is your complaint.
You had purchased a car.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: You were behind
in the payments.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Kimball owns
a tow truck, and it is his job
on behalf of lending
institutions to repossess
property that has not been paid
for.
So your car was parked either on
the street or in your house.
>> Yes, in front of my house.
>> Judge Judy: And this was
September 25 of last year.
Neighbor came to you in your
house and said, "Someone's
taking your car."
You got outside, and you saw
Mr. Kimball in his tow truck
down the street with your car
attached.
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Tell me where you
saw his car.
>> I observed Mr. Kimball at the
end, like a block away, on the
passenger's side of my car,
removing items
at the same time, I was talking
to the police when the neighbor
had came and got me.
I live in a
high-crime neighborhood area,
and first thing she said, "It's
a black tow truck, and they took
your car and went and rode off."
>> Judge Judy: So the car was
attached to the tow truck.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: That's
what I said.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Now, at the time,
you knew that you were behind
in payments on the car.
>> Actually, I had spoken with
the guy who --
>> Judge Judy: At the time, you
were behind in payments
on the car.
You acknowledged it here.
>> Yes, I knew I owed some.
>> Judge Judy: Right.
So an intelligent man would know
that if you were behind in
payments on the car, they may
come and get it.
Not definitely, but they may
come and get it.
That was what he was hired for.
Who hired you to do this job?
>> Northwest Repossession.
>> Judge Judy: Do you know who
hired Northwest Repossession?
>> The company would be
Quality Auto Sales.
>> Judge Judy: Did you buy your
car at Quality Auto Sales?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Well, they're the
people that hired his company to
get their property back.
So tell me what you did.
>> Okay. When I observed
Mr. Kimball at the end
of the block removing items, I
caught him on the passenger's
side of my car.
At the same time, I was talking
to 911 because I figured my car
was being stolen.
I had spoke to the person who I
previously bought the car from,
and everything was fine.
>> Judge Judy: I don't believe
that, and you
don't have that person here.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, because the
person that you bought the car
from hired his company
to repossess your car.
>> Okay. At the same time --
>> Judge Judy: Okay. So now just
tell me what you did.
>> Okay. I talked to the police.
I asked him who was he.
He never identified who he was.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
I want to know what you did.
You ran to the end of the block,
where he was.
>> No, we drove to the end of
the block, and I observed him.
>> Judge Judy: Who drove?
>> My wife did.
>> Judge Judy: So your wife
drove in her car.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: To the end of the
block, and then what did you do?
>> I was on the phone with 911,
and I told them that I see the
guy right there.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
I didn't ask you what you told
anybody.
I said what did --
>> I didn't do anything.
I approached him and asked him
who was he.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
So you approached him.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Where was he when
you approached him?
>> The passenger's side
of the car.
>> Judge Judy: And what did
he say to you?
>> He didn't say anything.
He just got up and ran around
to the driver's side
of the tow truck.
And by me living in a high-crime
neighborhood area, if he would
have told me who he was, the
situation would've been ended.
He did not identify himself or
who he was or who had sent him.
It's normally known in my
neighborhood -- I live in
Chicago, high-crime area, and
they're known for taking cars on
tow trucks and driving off.
And you never find your car
again.
I asked him who was he.
He never identified himself in a
professional manner, so I
proceeded to talk to the police.
I'm like, "He's right here."
He tried to run around and jump
in the car.
When he jumped in the tow truck,
he tried to close the door, and
I'm like -- he never
identified -- I'm like,
"Who are you?"
I'm steady, asking him who is
he.
He never said anything.
So I'm telling the police.
Next thing I know, he put the
truck in drive and almost hit me
with the tow truck, so I had to
grab on to the handle.
It's a safety bar
on the side of the tow truck.
When he drove off, like, in a
high rate of speed.
So I wasn't fittin' to let him
get out of my sight because he
never identified himself.
I feel if he would've identified
himself --
>> Judge Judy: I know that.
You said that already.
What I'm hearing is --
and reading --
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: That you wrote.
You jumped on the sideboard.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
You jumped on the sideboard and
held on to the sideboard.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And he was
driving off.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: At a high rate
of speed.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And then what
happened?
>> He veered on the south side
of the street, crashing into
some parked cars with me stuck
in between the doors.