matter of Pellegrino vs.
Coonradt, step forward.
>> Announcer: Justin and
Samantha Pellegrino are suing
Samantha's brother,
Mark Coonradt, and his wife,
Nicole, for an unpaid loan and a
false CPS report.
>> Judge Judy: Your complaint
alleges the following -- that
you loaned your brother and his
wife some money and ultimately
made the following agreement
with them, that if they gave you
$300 in cash -- Was that the
amount? -- they could work off
the rest or he could work off
the rest by doing remodeling in
your house.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Did he give you
the $300 in cash?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Did you give them
the $300 in cash?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: So that you owe
them.
>> Yes, I do.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
And then you say that he did not
complete the work in the house,
and therefore he owes you the
entire loan.
They say that he did, in fact,
complete practically all the
work with the exception of one
piece of flooring.
In which room?
>> The dining room.
>> Judge Judy: And he has a
reason that he didn't finish
that, because you were supposed
to supply the materials.
Who was supposed to supply the
materials?
>> I offered to supply the
materials.
I sent Samantha a message
stating that I would either give
her cash or go buy the floor,
and she asked me for cash.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So that was some problem.
So then we have that piece of
it.
So you want some money back from
them.
And then you claim that they
did, in fact, retaliate because
you were bothering them.
They retaliated by calling
Child Protective Services
alleging that you were
mistreating your children.
They deny that they called
Child Protective Services at all
on you.
They have a counterclaim for
harassment and lost wages
because they say that as a
result of calling his boss --
Who called his boss?
>> We threatened to call, but we
never did.
>> Judge Judy: Shh.
Well, he says that he was let go
of his job for a week until it
could all be sorted out.
You don't have your boss here
with you, do you?
>> No, ma'am.
It wasn't a call.
It was a text message.
>> Judge Judy: Do you have the
text message?
>> No, ma'am.
All I have is a text --
>> Judge Judy: Don't have your
boss, and you don't have the
text message to your boss.
>> No, ma'am.
>>
much did you loan to the
defendants?
>> The total was $2,010.
>> Judge Judy: How much?
>> $2,010.
>> Judge Judy: $2,010.
>> Yes.
That was in total for the
apartment.
The apartment for them to move
in, they needed $1,500 for their
first rent and security.
>> Judge Judy: How much in total
did you loan them?
>> That was his money.
He handed them the money.
>> Judge Judy: $1,500 or $2,010?
>> It wasn't all at once.
$1,500 was for the rent and the
security and then a DBA license
for him to start his business
and $180 -- for the DBA.
>> Judge Judy: And then?
>> $180 that was supposed to go
towards cable.
>> Judge Judy: Towards a cable
bill.
Anything else?
>> I asked for money back.
>> No, but that's all we sued
for.
>> Judge Judy: Fine.
And what rooms were they
supposed to remodel?
>> The rooms that were supposed
to be finished, my husband paid
for our bedroom, the materials,
in our living room, and --
>> Judge Judy: I want to know
how many --
Listen.
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I want to know how many rooms he
worked on.
>> He worked on two and a half,
sorry.
>> Judge Judy: Which rooms?
>> Our bedroom, our living room,
and half of the dining room.
>> Judge Judy: And those were
the two and a half rooms he was
supposed to work on?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: What was he
supposed to work on?
>> Our whole house.
>> Judge Judy: The whole house?
>> We paid for our part.
We paid $1,200 for the
materials.
He said he was gonna get the
bathroom.
He knew somebody that he could
get a bathroom sink, a tub, and
get our bathroom remodeled for
us, which never happened.
>> We had --
>> Judge Judy: How many --
>> Sorry.
>> Judge Judy: How many hours
did you work at their house?
>> On estimate, ma'am, at least
60.
That's just a rough estimate.
>> Judge Judy: Over what period
of time?
>> Over the course of my
full-time job, Monday through
Friday, and the weekends in the
month of March and beginning of
April.
>> Judge Judy: So in four weeks?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And how many days
a week did you go there for that
four-week period?
>> At least five out of seven
days.
The only days I took off from
going there were the two days a
week my wife was off.
>> Judge Judy: How many hours a
day did you spend there after
your full-time job?
>> About six during the week.
>> Judge Judy: From what time to
what time?
>> Roughly 3:00 to 9:00.
>> Judge Judy: What kind of work
do you do?
>> Construction worker.
>> Judge Judy: And you finish
your construction job at 3:00?
>> Due to the weather
circumstances, yes.
>> Judge Judy: What weather?
>> Rain. We leave early.
I was there at 3:00.
Most of the time we got out no
matter what 3:30.
I was out of work at 3:00.
7:00 to 3:30 was our eight-hour
day.
>> Judge Judy: You start working
at what time?
>> 7:00 a.m.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
That be accurate that he was
there most days after work?
>> He was there most days, but
not for that many hours.
There was times that he was only
there --
>> Judge Judy: You see, that's
my problem, and that's a problem
that a court's gonna face when a
court has to deal with these
kind of sort of mushy
agreements.
So I'm gonna have to make a
quick judgment since you made a
mushy agreement and you're
coming here for help.
So I'm gonna try to make it as
clean as possible.