>> YOUR HONOR...
>> I HAD THIS ALL READY.
>> ...SHE TOOK MY CAR THAT I'D
BEEN PAYING OFF FOR FOUR AND A
HALF YEARS.
>> Judge Judy: THAT'S TOO BAD.
>> NO, BUT SHE TOOK MY CAR AND
LEFT ME CAR-LESS.
>> Judge Judy: GOOD.
GET A JOB, GO TO SCHOOL, TAKE
SIX CREDITS, AND GET A JOB
FULL-TIME, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE
ENOUGH MONEY FOR A CAR.
>> IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT.
IT DOES NOT WORK LIKE THAT.
YOU DON'T GET FINANCIAL AID OUT
FOR SIX CREDITS.
YOU CAN'T SUPPORT YOURSELF.
YOU EITHER GOT TO GO IN ALL THE
WAY, OR YOU CAN'T GO IN.
>> Judge Judy: TELL THAT TO
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I THINK TIMES WERE DIFFERENT
BACK THEN.
>> Judge Judy: NO, PEOPLE WERE
DIFFERENT BACK THEN, MR. BURNS.
TIMES WERE THE SAME.
PEOPLE HAD TO GET UP, THEY HAD
TO EAT, THEY HAD TO HAVE A ROOF
OVER THEIR HEADS, THEY HAD TO
PAY FOR SOME SORT OF FUEL TO
HEAT THEIR HOUSE.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS PEOPLE
GOT SOFT.
>> ...70 CENTS, SO...
>> Byrd: PLUS 70 CENTS?
>> WELL, IT WAS PART OF THAT.
I'M SORRY.
>> SO, $2,229.70 IS WHAT I HAD
TO SPEND TO GET IT OUT.
>> Judge Judy: THAT'S ALL I WANT
TO KNOW.
>> OKAY.
>> Judge Judy: YOUR PROBLEM,
HOWEVER, WITH REGARD TO PART OF
YOUR CLAIM, MISS COZZA, IS AS
FOLLOWS...
YOU WANT HIM TO PAY TO HAVE THE
CAR REPAIRED SO YOU CAN SELL IT.
>> MAY I INTERJECT FOR ONE
MOMENT?
>> Judge Judy: YES.
>> THAT WAS THE TOTAL COST IN
ORDER TO GET PERMISSION TO THEN
DRIVE AN HOUR AND A HALF AWAY TO
GET IT OUT.
WHEN I WAS ONCE THERE, I HAD TO
PAY AN IMPOUND FEE AND POLICE
FEE, WHICH TOGETHER, SO THIS
WOULD BE ADDITION, IS $519.
>> Judge Judy: I DON'T
UNDERSTAND.
WHAT'S THE $2,200 FOR?
>> THAT IS FOR PARKING
CITATIONS -- THERE TURNED OUT TO
BE 19.
>> Judge Judy: HOW MUCH?
>> 19 OF THEM, AND THAT WAS...
>> Judge Judy: 19.
HOW MUCH WAS THAT?
>> FOR 19 CITATIONS, IT WAS
$1,620.
AND THE REASON WHY I DID DECIDE
TO PAY FOR ALL THIS STUFF IS
BECAUSE FOR TWO WEEKS I TRIED TO
GET AHOLD OF MATHEW BURNS, AND
HE WOULD NOT RETURN MY PHONE
CALLS.
>> Judge Judy: YOU DON'T HAVE TO
TELL ME WHY.
>> OKAY.
>> Judge Judy: ACTUALLY, HE'S
VERY BUSY BEING A FULL-TIME
STUDENT.
NOW A FULL-TIME STUDENT WITHOUT
A CAR.
>> WHEN SHE PICKED UP THE CAR,
SHE TOOK THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF
THE CAR.
>> Judge Judy: OH, NO.
NO, NO, NO, SIR.
>> I'VE BEEN TAKING CARE OF THAT
CAR FOR FOUR AND A HALF YEARS.
I PUT $3,400 IN IT THREE MONTHS
PRIOR.
>> Judge Judy: SIR, YOU DIDN'T
PAY YOUR PARKING TICKETS.
YOU GOT PARKING TICKETS --
$1,600 WORTH OF PARKING TICKETS.
YOU DIDN'T PAY THEM.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET A PARKING
TICKET.
YOU JUST HAVE TO BE
IRRESPONSIBLE ENOUGH TO PARK
WHEREVER YOU LIKE AND THEN TAKE
THE TICKETS AND THROW THEM AWAY.
NOW, IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY
MONEY, YOU WOULD BE MORE CAREFUL
WHERE YOU PARKED.
YOU'D GET ONE TICKET AND THEN
YOU'D SAY, "GEE, THIS IS A
TICKET.
I'M GONNA PAY THIS AND I'M NOT
GONNA GET ANOTHER ONE."
BUT IF YOU DON'T PAY THE
TICKETS, THEN WHAT DIFFERENCE
DOES IT MAKE?
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?
>> BUT THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR
THERE.
SHE PICKED UP THE CAR, SHE TAKES
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CAR.
>> Judge Judy: MR. BURNS, SHE
DID NOT.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE,
SIR.
SHE HAD TO DO WHAT SHE HAD TO DO
TO, "A," PROTECT HER CREDIT AND
TO, "B," SINCE YOU WERE BEING
TOTALLY IRRESPONSIBLE WITH HER
GOOD NAME, BY NOT PAYING ON HER
CREDIT CARD, BY NOT PAYING ON
THE LOAN ON THE CAR, BY GETTING
$1,600 WORTH OF TICKETS THAT YOU
DIDN'T PAY, SHE HAD TO DO
WHATEVER SHE HAD TO DO TO
PROTECT HERSELF, WHICH SHE DID,
FROM YOUR IRRESPONSIBLE
BEHAVIOR.
TOTALLY IRRESPONSIBLE.
>> Judge Judy: NOW, IF YOU THINK
THAT SHE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS
MONEY, SHE'S NOT.
YOU ARE.
THE ONLY PROBLEM THAT SHE HAS IS
SHE WANTS YOU TO PAY.
SHE SAYS THAT THE CAR NEEDS A
WHOLE BUNCH OF REPAIRS BEFORE
SHE CAN SELL IT, AND THAT PART
OF YOUR CLAIM, AND THAT'S THE
ONLY PART OF YOUR CLAIM,
MISS COZZA, THAT I'M GOING TO
DISMISS WITHOUT PREJUDICE,
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO A
PRESUMPTIVE STRIKE.
>> OKAY.
>> Judge Judy: IF YOU SELL THE
CAR, AND THERE'S A SHORTFALL ON
WHAT YOU GET FOR THE CAR AND THE
LOAN, THEN YOU CAN SUE HIM FOR
THE DIFFERENCE.
IF A BANK REPOSSESSES THE CAR,
AND THEY HAVE TO PAINT IT, PUT
IN A NEW WHATEVER, THEY DO
WHATEVER THEY HAVE TO DO, THEY
SELL IT, AND IF YOU STILL OWE ON
THE CAR, THEY COME BACK TO YOU.
>> YOUR HONOR, I DO HAVE A
RECORDING OF MATHEW BURNS SAYING
THAT HE WILL MAKE PAYMENT ON THE
REPAIRS, BECAUSE --
>> Judge Judy: I DON'T CARE
WHETHER YOU HAVE THAT RECORDING
OR NOT.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU WHAT I'M
DOING.
I'M NOT ENTERTAINING THAT.
JUDGMENT FOR THE PLAINTIFF IN
THE AMOUNT OF $3,500.
THAT'S ALL.
>> Byrd: PARTIES ARE EXCUSED.
YOU MAY STEP OUT.
>> IT CAUSED ME A LOT OF STRESS
AND A LOT OF MONEY THAT I DIDN'T
REALLY HAVE.
>> I WASN'T TAKING
RESPONSIBILITY, I WASN'T TAKING
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR MY ACTIONS.
>> BACK THEN, HE WAS AN HONEST,
NICE MAN WHO WAS A STAND-UP MAN,
AND THE LAST YEAR, HE'S -- NO
OFFENSE TO HIM, BUT HE'S GONE
DOWN THE DRAIN AND CARELESS AND
SELFISH.
>> IN SOME ASPECTS OF MY LIFE,
YEAH, BUT IN OTHERS, I'VE GROWN.
>> I JUST HOPE I CAN GET DONE
WITH THIS AND MOVE ON WITH MY