The People’s Court Podcast

First, the plaintiff has been friends with the defendant for 20 years and didn’t hesitate to lend him a car when he needed one. Three weeks later, he agreed to sell the defendant the car, but the defendant hasn’t paid him for it and has even threatened to file a restraining order against the plaintiff! The plaintiff is suing for the money he is owed. The defendant claims he paid the plaintiff for the car, which promptly started falling apart.

Then, the plaintiff says she hired the defendant to clean an apartment. When he used too much water to clean the carpet, the defendant damaged the wood underneath, causing it to buckle. The plaintiff is suing the defendant for the money she spent on replacing the flooring he damaged. The defendant claims he has been in business for 13 years, and that the plaintiff’s allegations are false. He says she had a leaky refrigerator, which is what caused the damage to the flooring.

Plus, the plaintiff claims the defendant is refusing to return a security deposit she is owed and is suing to get it back. The defendant claims the plaintiff was a terrible tenant who refused to vacate on time and caused lots of damage to the unit she lived in. She is countersuing for the extensive damages she believes the plaintiff caused to her property.

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First, the plaintiff says that he and the defendant dated for several months. After they broke up, he agreed to care for her apartment and animals while she was incarcerated. The defendant agreed to pay the plaintiff back, but hasn’t, and now he’s suing her. The defendant claims the plaintiff became obsessed with her, even proposing at one point. She did get arrested at one point by accident. When she returned to her apartment, she found that the plaintiff had taken all her money and other items, leaving her with nothing. She is countersuing for the money he stole from her.

Then, The plaintiff says she purchased a car for her daughter, the defendant, who then got into an accident. She says the defendant then refused to take responsibility and pay for the damages to the car and is suing for money she believes she is owed for the car. The defendant says her mother gifted the car to her and they both agreed the defendant would be responsible for paying the insurance. After the accident, she claims the plaintiff forbade her from making a claim on the insurance policy and even asked for the car back.

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First, the plaintiff says the defendant was a bartender he employed at his restaurant who served alcohol to a minor. That minor got into a car accident and the employee was fired. However, the restaurant was fined $3,000 for providing the alcohol, and the plaintiff is suing the defendant for the cost of that fee. The defendant claims the minor was a regular who was given drinks by all the bartenders at the restaurant, and she had even cut the individual off that evening. She had watched the minor get into a car as a passenger with someone who had not been drinking. Because the fine was issued to the business, not her, she does not believe it is her responsibility.

Then, the plaintiff says he moved into the defendant’s home as a subletter and fixed up countless issues with the unit. Just two weeks later, he was asked to move out because the defendant wanted someone else to sublet. He was left homeless and lost his job. He is suing the defendant for $1,100. The defendant claims she rented out the apartment specifically to the plaintiff’s girlfriend, and not him, something she was intentional about. She says there was even a dog living there, which wasn’t allowed.

Plus, the plaintiff knows the defendant through his son and saw that the defendant was going through a rough patch. He decided to help the defendant out by purchasing him a car and would allow him to get his life in order before requesting repayments. The defendant hasn’t made any payments, and so the plaintiff is suing. The defendant claims the plaintiff never said anything about wanting to be repaid, so the defendant was unaware of such a deal. He even claims the plaintiff slashed two tires of the car!

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First, after an eight-year relationship gone nowhere, the plaintiff decided to break up with and kick the unambitious defendant out of her home. She claims he still owes her for rent and a cell phone and is suing him. The defendant claims they had a rocky relationship where the plaintiff threatened him occasionally. He argues he is the one who ended things and had never made any promises to repay her, especially since he did not live with her.

Then, the plaintiff says he rented a taxi from the defendant and gave him a $1,000 deposit to cover any damages. After returning the vehicle to the defendant, he was denied the return of his deposit. He is suing for the deposit. The defendant claims the plaintiff was in two accidents in less than six weeks and even tried to hide the second from him! This cost the defendant considerably more than the deposit in repairs to his taxi, which is why he refuses to return it.

Plus, the plaintiff says she hired the defendant to pave a sidewalk and driveway around her brother’s home. Six months later, the pavement was already chipping and flaking everywhere. The defendant promised to fix the damage but failed to, and now the plaintiff is suing to get $3,500 returned. The defendant says the damage was caused by winter weather and he did return to fix it entirely free of charge.

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First, the plaintiff claims that when she bought a car from the defendant, he illegally forged her name on some bank documents, and she reported him to the department of consumer affairs. Because the terms of the loan are wrong, she wants out of the deal and wants her deposit back. The defendant says the plaintiff returned the car to the bank, who she took out the loan with for the car, so he has nothing to do with him. He also claims he received the deposit for the car a year ago, making it nonrefundable.

Then, the defendant says she and her ex-boyfriend planned on splitting the cost of a hotel and rental car for an out-of-town wedding they attended together, but now that they’ve broken up, she says the defendant is stiffing her for his share. She is suing for what she’s owed. The defendant claims that their relationship was on-again, off-again, and the plaintiff only started demanding to be repaid for the trip after she broke up with him via text message.

Plus, the plaintiff purchased a Sub-Zero freezer from the defendant, only to find a broken piece in the condenser that a repairman said could not be fixed. He claims the defendant led him to believe the freezer was in good working order just to get rid of a piece of junk. He is suing the defendant for more than the money he spent on the freezer. The defendant claims he told the defendant he had never plugged the freezer in and was therefore not responsible for whether it worked or not. He also says the plaintiff knew he was taking a chance with purchasing the freezer.

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