What tools did they take
of yours
without permission, sir?
>> I had my hammer drill,
grinders --
>> Judge Judy: Just a minute.
A hammer drill.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Who took it?
>> I don't know.
I left it on the premises
because
I left all my tools there.
>> Judge Judy: So you don't know
if it was she who took it
or somebody else.
>> No, ma'am.
I don't know who took them.
She got a restraining order
to keep me from going down,
and when everything was
finally done,
Mr. Broshears
had got everything.
My tools weren't there.
>> Judge Judy: So you don't know
who took your tools.
>> No, ma'am.
I don't know who did it.
>> Judge Judy: Well, she's
the only party here.
>> Yes, ma'am.
Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, so, so far,
you owe $1,335.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Just for my own
information,
because he's still looking...
which is going to be very
difficult for him to find.
Ms. Broshears, how much can you
prove to me that you paid
to complete the job?
Yes, I paid Brian
an additional...
I have a copy of the check here,
2,145 --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
You paid him
an additional 2,145.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Did that include
his labor
and materials or just his labor?
>> That included labor
and his materials.
>> Judge Judy:
Then you're ahead of the game.
>> Then I also paid him
the additional $500,
and then the partner, Kenny,
I paid him an additional $500,
as well, to do the painting
on the outside of the house.
>> Judge Judy: Then you're just
about even,
where you started from.
Then you're at about $3,500,
which is exactly what it is.
>> Your Honor?
>> Judge Judy:
Judgment for the plaintiff
in the amount of...
>> Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: ...$1,335.
>> Judge Judy.
>> Judge Judy: We...
>> May I speak, please?
>> Judge Judy: The only thing
you can speak about...
Listen to me carefully.
The only thing you can speak
about is
if you have a bill for lumber.
>> It's right there.
>> Judge Judy:
May I see it please?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Ms. Judy?
Judge?
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy:
Pure leaf sweetend, what is...
>> It's at the bottom, ma'am,
the last...
>> Judge Judy:
Soda, Mountain Dew.
Copper something for $19.
Tailor more century oak doo,
$54.
>> That's a door.
>> Judge Judy: A grip strip,
fif...
What are you showing me here?
>> It's at the bottom,
the beadboard or the two-by...
What is it?
>> The 2x4x8s at the bottom.
>> Judge Judy:
You mean for $22.90?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: We're done.
>> Ma'am.
>> Judge Judy:
Judgment for the plaintiff --
>> The problem is...
>> Judge Judy: Sit!
Byrd, I'm done with him.
Sit.
>> Byrd: Have a seat.
>> Judge Judy?
>> Judge Judy: What?
>> I'm sorry, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: What?
>> I have a counterclaim
for...
>> Judge Judy: I know you do.
>> Oh, yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: You have
a counterclaim for tools taken
without permission.
>> And defamation.
>> Judge Judy: And defamation
of your character.
>> Oh, yes.
>> Judge Judy: And you say
you didn't complete the job...
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: ...and she put
that out there...
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
...that you didn't
complete the job...
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy:
...that she paid you for.
>> Yes, ma'am. And she --
>> Judge Judy:
Now, you didn't complete the job
that she paid you for.
>> Yeah, but I lost work
because people
on the social media,
when she put it out,
"Jody Dick is a liar, a thief,"
and I had here...
and I've had people
that canceled jobs they were
wanting me to do because...
>> Judge Judy: That's what
social media is, sir.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Announcer: "Judgeng the judgt
in her favor for $1,335...
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy:
...which is for work
that you were paid
for that you didn't do.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy:
Well, that's cheating.
If you were paid for work
and you didn't do it,
then you took money
for something you didn't turn.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Right?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> I mean, I'm sure there's
a very, very big story here.
I really don't want to know
about it
because I work in shorthand.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Right now,
you put on a roof,
you put on the gutters.
That was over $9,000.
And you finished at least
half of the proposal
that you both signed off on...
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy:
...in the major contract.
You did half of that work.
She acknowledges that, but you
were paid for more than half.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: That's all,
and you should have returned
the rest of that money to her.
$1,335.
Judgment for the plaintiff.
We're done.
>> Thank you, ma'am.
>> Thank you, Judge.
>> Byrd: Parties are excused.
You may step out.
>> Well, I'm happy that I won,
and I'm blessed that I won.
>> I lost quite a bit of work
because of what she aired
on social media, but --
>> Have to pay twice to have
somebody else finish the work
that he would have done.
>> That I was a thief,
that she wouldn't hire me.
>> You get what you pay for,
and don't pay cash up front
on any contractor.
>> That I would take money
and not do the work,
and I've only been
doing construction for 40 years.
>> Just because you went
to school with them,
don't believe
that they're going to be honest.
>> And she told me to go ahead
and finish it or she was going
to kick me
off the job and sue me.
Don't do that to me because...
Don't threaten.
>> Announcer: