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00:00You totaled your brother's car.
00:02I didn't feel like I was at fault.
00:04You're traveling diagonally across a highway.
00:07I feel like the lady hit me from behind.
00:10Just because you put on a blinker
00:11doesn't mean you can do whatever you want.
00:13You don't have to be a genius.
00:16You cut him off.
00:17This is Judy Justice.
00:36This is Judy Justice.
01:00And this is your brother, Devon.
01:01There was an automobile accident.
01:03You were driving.
01:04Yes, ma'am.
01:04You were driving your brother's car.
01:06Yes, ma'am.
01:06He was a passenger.
01:08Yes, ma'am.
01:08And there was an accident.
01:09Yes, ma'am.
01:10And bottom line, your brother says
01:12that you were responsible for the accident
01:15and he wants you to pay the value of his car.
01:17Sarah, would you look up a 2008 Xfinity G35?
01:23Yep.
01:24That's what the case is about.
01:25Yes, Your Honor.
01:26Good.
01:26When did you purchase this car, Mr. White?
01:29I purchased the car in 2022.
01:32Where did you buy it from?
01:33I bought it from a dealership that's near my house.
01:36I don't know the exact name of the dealership.
01:38Did you pay cash or did you have a loan?
01:40I paid cash.
01:41How much?
01:42It was $10,000.
01:43Do you have any contracts for the car?
01:46It was not purchased that long ago, sir.
01:49I have my title.
01:52I see.
01:53I have that price for you.
01:55It's based on 100,000 miles.
01:57I don't know how many miles are on it.
01:59Between 6,500 and 8,000.
02:01You have a bill of sale?
02:02No, just the title.
02:03Yeah.
02:04It has 124,000 miles, Sarah.
02:07124,000?
02:07When he bought it in 2022.
02:10Probably had 150,000 miles at the time of the accident, which was in 2023.
02:17So let's say it had 150,000 miles on it.
02:20You're looking at 49, between 4,900 and 6,500.
02:24Okay, so about $5,000, which is the court maximum of their jurisdiction.
02:31Anyway, okay.
02:32You paid cash for the car and, according to you, only had liability insurance.
02:38Yes.
02:38Where is the car now?
02:39It's with the Huawei Toll Department.
02:42The police removed the car because it was damaged.
02:45On what date was the accident?
02:46It was March 9th, 2023.
02:48Do you have a police report?
02:50Yes, I do.
02:50I'd like to take a look.
02:53There you go.
03:01Okay, so what I gather is, and the police sort of confirm from reading the papers, you
03:10were driving the car.
03:11Yes, ma'am.
03:12And according to the police report, you were driving in the middle lane of the highway
03:17when you sort of overshot the exit where you wanted to get off.
03:22So far, correct?
03:23Uh, I wasn't in that lane.
03:25I was in the middle lane, so one lane over.
03:28One lane over.
03:29Yes.
03:29Yeah, you were in the middle lane, so just move it over.
03:32But you overshot the exit, and in moving over to the right lane in order to see if you
03:39could get off that exit, instead of keeping going and have to backtrack, the car that
03:44had the right-of-way, the red car, hit yours.
03:47Yes, ma'am.
03:48And the car went over in a ditch.
03:50It hit a signpost, whatever it was.
03:52It was disabled, and he hasn't been able to get it out.
03:55It's disabled total.
03:57You don't have the car.
03:58No.
03:58I have a letter from the insurance company that took that photo as well.
04:02Yeah, I'd like to see it.
04:03There you go.
04:06In addition, which is not here, I assume that the red car is suing you.
04:11My liability insurance covered...
04:14Their damage.
04:15Their damage, what they needed, yes.
04:16Okay, so, sir, you tell me, under that scenario, why don't you go over to the sign?
04:26You're the blue car.
04:27You were traveling in the middle lane.
04:29Yes, ma'am.
04:30Correct?
04:30Show me where.
04:31Point to it.
04:31Middle lane.
04:32Here.
04:32Okay.
04:33And at some point, you overshot, right?
04:35Yes, ma'am.
04:36And moved over quickly to the right lane.
04:40Yes.
04:40And the police determined the accident was an accident that you caused.
04:45According to the police report.
04:47Can I just explain?
04:48Sure.
04:49Yeah, so, the police report, this image is inaccurate on how it was laid out.
04:55Yes, I was in this lane.
04:56The police report said that I made an improper lane change, which I didn't.
05:01I used my signal.
05:02I made the lane change.
05:04And I was firmly in this lane.
05:07The car didn't hit here.
05:09It hit me directly behind, meaning that I was able to get into this lane.
05:14I was in this lane for it.
05:15You cut him off.
05:16That's what happens.
05:17You don't have to be a genius.
05:19You cut him off.
05:21You cut off the red car.
05:23Whether he clipped you on the right side or the left side, it doesn't make any difference.
05:26You cut him off.
05:27He doesn't have to be prepared to react.
05:29Just because you put on a blinker doesn't mean you can do whatever you want.
05:34I was in the lane for a couple of seconds before.
05:37No, if you were in the lane for a couple of seconds, sir, it wouldn't have hit you.
05:41That's why I think the accident was the driver's fault.
05:44What?
05:45Because she hit me when I was in the lane for a couple of seconds.
05:48No, sir.
05:48Not according to the police report and not according to the insurance company.
05:52I think the insurance company is following the police report, and I think the police report is wrong.
05:57I'm just looking at the diagram.
05:58Yeah.
05:59I'm not an accident expert.
06:01Well, since I've been doing this, I've been an accident expert.
06:04But I've been driving for 60 years, and I know exactly what happened.
06:08You tried to get off.
06:09You really shouldn't have tried to get off.
06:11You should have gone to the next exit, right?
06:14That's true.
06:15Okay, that's all.
06:18If any time you're in a hard car accident, you get hit from the back person.
06:22No, not if you cause the accident.
06:24You caused the accident.
06:25They're traveling at a clip, and you're traveling diagonally across a highway.
06:29And later today.
06:31The dog is happy, healthy, taken care of, looked miserable when she got it.
06:37Now it looks terrific.
06:38So I would assume that you're happy about that.
06:50Jarrell White claims his brother, Davon White, totaled his car after making an illegal lane
06:58change.
06:59Okay, so now you have an accident, and you total your brother's car, which is paid off.
07:04And I want you to tell me the discussions you had with your brother about paying him for
07:10his car.
07:10Well, I told my brother...
07:11Not well.
07:12I'm sorry.
07:13I told my brother that I didn't feel like I was at fault for a number of reasons.
07:18One, I didn't want to drive in the first place.
07:21Two, I feel like the lady hit me from behind.
07:24If any time you're in a hard car accident, you get hit from the back person.
07:28No, not if you cause the accident.
07:30You caused the accident.
07:31The other person couldn't help but hit you.
07:34They're traveling at a clip, and you're traveling diagonally across a highway.
07:39Foolish.
07:39Anything else you want to tell me, sir?
07:41Your Honor, I just want to say that I worked very hard to pay for this car.
07:45I had many discussions with my brother.
07:48He not only told me that he was going to pay me back, he also mentioned it to my older
07:53brother.
07:53And after he mentioned that, before we got the police...
07:55How does he support himself?
07:57He has a new job.
07:58After the accident, he didn't have a job.
08:00So that's why I wasn't in a rush to sue him.
08:01I didn't want to strain my brother's pockets for so long.
08:04But then he actually bought himself a new car.
08:06He did?
08:07Yes.
08:07And I just said, I have to do something now.
08:10When did he buy himself a car?
08:12He bought him a car, I believe, earlier this year.
08:16And it's a brand new, all spec'd out.
08:19And I'm happy for him, but I just think that it wasn't right.
08:23What are you driving?
08:23I'm not driving anything now.
08:25I'm still getting rides, taking transportation, paying Ubers and Lyfts and different things like that.
08:30Where is your brother working?
08:31I'm not 100% sure where he's working, because we haven't talked in a while.
08:34I'm just hearing these things from family members.
08:37Where are you working?
08:38I'm an automation engineer.
08:39And what kind of a car did you buy yourself?
08:422023 Honda Accord.
08:43Did you buy it with a loan?
08:44I did.
08:45Did you think that you should start as part of the process of healing with your brother,
08:51to start paying him for this car?
08:54I offered to him, if he wanted to drive my car, that he could have, if he needed to go
08:58anywhere.
08:58Because I work in the night, so I don't go anywhere in a day.
09:02So I offered to him my vehicle if he needed it.
09:05No, money.
09:05So he could buy his own vehicle.
09:08He had his own vehicle.
09:09Don't you think that it was right to say to him, you know what?
09:11I can give you $100 a month, $25 a week.
09:15Instead of buying yourself a 2023 Honda Accord, buy yourself a 2005 car and give him back some
09:22of the money from the accident that clearly you caused.
09:24That's the right thing to do, Mr. White.
09:26You would have had a relationship with your brother before that, I understand, because
09:30you were in the car together.
09:31How long has it been since you've spoken?
09:33So the accident happened in March, April.
09:36Last time I spoke to him, April.
09:37What about your mother?
09:38Did your mother ever become involved in this process of getting, dealing with the car?
09:43Well, she spoke about it, but she never got involved in the process.
09:47According to some things that I've read in the complaint and answer, he gave you a year
09:51because you weren't working, but then you were working and your mother sort of asked for
09:56another six months.
09:57Are you the baby?
09:58I am the baby child.
09:59Ah, there you go.
10:01It's a favorite.
10:01That's the baby, the baby and the favorite.
10:04Is that what you're saying?
10:05Yes.
10:05And I didn't want to come here, but something had to be done, you know, so.
10:09Well, it's not fair that he's driving around in a new car and you have no car.
10:13That I offered him to use.
10:15Just a second.
10:16You destroyed his car and you said you can use my car if you want it.
10:20That's not an answer, sir.
10:22How much was the total cost of this car you purchased?
10:25Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
10:26$28,000.
10:27$28,000.
10:27Instead of spending $28,000 for a car, spend $8,000 for a car and start paying him back
10:34for the car that you destroyed.
10:36Judgment for the plaintiff in the amount of $5,000.
10:38Thank you very much with me.
10:40Thank you, Your Honor.
10:40This court is adjourned.
10:47I think that the judge didn't make the right decision.
10:51I'm happy that she came to the decision that she came to.
10:54Obviously, I believe that the car accident wasn't my fault.
10:56Of course, I hope that we could work our relationship and get back to the brotherly love that we had
11:02before this, so.
11:02Hopefully, we could find a new page forward, a new way forward, but we'll see what happens.
11:07It's definitely time to get another car, definitely.
11:10Well, that was a legal no-brainer.
11:12He was responsible for the accident, and so he has to pay for the damage.
11:17I actually thought the plaintiff was very sweet when he said, he's the baby.
11:22And the favorite.
11:24Every family has one.
11:26Case 4099, Melina's Dream Rescue versus Rich.
11:29All parties, please come forward.
11:31Animal Rescue owner, Melita Govalovich, is suing dog foster parents, Chantel Rich, for breach of contract and defamation.
11:42What's your last name?
11:43Govalovich.
11:45It's Govalovich.
11:46That's right.
11:47You have an animal rescue, and that, I assume, is a 501c3 charity.
11:53Is that correct?
11:54That's correct.
11:55The dog in question is a large dog.
11:58Is it a Great Dane mix?
11:59Is that what it is?
12:01It's a mixed breed.
12:01It's a senior dog.
12:03And where did you get it from?
12:04Apple Valley Animal Shelter.
12:05When?
12:06In May 2024.
12:08You say the dog is senior.
12:10How old?
12:10About seven, eight years old.
12:12The defendant agreed to foster that dog.
12:16Do you have pictures of the dog that's still with you?
12:19This dog is still with you.
12:20May I see it, please?
12:21You have other dogs?
12:22I do.
12:22I have my own dog.
12:24One other.
12:24One.
12:30Oh, so this is a big boy.
12:31Big boy.
12:32I'll also just mention he's actually nine and a half or ten.
12:35The dog looked terrible when she got him.
12:37Looks wonderful now.
12:39Okay.
12:39And it is your claim that the defendant breached her agreement with your shelter
12:44because she was really conspiring to keep this old, sick dog.
12:49So you're suing her for breach of the agreement because she didn't follow what she was supposed
12:54to do, even though the dog is in much better shape than when she got it and is perfectly
12:58happy with her, which is, I assume, the end game that you want, right?
13:03Yes.
13:04That would be yes.
13:04That's the end game.
13:05You want a dog happy, healthy, well taken care of and whatever.
13:09Exactly.
13:10Right.
13:10But you have your own protocol that clearly wasn't on her dance card.
13:14She wanted to do it her way.
13:15You wanted to do it your way, whatever it was.
13:18You got into a kerfuffle and you claimed that in addition to her breaching the agreement,
13:22she defamed your company and that's what you want to be compensated for.
13:27I have to tell you, madam, that I don't really give a coot whether or not she followed your
13:34protocol or not because it would seem to me as a person who loves animals, which I assume
13:40you clearly do, if that's your business and your charity, and I don't know how you make
13:45that into a business because I don't have time to figure it out, but I'm sure you do.
13:49I don't care about the breach of the agreement because the dog seems perfectly happy with
13:55her, couldn't find probably a better place for it.
13:58But you say she defamed your business and she wrote bad things about it on the internet.
14:04I want you to show me what you're alleging because that's what I'm going to deal with.
14:11The dog is happy, healthy, and has enjoyed a surgery to take away these horrible things
14:18that were hanging outside of the dog.
14:19I wasn't aware of that.
14:21I don't give a rat's behind what you were aware of.
14:33Animal rescue owner Melita Govalovich has accused dog foster parent Chantel
14:39Rich of wrongfully keeping her rescue dog, Grayson. Chantel claims Melita abandoned him
14:46and wants legal ownership of Grayson.
14:49Okay. She took the dog. She didn't give the dog back. She said the dog needed some medical
14:53care. She wasn't getting a positive response from you. She took the dog to her own vet,
14:57which you claim, which was not part of the agreement because you take the dog to the vet.
15:01You decide what the treatment is. Now, that also means you have to spend money when you go to
15:06the vet. And this is a dog that's nine, ten years old. And I don't know whether she called you
15:10and
15:10whether she said this dog has certain growths. It's clearly grossly underweight. It needs certain
15:17surgeries. It needs whatever. And she wasn't getting forthcoming answers from you. Is that
15:23what happened?
15:23Yes.
15:24Is that what happened? I assume that that's what happened. So let me see what you are alleging
15:28by way of defamation.
15:30I wasn't, I'm sorry, I wasn't aware of that because she blocked all the communication with
15:34All I want to do is see what you are alleging she said about you that defamed you. Don't
15:40give me a whole bunch of papers. I just want you to show me exactly what you claim she
15:44published that defamed you.
15:50Did the dog have surgery?
15:52He did, yeah.
15:53He did.
15:53And he is well now.
15:58Have her make a circle around what she says defamatory that the defendant wrote about
16:05her. Just make a circle around it.
16:08Okay. Here we go.
16:18Nah, there's nothing defamatory about that. I told her, Grayson is with your rescue and
16:23you said this is a bunch of BS and that you're trying to get Grayson back. Okay. There's
16:29nothing defamatory about that.
16:31The dog was in my rescue and that's what it says on the foster agreement that Ms. Rich
16:36signed. And she went ahead without my authorization. She changed the macro chip to her own name.
16:43She went to City of LA. She got a license for the dog under her name.
16:47Did you understand what I just said to you?
16:48Yes, ma'am.
16:49I just said to you two things. I'm going to repeat them. The only part of your case that
16:53I'm hearing is the defamation part of your case and not the breach of contract. The dog
16:59is happy, healthy, taken care of, looked miserable when she got it. Now it looks terrific. So I would
17:06assume that you're happy about that. I would assume that if-
17:10I am happy about that.
17:11Good. I'm glad that you're happy about that.
17:13We have to follow our protocol. I have about 200 dogs in my rescue.
17:17Very good. This one you don't have to worry.
17:19I was never mentioned that he had cancer or anything else.
17:23You can't talk over me because you can't talk over me.
17:26What I said to you was, I've seen the pictures of the dog. The dog is happy, healthy, and has
17:33enjoyed a surgery to take away these horrible things that were hanging outside of the dog.
17:38I wasn't aware of that.
17:39I don't give a rat's behind what you were aware of. So I said, I don't care about her breach
17:45of your agreement. The only thing I would hear is the defamation part of your lawsuit. And you haven't showed
17:51me anything where she defamed you. You have anything else in writing where she defamed you? That's not a so.
17:59So the GoFundMe that she said that the rescue has abandoned the dog, that's okay? That's not defaming me?
18:05Just a second.
18:06Yes.
18:06All I want you to do is show it to me.
18:09Do you like a copy of the GoFundMe?
18:11Yeah. I'd like to see both.
18:26Okay, so here's the GoFundMe page. I think we have the same page. Yeah. So I want you to take
18:33this. Madam, pay attention.
18:35I want you to take this, and I want you to circle where she identified your shelter. Your rescue. Do
18:42you understand what I just said?
18:43Yes, I do.
18:44Good. Make sure you don't annoy me. Make sure. And the name of your shelter is?
18:52Melita's Dream Animal Rescue.
18:53Just. And she mentions that in there. Just.
18:57Okay.
18:57Does she mention the name of your shelter?
19:00She did not mention the name of your shelter.
19:02She did not.
19:03But everybody knew the stock.
19:05Who cares whatever you say everybody knew? I didn't know it.
19:08They knew it was me.
19:09I didn't know it. So the answer is she did not name your rescue. You can't be defamed unless somebody
19:15mentions your name.
19:16That's fine. She did not name your rescue.
19:16If somebody says that's the most miserable, nasty judge on TV, well, everybody may know what it is and who
19:25it is, but unless they say my name, I can't sue you for defamation. Do you understand?
19:31Yes. So I'm not accepting your cause of action for breach of contract, nor for defamation, because she hasn't defamed
19:38you anywhere. Next.
19:40She bowed mouthed my network team.
19:43Just as she texted me and saying that my network team member is psycho. Can I show that to you?
19:48Just as she called somebody on your team a psycho? Well, then let that, just a second, let that person
19:54sue her for defamation.
19:55Okay. So your case is dismissed. One, two, three, that takes care of you. Reimbursements related to foster care, interfere
20:02with wellness, defamation, and privacy, all nonsense. You understand that, right? You do understand that.
20:07Can you explain that to me? Why? No, can you explain it to me?
20:11Yes. Reimbursements related to foster care. How much did you collect from the GoFundMe page?
20:16And the dog's now yours. Did you have the dog chipped in your name?
20:19Yes, but he's not in my name anymore. She took it back.
20:22She contacted the microchip company and they said that they're locking his chip and keeping it in her name.
20:28Okay, but you had the dog's papers transferred to you. So it's your dog.
20:33The microchip company needs a court order for that.
20:35Yeah, the dog's yours. I'll give you such an order.
20:37Perfect, thank you.
20:38Okay, and by the way, the surgery was how much on the dog?
20:41The surgery was about $1,300 or $1,400.
20:44Okay, and you got that money from the GoFundMe page. I see that you did.
20:47Yes, yeah.
20:48Claim, counterclaim, dismiss, goodbye, good luck, have a happy life.
20:51This court is adjourned.
20:58I wasn't happy about it, to be honest with you.
21:01This is about the dog. He's happy. He's healthy.
21:04She's writing a court order that I own him and we've got Melita out of her hair.
21:09I am the owner of the dog. She cannot make any changes.
21:12She cannot transfer the dog. She cannot take her to take him to any shelter.
21:16She cannot make any changes with the dog and she did it.
21:18Now Grayson can live with this forever family, be happy and healthy.
21:22I didn't want any money to begin with.
21:24I'll probably be more careful with my fosters.
21:26All dogs deserve a good home. Be careful who you work with.
21:31What I couldn't understand even when I read the papers, the complaint was,
21:35if the plaintiff had a pure heart animal rescue,
21:40and I don't know whether she does or she doesn't,
21:42because I'm sure there's some part of business there that I don't understand.
21:46But if you have a 9 or 10-year-old big dog who has shorter life expectancy than a small
21:53dog,
21:53and you find somebody, whether they follow your rules or not,
21:57who falls in love with that dog and says,
21:59I want to take care of it for as long as it has left,
22:02and feeds it and wants to take care of it surgically so that it's not uncomfortable anymore,
22:08why would you sue her for a breach of contract?
22:11You want the dog back to try to find another forever home for this dog?
22:17I couldn't understand what her issue was.
22:21I really had trouble figuring out what her issue was,
22:24and I guess maybe that showed in my examination of her,
22:27because, you know, there were some people who were totally invested in the welfare of animals.
22:31There were some people that used it as a business.
22:33I wasn't sure where she flew.
22:36I'm still not sure.
22:39Are you a victim of a scam?
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