judge Judy: Well, what about
the three overnight lodging?
Where
were they supposed to sleep?
>> Well, my --
my son has friends
that live 140 miles north.
We thought -- we thought
maybe they would need lodging.
So what we did was I --
I paid him an advance for
lodging with the understanding
that if we didn't need it,
we would tell him in advance.
We rented it out on a --
on a Wednesday.
The next Monday, I called him,
said, "We will not need the
lodging."
The day before the party, we
arrived.
My wife, son, and I did our
pre-inspection.
He returned $100 of the $150
for the lodging at that time,
saying that's
all the money he had.
The next day, we showed up.
There's all of a sudden
just one bathroom
and, uh, no refrigerator.
We weren't gonna confront it.
We just wanted to do...
>> Judge Judy: There was
no refrigerator,
but you have a refrigerator?
>> The refrigerator is not in --
relevant to the case. I...
>> Judge Judy: I'm asking you
a question.
It's relevant
if I ask the question.
Anything I ask is relevant.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Are their two
refrigerators
in that premises?
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: One belongs
to you...
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: That you use
for your family.
>> Yes. A big one.
>> Judge Judy: Where is
the second one?
>> Uh, right outside.
>> Judge Judy: Outside where?
>> In the backyard.
>> Judge Judy: In the backyard,
which is what they were renting.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy: And that was
not working?
>> Well, it was working.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Either it's working
or it's not working.
There's nothing, "Uh, well..."
>> It is working.
But he, uh, perhaps did not
find it clean enough
for his satisfaction.
So I offered him my, uh,
personal, house refrigerator.
>> Judge Judy: Clean enough
to his satisfaction means what?
>> To put his cake.
>> Judge Judy: "Clean enough,"
what does that mean?
Was it filthy?
>> No, it was not.
We cleaned it with bleach
and all.
It was maybe, uh, not as good
as my house refrigerator.
>> Judge Judy: Let me tell you
something else.
>> Perhaps that.
>> Judge Judy: Let's me tell you
something else.
Mr. Giang, let me explain
something to you, sir.
If that refrigerator was bleachy
clean and cold like a
refrigerator is supposed to be
cold, these two men,
this 21-year-old,
would not have asked
to put the cake someplace else.
I don't even care about
the refrigerator
as much as I care
about the non-working toilets.
Outrageous.
Now, stand up
next to your father.
Did you go through
the whole house when
you went there to look at it?
>> Um, we -- we --
we walked through the house.
But, you know, we weren't using
that part of the house.
But we, you know, he did have
a exit towards the backyard,
uh, kind of like, uh,
I don't know, like a...
What would it be called?
>> We walked through the parts
of the house that, um,
he showed us, actually.
>> Judge Judy: Did you see
the bathrooms?
>> Yes, we saw...
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: You saw
the bathrooms?
How many bathrooms
did he show you?
>> Uh, the two inside the house
and the one,
the pit outside, I suppose.
>> Judge Judy: The pit outside?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Did you tell him
you would be using the pit?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Now, the two
bathrooms
that you saw inside,
did any of them
have signs in them?
>> Not that I recall.
>> Judge Judy: When he showed
you the house?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: You didn't see
a sign that said,
"Do not throw any toilet paper
down here"?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: No.
Sounds like a pretty
disgusting party to me.
Did your friends stay?
>> They did.
We... I'm not gonna lie.
We had a good time for a while.
>> Judge Judy: Fine.
>> But then, uh...
>> Judge Judy: Well, there's no
question
in my mind, Mr. Giang,
that you have to be penalized
for not providing what you were
supposed to provide,
which were two working,
functioning bathrooms.
You actually provided
not even one for 25 guests.
So you have to refund
some of their money.
I just have to figure out
did they give you in total?
>> He gave me, uh, $750.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So I'm gonna return to him
$350 of his $750.
And you have a counterclaim.
Your counterclaim is that,
despite the fact
that you had signs
all over the place,
the young women
who went to use the bathroom,
the one functioning bathroom,
did, in fact, throw paper
down the toilet.
And, as a result of that,
you had substantial damage
to your pipes.
That's too bad.
Don't rent your backyard
out anymore.
Fix your pipes.
That's what a toilet
is supposed to do:
accept toilet paper.
Do you have other bathrooms
in your house?
How many bathrooms
does your house have?
Two only.
Well, I would save
some of this money from the...
How many other parties have you
said you had in your house?
>> Right here.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Just tell me.
How many other parties?
>> Well, 12.
>> Judge Judy: 12 other parties.
>> It's right here documented.
>> Judge Judy: What I would do,
sir, is save some of that money
and improve the plumbing in my
house.
That's what I would do,
save some of the...
Who is this?
>> This is my property manager
who managed all the clean-up
and with the plumbing clean-up.
>> Judge Judy: How many
properties do you have?
>> One.
>> Judge Judy: So she's your
property manager.
And she manages
just your one property
that you live in?
>> Yes.
>> He's a busy man, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Good-bye.
Judgement for the plaintiff
in the amount of $350.
We're done.