He's doing fine.
>> So I go down there,
and I know on his door.
At first, there's no answer.
My fiancé say, "It looks like
somebody in the window,"
and I'm like, "Nah, because
at the same time we men,
so I don't think we ain't
playing no games like that."
She say, "It's somebody
in the window,"
and I'm like, "Nah, it ain't."
So a little after that,
she pulls up
in a little black car,
and his mechanic
comes out from around the back,
and that's when she informs us
that he's been locked up
due to child support in
Kentucky, Kenton County,
which I also have the text
messages to refer to that
because that's where I
thought he was.
And she told me
that she was going to visit him
the next day and, you know,
that started a whole 'nother
spinning tale off of that lie.
>> Your Honor, if I may
intervene, he was mistaken.
We spoke to them again in June,
and we spoke to,
I believe, his mechanic,
and that was when they explained
that he was in jail,
and our vehicle had been
impounded,
and that's why I didn't see it
in the yard anymore.
>> Judge Judy: In what month?
>> It was the end of June.
>> Judge Judy: So what did you
go there for in late July?
>> No, see, she's --
>> No, no.
Okay. I'm sorry, Your Honor.
I have text messages on
June 15th
about us trying to contact him.
We explained that we would
purchase
our self a transfer case.
>> Judge Judy: I just...
I'm -- Listen.
I'm trying to figure out
if he went to the house
in late July,
but you knew that the car
wasn't there
in the beginning of June.
>> No, I was mistaken.
>> Judge Judy: Fine.
Then just take a deep breath...
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: ...and say
"I was mistaken."
>> Let me talk.
>> Judge Judy: "He went there in
late June, and I didn't see the
car there for the first time."
Listen to me.
Stop looking at your thing.
"I didn't see my car there
for the first time --"
in what month,
beginning, middle,
or the end of what month?
>> The beginning of July.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Do you know when the car
had been impounded?
>> I really don't know
when it was impounded.
I know after it sat there
for 2 months
and no money was brought for
a transfer case,
I put it on the street
because it was taking up space
in storage, and I contacted him
and let him know
that the vehicle was being towed
to the impound lot
because it was just sitting.
>> Judge Judy: All right,
Mr. Rowland.
This is where it's at, sir.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy: You accepted
a bailment of this property,
and despite the fact
that you said you never
got any money from these people,
I don't believe you.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: I believe
that they gave you $400
exactly the way they told me
they gave you $400.
And for the $400, you were
supposed to fix their car.
What you did was purchase
a transmission that
didn't fit with another part.
That's according to you.
You purchased a transmission
that didn't fit with another
working part in their car.
That would be your problem.
>> Transfer case is a separate
issue from a transmission.
>> Judge Judy: Just a sec.
Then what you
just told me before was --
I'm not a mechanic.
You said, "The transmission
that I purchased did not fit
with the transfer case
that was in that car."
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: Now,
I'm not a mechanic.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: If what you're
telling me is the transmission,
a new transmission,
never fits with
a different transmission case,
then you should've told them
at the beginning that,
"This isn't an $800 job.
This could be a $1,200 job."
>> I did.
>> Judge Judy: No, no, no.
No, no, no.
You wanted half, which
means they gave you $400.
Because first,
you lied to me, and you said
they didn't give you any money.
That was a fib.
You had a responsibility
to get that car back to them,
and you owe them $2,100
that they paid for their car
and $400
that they gave you in a deposit,
which is $2,500.
You have no counterclaim.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: I mean,
you have a counterclaim.
I'm dismissing
your counterclaim.
>> And I also explained to him
that he could go purchase
his transfer case himself
and bring it to the shop.
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
>> He didn't do it.
>> Judge Judy: You could do
a lot of things.
He could've done
a lot of things.
You accepted the car
as a bailment.
You told them that it needed
a new transmission.
If you bought a transmission
that didn't fit with
another part,
a clinker,
an engine, a [indistinct],
a whatever it was,
that was your problem.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: You pick
a transmission that fits
with what they have in there.
That's your problem.
Or else say, "I not only have
to replace the transmission,
I have to replace this other
part as well, and it's not $800.
It's going to cost you more
because I cannot find
those two compatible parts."
I'm not a mechanic, but that
doesn't sound unreasonable.
It doesn't sound illogical,
unless you're a hustler.
That's my judgment, $2,500.
Judgment for the plaintiff.
We're done.
>> Thank you.
>> Byrd: Parties are excused.
You may step out.
>> It was kind of my fault.
>> It's fine.
It's peace, no beef.
>> I'm just glad it's done with.