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00:00You were looking for a place to live.
00:02He rents rooms.
00:04I got kicked out.
00:05Did you tell him to leave?
00:06Yes.
00:07He said, get out of my house, and yelled at me.
00:09And I did not feel safe.
00:10My roommates were ready to kill him.
00:13Did you call the police?
00:15Yes, I did.
00:17He looks like he was high as a kite on this video.
00:21Um, boy.
00:23This is Judy Justice.
00:30Alex Ziegler is suing his former landlord, Randy Simpson, for motorcycle damages and
00:50a wrongful eviction.
00:52Court coming to order.
00:56Have a seat, please.
00:57Case number 1180, Ziegler versus Simpson.
01:02You're welcome.
01:03Mr. Ziegler, this is what I put together from your complaint.
01:07You were looking for a place to live.
01:09You had no place to live.
01:10Yes.
01:11Mr. Simpson has a house, and in that house, he rents rooms.
01:15He has a lot of tenants.
01:16It's a house that you own.
01:18Is that correct?
01:19Yes.
01:20And you've owned it for how long, sir?
01:2130 years.
01:22Okay.
01:23Now, he agreed to rent you a space.
01:25He didn't have a bedroom, but rented you a space, at least temporarily, at the beginning
01:30of July?
01:31Yes.
01:32July 1st.
01:33And you lived there for approximately four weeks.
01:35I got kicked out on August 6th.
01:38So, five weeks.
01:39Yes.
01:40You claimed two things.
01:41That he, A, illegally evicted you, so you want a lot of money for that.
01:45And your second cause of action is that you drive a motorcycle, and that Mr. Simpson allowed
01:53one of the other tenants, someone whose name is Todd, that would be you, to drive his truck.
02:00And Todd knocked over your bike that was parked behind the truck.
02:05Correct.
02:06Causing some damage to the bike.
02:08Now, you lived in the house for five weeks, and would you stand up?
02:13Your first name is Todd.
02:14What's your last name?
02:15I'm Moberly.
02:16Mr. Moberly, you acknowledge that you knocked over the motorcycle.
02:21The defense to that, that Mr. Simpson is raising, is that Mr. Ziegler had parked his motorcycle
02:28behind the truck, but parked it on the sidewalk, instead of parking it someplace else.
02:34And I assume you have photographs of that, Mr. Simpson.
02:37I assume you have photographs of that.
02:38Did you, which I'm going to ask Mr. Ziegler, what time of the day did this happen on August 6th?
02:45This happened late at night, probably around 8.30, 9 o'clock.
02:51Where had you been?
02:52Um, so...
02:53No, that's a question.
02:55That doesn't, that's not a so.
02:56Where had you been prior to...
02:58I went to the store for five minutes and came back.
03:00Just a second.
03:02You took your motorcycle.
03:03Where had your motorcycle been parked?
03:05So the driveway would...
03:06Where had your motorcycle been parked before you left?
03:11Right behind the Tahoe.
03:12Then you moved it.
03:13I never moved the motorcycle, no.
03:16You said, this incident happened at 8.30.
03:19I want you to try to concentrate, Mr. Ziegler.
03:22I said, where were you before this incident happened at 8.30?
03:26You said, I went to the store for five minutes.
03:29Before you went to the store, where was the motorcycle parked?
03:34Behind the Tahoe.
03:35On the driveway.
03:36In the driveway.
03:37And then when you came back from the store, you parked in the same place?
03:41Um, I actually drove my car to the store, not my bike.
03:45And I left my bike behind the Tahoe.
03:47Where was your car parked?
03:49On the side of the street, since the driveway was completely full.
03:51So your car was parked in the street, in a legal parking space?
03:56Yes.
03:56You left the bike where it was, you took the car from a legal parking space because the driveway
04:02was full, went to the store for five minutes, 8.30, then you came back.
04:07Did you re-park your car?
04:09No, I parked it still on the side of the street where I had it before, where I always parked
04:14it.
04:15Okay.
04:15And you went to the store to get what?
04:17To get a Gatorade.
04:18When you came home from getting the Gatorade, you just went to the store to get one Gatorade?
04:24Yes.
04:24Because I was on a...
04:25You were thirsty.
04:27When you came home, what did you see?
04:30I saw my bike on the ground and Todd trying to pick it up.
04:33Is that what happened?
04:34Yeah.
04:35Did you pick the bike up?
04:36I tried to.
04:37It was a little heavy.
04:39And so, they came...
04:40Did you pick the bike up?
04:41Yes.
04:42What did you do with it?
04:44I moved it away from the back and I put it kind of in the garage, in a little space in
04:50the garage.
04:51How did you get it there?
04:52I picked the bike up myself and brought it into the garage.
04:55I didn't drive it or anything.
04:57Just a second.
04:58You picked it up and you walked it into the garage.
05:01Just by your own curiosity, why would you park your bike behind a Tahoe if there was
05:06space in the garage?
05:07Because I went to the store real quick and I left my...
05:11What does that have to do with the bike?
05:13You took your car to the store.
05:15You said your bike had been parked behind the Tahoe because the driveway was full.
05:20Yeah.
05:20But you just said that you picked up the bike and you walked it into a space in the garage.
05:25My question to you is, if there was a space in the garage, why would you park it behind
05:33the Tahoe?
05:33Because I was going to go for another bike ride again later in the day.
05:37Later on in the day, it was 8.30 at night when we were going to go for another bike ride.
05:42Well, because the cars were super close together and there's not...
05:47It's kind of hard to maneuver it around those spaces.
05:50After you moved the bike, Mr. Ziegler, from behind the Tahoe into a space in the garage,
05:58did you call the police?
05:59Yes, I did.
06:01Why?
06:01Um, to get evidence that it happened and everything and because that he told me that later on he
06:07first admitted that he would...
06:08Oh, no, just a second.
06:10Just a second.
06:11So you had a conversation with Todd.
06:14He couldn't pick the bike up.
06:15He says it was too heavy.
06:17You picked it up and you took it into the space.
06:19Did you have a conversation with him?
06:21Yes.
06:22Tell me about the conversation that you had at 8.30 at night after you came home from getting
06:26a Gatorade.
06:27So first he was telling me that, you know, he's responsible for it.
06:30No, no.
06:31You said to him, what happened?
06:34You know, so far I'm not following your whole story.
06:36You do understand that.
06:37Yes.
06:38Okay.
06:41He looks like he was high as a kite on this video.
06:45And if you allowed him access to that car, you're responsible for this damage.
06:51And later today...
06:53When your body slammed into her car, it created a dent in the car.
06:58That is correct.
06:59Causing damage to the car.
07:01That's why the plaintiff is here.
07:03Alex Ziegler claims his former landlord, Randy Simpson, owes for motorcycle damages and
07:21the cost of a wrongful eviction.
07:23So you say to him what happened.
07:25He said, I didn't see your bike behind the Tahoe because it was dark.
07:29Right?
07:29Is that what he said?
07:30Yes.
07:30I assume that that's what he said.
07:32And you said to him, I'm still not figuring out why the police were called.
07:39Okay.
07:39Because then later on, he said...
07:41Later on when?
07:42About 20 minutes after this happened, he said, I will not pay for the bike.
07:47And...
07:47Just a second.
07:48So now you're inside the house.
07:52You've had your Gatorade.
07:53Your bike is in the garage.
07:55Mm-hmm.
07:55Your car is parked on the street.
07:57You have another conversation with him in the house.
08:00Tell me what...
08:02You were in the living room.
08:03What...
08:03Where were you?
08:04So I was actually outside looking at the bike, looking at the damages, assessing how much
08:09the damages would be.
08:11And I told him how much it would be.
08:14Well, what did you tell him it would be?
08:15I said it would be roughly, a rough estimate would be around $1,000.
08:19Okay.
08:19So you said it'll cost about $1,000 to fix it.
08:22And what did he say?
08:23He said, well, you shouldn't have parked the bike behind there, so I don't owe you anything.
08:28And...
08:28Okay.
08:28Yeah, that's it.
08:29And...
08:30You shouldn't have parked...
08:30Previously, I let him know.
08:31Just a second.
08:32Okay.
08:32So he said, you shouldn't have parked the bike back there.
08:35I don't owe you anything.
08:37Mm-hmm.
08:38Well, that's a lawsuit.
08:39Yes.
08:39And you called the police.
08:41Mm-hmm.
08:42Can I see the police report that you fired?
08:44Yes.
08:44I have a video, too, of the whole thing going down, as well, if you want to see some clips
08:48on my phone.
08:50Tell me what they're of.
08:51Okay.
08:51They're of him admitting to hitting the bike.
08:53He admitted he hit the bike.
08:54Yes.
08:55And it's him admitting that I told him previously not to go anywhere and I'd be back in five
09:00minutes, that my bike was behind the Tahoe.
09:02You have that on your phone?
09:03Yes.
09:03That I'd like to see.
09:04And I'd like to see the police report, Kevin.
09:07So it's these two.
09:09This one and this one.
09:10That's the first one.
09:12And then the police report.
09:14There.
09:23Took place in the driveway.
09:25That's what it says, remarks.
09:26Took place in the driveway.
09:27I'd like to see.
09:31Hi, Maj.
09:32Um, I just, he told me, he asked me if I was going anywhere.
09:35At the time, I didn't really think I had a year to go.
09:39Then he left.
09:40He said he was going to be back in two minutes.
09:42I forgot.
09:43He told me his car, his bike was parked in the back of mine.
09:45Got it.
09:46Okay, so the problem, Mr. Simpson, is it's your car.
09:51You got the insurance.
09:53Yes.
09:53He looks like he was high as a kite on this video.
09:57Mm-hmm.
09:58And if you allowed him access to that car, you're responsible for this damage.
10:03Probably was.
10:05You were?
10:06Well, he probably was and you are.
10:08So you have an estimate to fix the bike?
10:10Yes, I do.
10:10I'd like to see it.
10:19Have you had it fixed?
10:21Yes, it got done with the shop a couple days ago.
10:23Well, this is the estimate.
10:25How much was it?
10:25That's the final.
10:26I have a text message that shows it.
10:29Just tell me what the final invoice was.
10:31It was the $11.34.
10:33Now your case is for unlawful eviction.
10:36Yes.
10:37After this incident, the police were called.
10:39And I want you to tell me your version of what happened with Mr. Simpson.
10:43So after the police were called, I went inside, you know, inside the house going towards my room
10:48where his room is right across the hall from mine.
10:51And so he said, Alec, come step in my room.
10:54And so I did.
10:55And he said, in my 30 years of living here, I've never had someone call the police.
10:59And he said, get out of my house and yelled at me.
11:02And I did not feel safe.
11:03And that's when I called my buddy, Jaden, and let him know the incident and asked if I could spend the night at his house.
11:10After the incident, he's going towards his room.
11:12You call him into your room.
11:13This is the third time Mr. Ziegler's called the police to my house.
11:18In the five weeks he's living there?
11:19Yeah.
11:20Mm-hmm.
11:20And my roommates were ready to kill him.
11:23Okay.
11:23So I have some written testimony.
11:25No, no, no, no.
11:26I don't read written testimony from people who weren't here.
11:29Yeah, I understand.
11:30Okay.
11:30Did you tell him to leave?
11:32Yes.
11:33And you went to stay with a friend?
11:34Yes.
11:35You moved in on the first.
11:38You were paying a couple of hundred dollars, but then you moved into a room for $400 a month.
11:42Yes.
11:43Correct?
11:43On what day in July did you start to pay $400 a month?
11:48So, well, it was $200, the agreement, the verbal agreement with Randy.
11:52But at the end, I actually asked for my money back because I just paid him for the beginning
11:57month of August.
11:58And he was telling me, well, he should be charging $400 instead of $200.
12:03But our agreement was $200.
12:05Did he give you any money back for August?
12:08He did not.
12:09Did you pay August's rent?
12:10Yes.
12:10How much did you pay?
12:12$200.
12:13You moved from a loft area to a room?
12:17Yes.
12:17That's why he was increasing your rent to $400.
12:21Where are you living now, Mr. Ziggler?
12:22I'm living in Lehigh.
12:23I have my own place in an apartment.
12:25And how much was your rent there?
12:27It was $700.
12:29So it was much more money?
12:31Yes.
12:31Stayed by yourself?
12:33Yes.
12:33Mr. Simpson, you have a lot of people living in your house.
12:36Yes.
12:37Clearly.
12:37You are responsible for Mr. Ziggler's damage to his motorcycle because it's your car.
12:42And you allowed somebody who lives with you to drive that car who acknowledges that he
12:48forgot that he was told, don't move the truck because my motorcycle is there.
12:53He acknowledges it on tape.
12:55He acknowledges it, Mr. Simpson, on tape.
12:58And it's your car.
12:59So you're responsible for the damage.
13:02And I believe you're also responsible for his month's rent at this new place.
13:06You're living in another place now that you like better?
13:09Okay.
13:09I'm giving you the $700 that you paid in rent for the month because he should have given
13:13you 30 days notice.
13:154, 3, 8, 1834.
13:18Judgment for the plaintiff.
13:19We're done.
13:20Court is adjourned.
13:22I was in a Tahoe and the motorcycle sits lower than the back wing of a Tahoe.
13:26It's crazy.
13:27It's nuts.
13:28I honestly didn't see any parking on the sidewalk.
13:30I'm glad I am out of there.
13:32You know, the more cases we do like this, the more I appreciate your wisdom to always
13:38live alone if you can because problems arise all the time.
13:43Yeah, sometimes it's lonely but a lot less drama.
13:47Case number 1171, Crockum versus Gonzalez.
13:51Please step forward.
13:51Jazlyn Crockum is suing her neighbor, Dominic Costales, for car damages after Dominic slipped
14:00and fell into her car.
14:01I'm going to start with you, Mr. Gonzalez, because there are certain things that are not disputed
14:08in this case.
14:09Your body slammed in to the plaintiff's parked car.
14:13That's correct.
14:14You know, that's an interesting defense.
14:20I mean, it's some sort of a defense.
14:23It doesn't fly here as a defense.
14:27But it's a defense.
14:28Jazlyn Crockum claims her neighbor, Dominic Costales, owes for car damages.
14:48Dominic says he fell and hit her car, but only because it was illegally parked.
14:53She wasn't in the car at the time.
14:56That's correct.
14:57When your body slammed into her car, it created a dent in the car.
15:02That is correct.
15:03Causing damage to the car.
15:05That's why the plaintiff is here.
15:08That's correct.
15:09This happened on what date?
15:10August 21st, 2020.
15:132020?
15:14Correct.
15:15Do you have a photograph of the damage to the car?
15:17Yes, I do.
15:18I'd like to take a look at it.
15:23Oh, that's a bad dent.
15:34What year car is this?
15:352013.
15:37What kind?
15:38Dodge Challenger.
15:39Have you had it for long?
15:40About four years.
15:42You still have it?
15:42Yes.
15:43You were in a complex where you live?
15:46Yes.
15:47And according to what I read, you were in the pool area?
15:49Correct.
15:50Anybody with you?
15:51My children and a few other tenants.
15:54What time of the day?
15:55Around 4.30.
15:56And what were you doing in the complex?
15:58I'm groundskeeper and manager of the complex.
16:00What were you doing at 4.30?
16:02I opened my door and I was dog watching.
16:05You opened the door of your own apartment?
16:07Yes, ma'am.
16:08And the puppy got out at the time of the puppy.
16:12Puppy got out and...
16:13Whose puppy?
16:14My mom's.
16:15Does your mother live with you?
16:16No, she does not.
16:17So you were puppy sitting?
16:18Puppy sitting.
16:19For how long?
16:20Just for two days.
16:20Where was your mother?
16:21She was in Nevada, Las Vegas.
16:24How old is the puppy?
16:26She was at the time about four months, three months.
16:28Well, there's a difference between two and...
16:30Four months.
16:31What kind of dog?
16:32Siberian Husky.
16:33So a big puppy?
16:34Yeah, medium size, yeah.
16:36Puppy got out and you were chasing the puppy?
16:38Yeah.
16:39All around the complex?
16:41Kind of, yeah.
16:41Pretty fast.
16:42And it was at that time that you slammed into the plaintiff's car?
16:47Yes.
16:47And now, I'm going to ask you to tell me why you think that you're not responsible for this damage.
16:55I've read it, but I want you to tell me.
16:58Okay.
16:58Well, where she was parked at the time is a fire lane where you're not supposed to park at.
17:03And there's been photographs of her been tagged not to park there.
17:09And when I went to chase the puppy, I slipped on the gravel and the rocks next to the car.
17:13And that's when my body went into the car accidentally and damaged her.
17:17I don't dispute that I did not do that.
17:19I did that part.
17:20But the part is the fact that where she was parked at, if her car wasn't there in the first place, it would have never happened.
17:24That's what I read as your defense.
17:27So your defense was the car was parked in the wrong place, and if it had not been parked there, you would have slipped and fallen, but you would have fallen on the ground instead.
17:36Yes.
17:37Had not damaged her car.
17:38Absolutely right.
17:39Okie dokie.
17:40That's an interesting defense.
17:42I mean, it's some sort of a defense.
17:44It doesn't fly here as a defense, but it's a defense.
17:52The proximate cause of her car becoming damaged was your body falling into it.
17:56And the proximate cause of your body falling into her car was because you negligently let the puppy out of the apartment.
18:03That was the reason.
18:04You know, if the puppy ran out into the street and ran in front of the car, and the car swerved and hit a child who was crossing in the middle of the street, you would say, that's not my fault because the child was crossing in the middle of the street.
18:21If the child wasn't crossing in the middle of the street, it wouldn't have gotten hurt.
18:27You negligently let the dog out.
18:29It was what we call an accident.
18:31It wasn't an on-purpose, but it was your fault.
18:35More than her fault.
18:36It was your fault.
18:37If you hadn't let the dog out, and if her car was parked in the fire lane, she could have gotten a ticket.
18:42She could have gotten towed, but she wouldn't have had a dent in her car.
18:46Now, can I see an estimate for the damage, please?
18:51Did you try to discuss with the defendant paying for the damage?
18:56Yes, I did.
18:58And what happened?
18:58He admitted to damaging the car, and he said he would pay for the damages.
19:03He did?
19:04Yes.
19:05Did you ever tell her you would pay for the damages?
19:07Well, first of all, she didn't approach me with the estimate of her car.
19:10Her boyfriend at the time, or her husband at the time, or still the time, came to my door an estimate of $500.
19:17And from what I'm hearing now, it's $2,500.
19:20So I don't know how that jumped up to that.
19:21I don't know either.
19:22Was the original estimate that you had $500?
19:26Yes.
19:27It was originally $500 because that was just like a quick look at it.
19:31Who's quick look at it?
19:32The first estimate that we obtained.
19:34Well, if you've got a first estimate of $500, why don't I have that?
19:38Because that shop is not open anymore.
19:41There's a big difference between $500 and what you're suing him for, which is $2,500.
19:45Would you look up the value of a 2013, what kind of car?
19:49Dodge Challenger.
19:50Dodge Challenger.
19:51Do you have a full view of the car, rather than just this what you're showing me?
19:57No, I don't have that printed out.
20:01So based upon a 100,000 mile estimate, it's $10,000 to $13,000.
20:07Did you have it fixed?
20:10When we hesitate, we have a problem.
20:12Do you understand?
20:13Did you have it fixed?
20:15No.
20:16Why?
20:17I didn't want my insurance company to pay for it because I didn't want my premiums.
20:20And monthly costs to go up.
20:23Well, that's a problem.
20:24Do you have a deductible?
20:25Yes.
20:25How much is your deductible?
20:27$1,000.
20:28That's what you have insurance for.
20:30And the accident was not your fault.
20:32Your premium shouldn't go up at all.
20:34You better be able to get the car fixed for $1,000 because that's all you're getting from
20:38the defendant.
20:39Judgment for the plaintiff and the amount of the $1,000.
20:41We're finished.
20:42Thank you very much.
20:43Court is adjourned.
20:45I'm satisfied.
20:46I'll get something out of it.
20:47I actually don't remember.
20:48It's like a football catcher attacking somebody.
20:51It's pretty tough.
20:52Time to get my car fixed.
20:53My shoulder went hit that and I got a big bruise on it after that.
20:56Another case where my father's saying comes in perfectly.
20:59Is it more your fault than my fault?
21:02Because if so, you take responsibility and accountability.
21:05Even in an accident.
21:06Even in something that, like you said, not on purpose.
21:10But accidents happen.
21:12You have to be responsible for that.
21:13That's why they call it an accident.
21:15Not an on purpose.
21:17Mm-hmm.
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