me what this is all about?
'Cause I'm not getting it from
her.
I'm not getting it from her at
all.
>> The only thing that I have
come up with -- I was shocked
that we were even here.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Let's go back.
When were you scheduled to go
back to finish the job?
>> That was what was odd.
I responded to her three times.
We responded through text 'cause
she didn't answer the landline.
Sometimes she'd be outside.
She said, "Texting is the best
way to get in touch with me."
I texted her three times saying,
"I can be there tomorrow between
11:00 and 1:00."
>> Judge Judy: Do you have that
on your texts?
>> I have Boost Mobile.
They would not allow me to print
it out.
I don't save my texts.
I do not have them.
I had basically sent her three
texts.
I said, "I'm getting ready to
walk my dogs.
If I don't answer or respond,
I'll call you when I get back."
I sent another text, "I haven't
heard from you."
Nothing.
>> Judge Judy: She had paid you
the $100?
>> I had been paid.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
You had been paid?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And you don't
have any texts?
>> I have a basic phone.
That's just a list of all the
texts.
>> Judge Judy: This doesn't help
me.
Okay. Fine.
So, you paid him $100, and for
the $100, this is what he did --
he took out the old sink and the
old vanity.
He waited for you because it was
broken, so you went to
Home Depot.
You came back.
He took it out of the car, put
the old vanity outside and
stored it.
He put the new vanity inside,
and you didn't have the correct
plumbing.
You went back to Lowe's, whether
it's that day or the next day.
You may be confused.
I'm not sure.
According to you, you went back
the same day to get the new
plumbing, and he couldn't wait
to work that evening.
And then he never came back to
finish the job.
And since he never came back to
finish the job, you're suing him
for $1,049.
>> He called and said he needed
more money.
>> Judge Judy: Oh, now you
have -- this is a new memory
that you have.now he said, "I we
money to come and finish the
job."
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And you said,
"No."
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: So?
>> I never heard back.
>> Judge Judy: Good!
Then you hired somebody else.
He said, "I want more money.
One thing is to take out a thing
and put it in, and I could do
that one, two, three if all the
plumbing things are right."
But it wasn't one, two, three.
You had a broken unit that he
had to wait for until you went
and got a new one.
I assume they gave you a new
one, correct?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: I assume they
gave you a new one.
You didn't tell them that your
handyman dropped it.
You said it was broken in the
package.
I assume that that's what you
said to Home Depot, because if
you didn't say that to
Home Depot, they would not have
replaced it for free.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Right.
So, when you told me he dropped
it and broke it, you told a
different story to the
Home Depot people.
Right.
With the same big eyes, the
same look, right?
Then he waited for you, you came
back with it, and he put it in.
And then he said, "Where are the
rest of the plumbing pieces?"
All this is for $100 -- taking
it in the car, taking it out of
the car, storing it in the other
garage.
Now he says, "This was supposed
to be a one-day job.
You want me to come back to
finish this, it's gonna cost you
more money."
You say, "No."
Now I'd like to know what you're
suing him for.
So you hired somebody else to
finish it.
>> He didn't do it correctly.
It was damaged.
>> Judge Judy: Well, that's too
bad.
I don't see your expert here
about all the damage.
>> So far, it's --
>> Judge Judy: I want you to
tell me this other nonsense that
I read in your complaint --
that you, "A," thought he was
inappropriate with your daughter
or granddaughter.
Was it your daughter?
>> My daughter.
>> Judge Judy: Your daughter.
Inappropriate.
Tell me when you thought he was
inappropriate, 'cause you
haven't mentioned that so far.
>> Well, he lifted his shirt to
show her his gunshot wounds and
made her feel very
uncomfortable.
>> Judge Judy: Good.
So she's uncomfortable.
And when did she tell about
that?
>> It was later, after he was
gone.
She said, "Mom, he lifted his
shirt and showed me gunshot
wounds."
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
So, "Mom, he lifted his shirt
and showed me gunshot wounds."
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Now, you still wanted him to
come back?
>> No. I went onto Facebook --
>> Judge Judy: Oh, good.
And then you went on Facebook.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And then you went
on Facebook and did what?
>> I sent a notice out and said,
"Has anyone ever done work for
this Mr. Lewis?"
And I immediately got back 20,
30 hits, and they all said
"Buyer beware," "He just got out
of prison."
And then then they showed me
what his charges were and on
and on.
>> Judge Judy: And on and on.
So?
I still don't know why you're
here.
>> Well, because the damage to
repair the whole vanity and
sink -- he ripped out the whole
wall, all my baseboard to fix
it.
>> Judge Judy: Listen, you have
no case.
I don't believe a word you're
saying to me.
>> I have everything here.
>> Judge Judy: No, you don't.
You don't have the person who
fixed it here.
>> I had three people fix it.
>> Judge Judy: I don't care if
you had 12 people fix it.
What you tried to do was to get
something for nothing.
You tried to get a $600 or an
$800 job for 100 bucks.
That's what you did.
My problem is with his
counterclaim.
Which I'm gonna hear, 'cause
your case is dismissed.