>> Judge Judy: Mr. Moon,
you're a general contractor.
You were hired by the defendant
to do a project in her home.
According to what I've read,
you set a price with her,
and the price was $6,800.
She paid you, according to you,
a total of $5,800 because
there was $1,000 yet outstanding
when, according to you,
the job was almost completed,
and that's what you're suing
for -- $1,000.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Miss Rice is counterclaiming
for $5,000.
She says that your work was
shoddy, that because of your
work, she was injured when steps
that you created gave way,
that she had to hire someone
else because when she fired you,
you vandalized the work that you
had done on the property.
So she's got all kinds
of complaints.
So I'm gonna start with you,
Miss Rice.
You paid the defendant the vast
majority of his bill.
Do you have a photograph
of the project that he was doing
for you?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Do you have a photograph
of the project the day you fired
him?
>> Oh, yeah.
>> Judge Judy: Give me
a photograph of the project
the day you fired him.
>> There's one.
There's two of the wrong-color
paint.
There's three with a --
This is actually holes
in the sockets on both sides...
paint that wasn't completed,
and there's part of it,
and there's more, but I don't
know if you need more.
Here's where the floor is
3 inches off.
I got the ruler.
And --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
>> All right.
>> Judge Judy: So this was
photographed the day he was
fired.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So he actually had to take down
a wall and then build out
three walls.
Correct?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Did any of those
walls have windows?
It looks as if there's
a window.
>> They had one window before
he started.
>> Judge Judy: Was there another
window that he put in?
>> There was one more I had
added in later on.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
One more you added on
when he was doing the work?
Pay careful attention.
When he was doing the work,
you said, "I want to put in
another window," and did you pay
for that window?
>> Yes, I did.
>> Judge Judy: You paid the base
price of that window.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Did he increase
his price?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: No. Okay.
It looks like he's got some
paint work to do.
Okay.
And you fired him because?
>> Because it was supposed
to take two weeks, and I do
foreclosures for a living.
I was trying to up my loan,
and when my house is under
construction, I'm unable to get
a loan.
I have the note from the bank
right here.
>> Judge Judy: I don't care
about your loan from the bank.
I want to know why you fired
him.
>> I fired him because the job,
it was taking almost five months
to do.
It was supposed to be taking
two weeks.
>> Judge Judy: But it's almost
done.
>> No, it was not.
>> Judge Judy: Well, I'm looking
at it, and I'm telling you
it's almost done.
The walls are completed.
The windows are in.
There's some painting that it
needs another coat of paint.
I mean, I've done construction.
So I want to know if it was
supposed to take two weeks,
according to you, and it had
taken four months, and most
of the work was done, I'm trying
to figure out why you fired him.
>> Well, the floor was
3 1/2 inches off because it was
supposed to be one level floor.
The door was 3 1/2 inches off.
The drywall was bent in.
I have more pictures.
The drywall's completely
bent in.
>> Judge Judy: Well, that I'd
like to see.
>> And the paint was the wrong
color -- completely the wrong
color.
>> May I help her with
the photos?
>> Judge Judy: Sure.
>> Here's the drywall bent in.
Here's the floor 3 1/2 inches
off.
I got used siding on my house,
and it was two different types
of siding, and it was
the wrong-color paint.
Here's photos of that.
The door was cut, never
insulated 'cause I had to have
it lifted up 3 1/2 inches,
and it was kind of cut,
taken like you would take
a saw and cut it out.
>> Judge Judy: I'd like to see
it, 'cause so far I haven't seen
anything here that looks --
other than paint.
>> All the insulation
was ripped out of the basement.
That's where I fell from
the stairs.
The insulation that was there
was put in backwards.
The door was in crooked.
>> Judge Judy: You keep talking
to me, and I have no idea
what you're talking about.
I allowed this gentleman
to come up -- Are you her
husband?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Okay -- to find
a picture of what you're talking
about.
So far the pictures that your
wife showed me are not
impressive.
>> That shows the addition
with the bad paint.
This shows where the drywall's
put in crooked.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: I want you to
tell me what this is a picture
of that you're showing me.
>> I fell off the fourth stair.
Right up here is where I end up
falling off.
It wasn't screwed down.
None of them were.
>> Judge Judy: Just -- Go back.