Man Denies Suing Ex Because of Her New Man

[00:00:00]ACCIDENT.

[00:00:01]OLD ARE YOU, SIR?

[00:00:02]>> I AM 23.

[00:00:02]>> Judge Judy: WHAT DO YOU DO?

[00:00:03]>> I SELL FLOWERS WITH MY NEIGHBOR.

[00:00:05]>> Judge Judy: YOU WORK FULL-TIME?

[00:00:06]>> YES, MA'AM.

[00:00:07]>> Judge Judy: AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU DONE THAT?

[00:00:09]>> I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR HIM FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS.

[00:00:11]>> Judge Judy: WHO DO YOU LIVE WITH?

[00:00:13]>> MY DAD.

[00:00:13]>> Judge Judy: OKAY.

[00:00:14]THIS IS WHAT THE CASE IS ABOUT.

[00:00:16]A WHILE AGO, YOU AND THE DEFENDANT, WHO USED TO BE A GIRLFRIEND, DECIDED TO GO WITH ANOTHER COUPLE CAMPING.

[00:00:22]>> YES, MA'AM.

[00:00:22]>> Judge Judy: ACCORDING TO WHAT I'M READING IN BETWEEN THE LINES OF THIS, THE DEFENDANT'S FATHER WASN'T HAPPY ABOUT YOU BEING INVOLVED WITH HIS DAUGHTER.

[00:00:29]>> CORRECT.

[00:00:30]>> Judge Judy: ANYWAY, YOU WERE INVOLVED, ANYWAY.

[00:00:33]DECIDED TO GO CAMPING.

[00:00:34]WHEN YOU WERE CAMPING, YOU ALL GOT A CASE OF THE MUNCHIES IN THE EVENING.

[00:00:38]YOU DON'T SAY THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M SORT OF PUTTING TOGETHER, THAT YOU GOT A CASE OF THE MUNCHIES AND DECIDED TO GO OUT TO FIND SOME FOOD.

[00:00:45]>> Judge Judy: NOW, AT SOME POINT, WHEN YOU WERE OUT, THE FOUR OF YOU, A CAR OR A TRUCK HIT YOU IN THE REAR.

[00:00:50]YOU WERE STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN OR A LIGHT.

[00:00:53]THE CAR WAS PRETTY MUCH TOTALED, AND THE CAR BELONGED TO HER FATHER.

[00:00:57]YOU EXCHANGED INFORMATION WITH THE TRUCK DRIVER?

[00:01:00]>> YES.

[00:01:00]>> Judge Judy: AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY SETTLED WITH YOU FOR YOUR INJURIES, AS WELL AS THE CAR AND A FRIEND OF YOURS WHO WAS ALSO IN THE CAR.

[00:01:10]>> YES.

[00:01:10]>> Judge Judy: THAT WOULD BE YOU.

[00:01:11]>> YES.

[00:01:12]>> Judge Judy: 'CAUSE YOU ALSO HAD MEDICAL BILLS.

[00:01:14]>> YES.

[00:01:15]>> Judge Judy: YOUR COMPLAINT IS, SHE LEFT YOUR NAME OFF WHEN SHE FILED AN INSURANCE CLAIM, AND YOU THINK YOU SHOULD GET SOME MONEY, TOO.

[00:01:23]>> CORRECT.

[00:01:24]>> Judge Judy: WHY DIDN'T YOU TAKE THE NAME OF THE TRUCK DRIVER AND SUE?

[00:01:27]>> I WAS IN A STATE -- >> Judge Judy: WHAT?!

[00:01:28]>> I WAS IN A STATE OF SHOCK AT THE TIME.

[00:01:30]>> Judge Judy: WELL, HOW IS THAT HER FAULT?

[00:01:31]>> I WAS IN HER CAR WITH HER.

[00:01:33]>> Judge Judy: YEAH, BUT SHE WASN'T AT FAULT.

[00:01:34]THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS AT FAULT.

[00:01:35]>> I KNOW.

[00:01:36]I COULDN'T GET ANY -- >> Judge Judy: WHAT?!

[00:01:37]>> I COULDN'T GET ANY INFORMATION OFF HER, AND SHE WOULDN'T GIVE ME ANY.

[00:01:40]>> OH, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

[00:01:42]ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GET OUT OF THE CAR AND SAY, "LISTEN.

[00:01:45]I'M A PASSENGER IN THE CAR."

[00:01:46]YOU WEREN'T TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IMMEDIATELY FROM THE SCENE, WERE YOU?

[00:01:50]>> NO.

[00:01:50]>> Judge Judy: "I NEED THE INFORMATION, TOO, 'CAUSE I'M GONNA SUE HIM" IF YOU WERE HURT.

[00:01:54]WHAT ARE YOU SUING HER FOR?

[00:01:55]>> 'CAUSE I NEED HELP PAYING THESE MEDICAL BILLS.

[00:01:58]>> Judge Judy: WELL, THEN, SUE THE TRUCK DRIVER!

[00:02:00]>> I WOULD LOVE TO.

[00:02:01]SHE'S NOT GIVING ANY INFORMATION.

[00:02:02]>> Judge Judy: SHE'LL GIVE YOU THE NAME.

[00:02:04]I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS HAS EXPIRED.

[00:02:07]WHEN DID THIS ACCIDENT HAPPEN?

[00:02:09]>> JULY 4th.

[00:02:10]>> Judge Judy: THIS PAST JULY 4th?

[00:02:12]>> YES, YOUR HONOR.

[00:02:12]>> Judge Judy: OH, YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIME, SIR!

[00:02:14]YOU PROBABLY HAVE A ONE-YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.

[00:02:16]GO SUE THE TRUCK DRIVER.

[00:02:18]HE HIT YOU IN THE REAR.

[00:02:19]SHE DIDN'T.

[00:02:20]WHAT DO YOU WANT HER TO DO?

[00:02:22]>> JUST PUT HER NAME ON THE INSURANCE THAT I WAS WITH HER.

[00:02:24]>> Judge Judy: YOU KNOW YOU WERE WITH HER, RIGHT?

[00:02:26]>> YES, MA'AM.

[00:02:26]>> Judge Judy: SUE THE TRUCK DRIVER.

[00:02:28]AM I MISSING SOMETHING?

[00:02:29]IS THERE SOMETHING HERE THAT I'M MISSING?

[00:02:31]>> Byrd: NO.

[00:02:32]YOU SEEM TO HAVE IT ALL.

[00:02:33]>> Judge Judy: HUH?

[00:02:33]>> Byrd: YOU SEEM TO HAVE IT ALL.

[00:02:34]>> Judge Judy: IS THERE SOMETHING HERE THAT I'M MISSING, MR. POOLE?

[00:02:36]>> NO, MA'AM.

[00:02:37]>> Judge Judy: NO?

[00:02:38]>> MNH-MNH.

[00:02:38]>> Judge Judy: THEN, ARE WE ALL HAPPY?

[00:02:40]>> YOUR HONOR, HE'S MAD BECAUSE I HAD RECENTLY MOVED TO TEXAS.

[00:02:42]>> Judge Judy: LISTEN TO ME.

[00:02:44]I READ YOUR ANSWER, THAT YOU RECENTLY MOVED TO TEXAS AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER BOYFRIEND.

[00:02:49]>> I'M MARRIED.

[00:02:50]>> Judge Judy: MARRIED.

[00:02:51]I DON'T CARE.

[00:02:52]THAT'S FOR ANOTHER SHOW.

[00:02:54]THAT'S FOR CABLE SOMEPLACE, ALL THE WAY DOWN THE PIKE.

[00:02:58]I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT.

[00:02:59]ALL I CARE ABOUT IS, HE WANTS MONEY.

[00:03:01]HE SAYS HE WAS INJURED AS A RESULT OF SOMEBODY ELSE'S NEGLIGENCE.

[00:03:04]THEN YOU HAVE TO SUE THE RIGHT PERSON.

[00:03:06]>> HE TOLD ME NOT TO TELL MY INSURANCE COMPANY HE WAS IN THE CAR.

[00:03:10]>> Judge Judy: I DON'T CARE!

[00:03:11]WHAT DO I CARE?

[00:03:12]HE'LL HAVE TO PROVE TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY THAT HE WAS IN THE CAR.

[00:03:15]I'M SURE YOU'RE PREPARED TO GIVE AN AFFIDAVIT THAT SAYS HE WAS IN THE CAR, RIGHT?

[00:03:19]BECAUSE HE WAS IN THE CAR, RIGHT?

[00:03:21]AND NOW WE HAVE IT MEMORIALIZED HERE, THAT YOU SAID HE WAS IN THE CAR.

[00:03:24]SO, HE'S GONNA SUE THE DRIVER OF THE CAR WHO HIT YOUR CAR IN THE REAR, AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA SAY TO HIM, "PROVE YOUR INJURIES.

[00:03:30]PROVE THAT YOU WERE IN SOME WAY DAMAGED," WHICH I'M SURE YOU CAN, RIGHT?

[00:03:34]>> YES, MA'AM.

[00:03:35]>> Judge Judy: GREAT, 'CAUSE I'M NOT INTERESTED IN IT BECAUSE SHE'S THE WRONG DEFENDANT.

[00:03:39]YOU UNDERSTAND?

[00:03:40]>> YES, MA'AM.

[00:03:40]TOODLE-OO.