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{\an8}- She worked for you as an esthetician?
- Yes.

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You can't open up a store next door
and steal the clients.

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It's a very intimate service.

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So, you start to gain, um,
a relationship with these clients.

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That's not an intimate relationship.
That's just stealing clients.

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[narrator]
<i>This is Judy Justice.</i>

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{\an8}[theme music playing]

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{\an8}[narrator] <i>Angela Landy is suing
her former employee, Aleshanee Wyatt,</i>

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<i>for stealing clients and
breaching their employment agreement.</i>

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[bailiff]
Court, come to order, all rise.

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Have a seat, please.

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{\an8}Hello, Judge.
Case #2112, Landy versus Wyatt.

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{\an8}- Thank you.
- [bailiff] You're welcome.

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Miss Wyatt,
when did you become an esthetician?

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I was licensed as an esthetician
in March of 2021.

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Okay, Miss Landy,
this is what your case is about.

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You hired Miss Wyatt for your business.
You have a spa business.

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- Is that what it is?
- Yes, Your Honor.

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{\an8}How long have you had the business?

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{\an8}I've been in operations
as an S Corp. since 2016.

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I worked for myself
as a sole proprietor since 2009.

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How many employees did you have
in 2020 and 2021?

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In 2020, it was during the pandemic.
We were shut down most of the time.

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In 2021, there was up to five employees.
Not including myself, Your Honor.

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It was six of us, total.

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- Does that include Miss Wyatt?
- [Angela] It does, your Honor.

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[Judy]
When did she start working for you?

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She started working for me
in February of 2021 as a receptionist.

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I hired her as a receptionist.

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- Okay, not an esthetician?
- No, Your Honor.

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Okay, were you going to school
at the time?

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{\an8}I was not hired in February.

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{\an8}I didn't get my license
until March of 2021.

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What the Plaintiff says
is you were hired in February,

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she probably has documents,
to work as a receptionist?

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I was not hired...
I didn't even have my license then.

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Did you have any proof
that she started in February?

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Your Honor, I have proof that she...

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- [Judy] Was she on your payroll?
- She was on my payroll.

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- Okay, so that should be...
- What we have document of in that

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is that she started brand new
as a receptionist.

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- Maybe it was in March of '21.
- [Judy] Okay.

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- I have my first paycheck stub.
- [Judy] I'd like to see it.

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- This is a pay stub from April?
- [Aleshanee<i>]</i> Yes.

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{\an8}Oh, okay.

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{\an8}[Judy]
Okay. This is your claim.

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{\an8}Your claim is that
when Miss Wyatt came to work for you

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subsequently as an esthetician,
which she was,

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because she... You counted her
among your six employees in 2021,

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that she had signed a contract
which provided for certain restrictions

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should she leave.

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You don't have that contract?

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I cannot find it.
It was supposed to...

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- [Judy] You don't have that contract.
- No.

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Miss Wyatt,
when you went to work for the Plaintiff,

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do you recall signing a document?

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{\an8}I do recall signing documents stating,
like, what my job title was.

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And, like, the documents
that would go towards what we went over

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and things like that
for training purposes.

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- Okay.
- Your Honor, I have non solicitation,

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non-disclosure agreement documents
of employees.

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- There's four of them...
- Okay, is this an employee of yours?

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No, it is not, Your Honor.

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- Ever, was ever?
- Never been an employee.

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Were either one of those two people
employees, former employees.

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Yes, Tabitha Brown was.

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- Was this a former employee of yours?
- Tabitha Brown was a former employee.

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[Judy]
At approximately the same time?

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She was an employee of mine
for five years

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up until April 17th, Your Honor.

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{\an8}[Judy]
Did she voluntarily leave or did you...

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{\an8}[Angela]
She voluntarily left.

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{\an8}Okay, did she voluntarily leave
to go to work with the Defendant?

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I did not know that
until the Defendant left.

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[Judy] But ultimately determined
that she did.

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- Sure did.
- [Judy] Okay.

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- She was with you for five years?
- [Angela] Yes.

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[Judy] I assume that if you have a
business and you don't have this contract,

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which you allege, if you could produce,
had a specific non-compete clause in it,

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but you don't have it.

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She remembers signing something,

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but she doesn't remember
exactly what it was.

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Can you stand up?
Tell me your name.

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Tabitha Brown.

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Miss Brown, did you sign a contract
when you went to work for the Plaintiff?

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{\an8}- Yes, I didn't remember that I did.
- You did?

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{\an8}- Yes. Yes.
- [Judy] But you did?

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{\an8}[Judy]
Okay. Do you have a copy of her...

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I sure do.
And Your Honor...

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- [Judy] Just a second.
- Okay.

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- [Judy] Do you have a copy of it?
- I don't.

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[Judy]
But you have a copy of what she signed?

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- Yes.
- I'd like to see it.

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- Your Honor, if I may say...
- [Judy] No-no-no. No.

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Just let me see the copy.
I'm trying to reconstruct something

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just to get some general parameters
of this case.

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Tabitha Brown, March 22nd, 2022?

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- Yes. Oh.
- [Angela] Different.

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That is not the non-solicitation
non-disclosure agreement.

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That's a different agreement.
Those are contracts she has signed.

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Oh, well, you gave me two things.
What is this?

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One is her non-disclosure,
non-solicitation.

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And also the second one
is the role definition

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of an esthetician working for me.

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Looking at the non compete.

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Okay, this is pretty standard.
Kevin, would you show this to Miss Brown?

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And I also want you to show it
to Miss Wyatt.

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- That clearly your signature?
- Yes, ma'am.

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Yes, and so that says,

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within one year of your leaving,
Miss Landy's employment,

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you will not work in a related field

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within seven miles
from her current place of business.

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{\an8}Yes.

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{\an8}When you left her employment,
did you go to work with Miss Wyatt?

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[Tabitha]
We left after... Yes.

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- [Judy] The answer is either yes or no.
- Yes.

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- So you did?
- Yes.

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You went to work with Miss Wyatt?

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And when you went with Miss Wyatt,
that was sometime in 2022?

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[Tabiitha]
Yes, ma'am.

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[Judy]
What month?

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May of 2022.

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Your Honor, that's incorrect.

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[Judy] Shh.
I'm not needing your help.

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Okay.

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In this case,
you don't have a physical signed contract.

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So I don't see why you think
that you have all documentation.

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I don't have documentation.

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That's what I'm saying.

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Due to the fact that I believe
she stole the information

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out of my filing cabinet.

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{\an8}[narrator] <i>Angela Landy,
claims her former employee,</i>

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{\an8}<i>Aleshanee Wyatt, stole clients
and breached their employment agreement.</i>

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Now, does Miss Wyatt have a location,

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a shop, a store, a place of business
or does she operate out of her residence?

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We share a space.

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You share a space where?

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At a salon studios in Valencia.

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Have you calculated the distance between
that space and Miss Landy's office?

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I have, ma'am.

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{\an8}- And how far is it?
- 3.4 miles.

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{\an8}Well, you're not allowed to do that
pursuant to the terms of your agreement.

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Correct, I don't have a copy
of that agreement, ma'am.

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- [Judy] Well, I'm...
- I have now, but at the time I didn't.

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It's from five years ago,
and I never received a copy of that.

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So, it was...

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I don't know whether
you received a copy or not.

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It's your signature
and it's pretty standard fair.

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It's not that it's not standard fair.

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So, Miss Wyatt,
what I have to do is sort of

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put together whether or not
I believe that you, in fact,

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- had the same document that you signed.
- Correct.

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And I believe that you did,
by the fact she says,

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that you probably took it when you left.
I can't describe that conduct to her,

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but this is pretty standard fair
that within one year it's not too onerous.

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It's not within a 50 mile radius.
It's a seven mile radius.

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Three and a half miles
is certainly well within that.

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You could have found some place
that was eight miles away.

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And then we wouldn't be
in this difficulty, but you didn't.

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Anyway, so you were
in violation of your contract

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when you left and went to work
and share space with Miss Wyatt.

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Okay, but you're not suing her?

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- No, ma'am.
- Why?

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Because I know the case would be dismissed
because of the lack of solicitation

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between clients and of a former employee.

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Well, not necessarily,
those two stand alone.

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Your Honor, if I may say,

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there was a small claims action
against Tabitha,

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but because there was no evidence...

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{\an8}- What do you mean, there was no evidence?
- I had no evidence,

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{\an8}the way I have evidence today
with Aleshanee,

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that Tabitha solicited clientele.

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- Okay, now you can sit down.
- Thank you.

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So, that small claims case was dismissed?

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Yeah, there's...
I have nothing there, which I learned.

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I have nothing to stand on,
the way, what I have to stand on today.

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Well, what you had to stand on misled you,
which I don't understand.

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You had a non-compete agreement with her.
She's in violation of that agreement.

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That's all you need.
And she violated this agreement.

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- She went to work within seven miles...
- That is correct, Your Honor.

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of your place of business.

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So, I don't understand that.

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In this case,
you don't have a physical signed contract.

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I have to reconstruct whether
I believe that there was one.

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So, I don't see why you think
that you have all documentation.

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I don't have documentation because...

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That's what I'm saying.

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Due to the fact that I believe
she stole the information

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out of my filing cabinet.

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I don't know whether she did or not.

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Right now, you say it's a lost document,
you can't find it.

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- Correct.
- [Judy] Okay.

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And the defendant acknowledges,

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and it's usually custom and practice
in the business

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to sign a non-compete when you have
that kind of service industry.

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And I'm prepared to accept
judicial notice of the fact

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that when you go to work
for a beauty salon

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or a hair salon or a spa,

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you develop a clientele within the spa,
you can't open up a store next door.

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and steal the clients.

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Most people have people sign this,
and you did,

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And you had it done five years ago.

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So, Miss Brown is in violation
of this contract.

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That is correct.

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Why somebody dismissed that,
I don't know, I have no idea.

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Okay. So, now
you're going to demonstrate to me

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that Miss Wyatt solicited clients
of yours.

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- [Angela] Yes.
- Show me.

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In July of 2021, Aleshanee was trained
to be an esthetician.

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Let's not go back to ground zero,
I'm not interested.

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I am assuming,
for the purposes of this hearing,

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that she signed a non-compete clause,
just as Miss Brown did.

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So, let's start from there
and I asked you a very simple question.

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I said, what proof do you have
that she solicited clients when she left?

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Your Honor, my solicitation is here.

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Fine, I'd like to take a look at it.

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And my witness, Kennedy,
is here as well.

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Well, let's go to Miss Kennedy.
Was Miss Kennedy a client of yours?

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Yes, your Honor.

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Would you stand up, please?

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Your first name?

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Kennedy. Kennedy.

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- [Judy] Last name?
- Johnson.

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Miss Johnson, how long had you been client
of Miss Landy's spa?

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{\an8}I want to say about 2019, Your Honor.
I was there before the pandemic

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{\an8}and was there for a while,
before it shut down due to COVID.

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[Judy] Were you there
after it reopened after COVID?

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What kind of work do you have done there?

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I get sugared, which is using sugar lemon,

231
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- and I believe it's honey and...
- Water.

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Water

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And you mix it together
and it takes hair off of you.

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[Judy]
And who did that for you?

235
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I went through many of the clientele
and the employees

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at Angela's shop at the time.

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So, there were several people,
Aleshanee was one of them,

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as well as Tabitha.

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How many times did the Defendant
do the waxing?

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- Sugaring.
- Sugaring.

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I want to say at least five times.

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[Judy]
Do you recall when she left Miss Landy's?

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I do not remember the date.

244
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However, I do remember getting a call
from her company.

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I got a call saying...

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[Judy]
From Miss Landry's company?

247
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- Yes.
- Your Honor, it's Landy.

248
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- Landy?
- Yes, from Miss Landy's company.

249
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They had called me on my cell phone
and told me that she was no longer there.

250
00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:18,133
[Judy] You can't tell me what somebody
from her shop told you, that's hearsay.

251
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I want to know about the solicitation,
if there was.

252
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Yes, so at one point,
while the Defendant was there.

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- [Judy] Don't...
- Sorry.

254
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- Do you understand?
- [Angela] Yes.

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While the Defendant was there,
I had gotten sugared on my face.

256
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{\an8}It was a small patch text, or test,
excuse me.

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{\an8}And after she had texted me,
gave me her personal number,

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and told me if I had any reaction
to text her and let her know.

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After I texted her, I had...

260
00:12:41,967 --> 00:12:44,433
And this was while
she was working for the Plaintiff?

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- Yes, that is correct.
- Go ahead.

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And as well, I started having
a small reaction

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and I had texted her
and sent her a picture of my face

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and told her that I was starting
to have a small reaction.

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I did not receive anything back
for a little bit.

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And then, I want to say around
April, late March...

267
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Well, when did you text her?

268
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- On this text for the face patch?
- Yes.

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Was earlier, I want to say early March,
maybe February.

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Do you have the text?

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- I believe she gave it to you.
- The third one, Your Honor.

272
00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:21,100
What date did Miss Wyatt
leave your employ?

273
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April 22nd,
is when I got her immediate resignation.

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- April 22nd, 20...
- [Angela] Twenty-two.

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And is this what you're referring to?
"Hey, Kennedy, I forgot to tell you,

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if you wanted to book with me again,
I could put you in my books.

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- I'll be in Valencia"?
- That's correct.

278
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And is Valencia where your shop is?

279
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- Three point two miles away, Your Honor.
- No, the answer my question.

280
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I have a question.
Is Valencia where your shop is?

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- No.
- [Judy] That's my question.

282
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- Why don't you just answer my question.
- Okay.

283
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Tell me what she told your attorney.
Do you understand?

284
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Even if I have an affidavit?

285
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Is your attorney in the military?

286
00:13:59,967 --> 00:14:02,066
No, I just have a notarized affidavit.

287
00:14:02,133 --> 00:14:03,934
- From whom? From her?
- [Angela] My attorney.

288
00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,200
No, I don't take affidavits
from attorneys.

289
00:14:06,266 --> 00:14:07,633
- Okay.
- It's ridiculous.

290
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[theme music playing]

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{\an8}[narrator] <i>Business owner Angela Landy
has accused her former employee,</i>

292
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{\an8}<i>Aleshanee Wyatt, of taking her clients
and breaking their agreement.</i>

293
00:14:28,166 --> 00:14:30,700
So, Valencia is not where your shop is.

294
00:14:30,767 --> 00:14:33,100
Valencia is where
your place of business is.

295
00:14:33,166 --> 00:14:34,600
- Yes, Your Honor.
- [Judy] Okay.

296
00:14:34,667 --> 00:14:37,000
So, you left on the 22nd,
is that correct?

297
00:14:37,066 --> 00:14:38,100
That's correct.

298
00:14:38,166 --> 00:14:41,500
On the 20th, two days before,
you tell Miss Kennedy,

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'cause I assume that this
was a planned move of yours,

300
00:14:44,667 --> 00:14:48,967
that she could reach you again
at your new place of business in Valencia?

301
00:14:49,033 --> 00:14:49,934
Yes, Your Honor.

302
00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,200
Okay. Well, you're not allowed to do that.

303
00:14:52,266 --> 00:14:55,533
{\an8}Um, during the services,
it's a very intimate service.

304
00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:59,467
{\an8}So, you start to gain a relationship
with these clients.

305
00:14:59,533 --> 00:15:03,133
And through that time,
I felt like I had gained a relationship.

306
00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:05,633
It wasn't just a client with Kennedy.

307
00:15:05,700 --> 00:15:07,066
- So, I...
- [Judy] You met her...

308
00:15:07,133 --> 00:15:08,700
- Yes.
- ...through the Plaintiff?

309
00:15:08,767 --> 00:15:11,133
- Yes, Your Honor.
- You started to work on her

310
00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:12,934
- through the Plaintiff?
- Yes, Your Honor.

311
00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:16,000
She had other people work on her
other than you.

312
00:15:16,066 --> 00:15:17,867
- Yes.
- She may have liked you

313
00:15:17,934 --> 00:15:19,533
better than the other people.

314
00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:21,967
That doesn't diminish the fact
that you knew

315
00:15:22,033 --> 00:15:26,767
that you weren't supposed
to solicit clients. You knew that.

316
00:15:26,834 --> 00:15:28,567
- I believe that you knew that.
- Yes.

317
00:15:28,633 --> 00:15:31,133
Because that's standard fair.
So your excuse is,

318
00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:34,266
you thought you developed
a personal relationship with her?

319
00:15:34,333 --> 00:15:35,967
- Correct, Your Honor.
- How many other people

320
00:15:36,033 --> 00:15:38,300
did you develop
a personal relationship with?

321
00:15:38,367 --> 00:15:41,834
Majority of the clients that I had
who were returning clients of mine,

322
00:15:41,900 --> 00:15:44,834
I felt like I had built
personal relationships with.

323
00:15:44,900 --> 00:15:47,233
If you're patching around
with somebody's face,

324
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or scrubbing their body

325
00:15:48,633 --> 00:15:53,867
or giving them a scrub to get hair off
on every part of the body,

326
00:15:53,934 --> 00:15:57,233
then you develop
an intimate relationship with somebody.

327
00:15:57,300 --> 00:15:59,400
- Now, your first name is Kennedy?
- Yes.

328
00:15:59,467 --> 00:16:01,967
Kennedy, did you ever go out to dinner
with Miss Wyatt?

329
00:16:02,066 --> 00:16:04,533
- No, I did not.
- She ever invite you to her house?

330
00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:05,633
No, she did not.

331
00:16:05,700 --> 00:16:07,867
Was the only time
you ever saw Miss Wyatt

332
00:16:07,934 --> 00:16:10,133
{\an8}- while you were having a service?
- That is correct.

333
00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:12,200
{\an8}You see,
that's not an intimate relationship.

334
00:16:12,266 --> 00:16:14,033
That's just stealing clients, Miss Wyatt.

335
00:16:14,100 --> 00:16:15,000
Okay.

336
00:16:15,066 --> 00:16:18,867
So, my question to you is,
you're seeking damages, okay?

337
00:16:18,934 --> 00:16:21,800
Did you seek injunctive relief?

338
00:16:21,867 --> 00:16:23,433
- No, Your Honor.
- Why not?

339
00:16:23,500 --> 00:16:25,333
I didn't know about injunctive relief.

340
00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:28,200
In addition,
because of the staff leaving,

341
00:16:28,266 --> 00:16:31,700
because it's solicitation,
of admitted solicitation

342
00:16:31,767 --> 00:16:35,367
by Aleshanee to my attorney
and I have a sworn affidavit for that.

343
00:16:35,433 --> 00:16:39,000
Because of that,
I ordered them a cease and desist,

344
00:16:39,066 --> 00:16:41,500
and they ignored the cease and desist.

345
00:16:41,567 --> 00:16:43,900
Aleshanee told my attorney
that she did not solicit...

346
00:16:43,967 --> 00:16:45,467
[Judy]
No, you can't...

347
00:16:45,533 --> 00:16:47,400
- Hearsay.
- You can't tell me

348
00:16:47,467 --> 00:16:49,533
what she told your attorney.

349
00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,133
- Do you understand?
- Even if I have an affidavit?

350
00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:54,000
Is your attorney in the military?

351
00:16:54,066 --> 00:16:56,800
- No, I just have a notarized affidavit.
- From whom? From her?

352
00:16:56,867 --> 00:16:57,734
My attorney.

353
00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:00,500
No, I don't take affidavits
from attorneys.

354
00:17:00,567 --> 00:17:02,033
- Okay.
- It's ridiculous.

355
00:17:02,100 --> 00:17:04,000
Are you still in operation, Miss Wyatt?

356
00:17:04,066 --> 00:17:05,233
Yes, Your Honor.

357
00:17:05,300 --> 00:17:08,300
[Judy]
How many people work for, with or to you?

358
00:17:08,367 --> 00:17:11,066
It's just me.
I have my own personal LLC.

359
00:17:11,133 --> 00:17:14,767
And she has her own personal LLC,
so none of our money is combined.

360
00:17:14,834 --> 00:17:17,734
[Judy] Miss Wyatt, how many
of your former clients

361
00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,333
from Miss Landy's business followed you?

362
00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,767
I would say a good portion.
I don't have an exact number.

363
00:17:23,834 --> 00:17:25,333
- Yes.
- [Angela] Here you go.

364
00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:27,500
- No, just tell me.
- I would say, at least...

365
00:17:27,567 --> 00:17:29,066
- [Judy] No-no-no.
- No, I'm sorry.

366
00:17:29,133 --> 00:17:31,333
I don't want you to say,
"I would say, at least,"

367
00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,433
I assume you have names, people.

368
00:17:33,500 --> 00:17:35,433
I have names and people here, Your Honor.

369
00:17:35,500 --> 00:17:39,166
{\an8}[Judy] How many of your clients
went to Miss Wyatt?

370
00:17:39,233 --> 00:17:40,367
{\an8}Twenty.

371
00:17:40,433 --> 00:17:44,033
{\an8}Not was solicited.
Follow me very carefully.

372
00:17:44,100 --> 00:17:49,300
Not solicited by her, but actually
left your business to go with her.

373
00:17:49,367 --> 00:17:51,200
Actually left my business to go with her.

374
00:17:51,266 --> 00:17:52,667
- [Judy] Twenty?
- Yes, Your Honor.

375
00:17:52,734 --> 00:17:55,166
I'd like to see.
Does that sound right, Miss Wyatt?

376
00:17:55,233 --> 00:17:56,767
Yes, Your Honor.

377
00:17:56,834 --> 00:18:00,066
Then I don't have to see.
She says that that's about right.

378
00:18:00,133 --> 00:18:03,967
Your Honor, I would also like to add
that after I left,

379
00:18:04,033 --> 00:18:06,100
she did send out a mass text

380
00:18:06,166 --> 00:18:09,200
allowing all of the clients
who had ever seen me

381
00:18:09,266 --> 00:18:11,834
to be aware that I was no longer there.

382
00:18:11,900 --> 00:18:16,367
So, that also allowed more clients
to reach out to me in different aspects.

383
00:18:16,433 --> 00:18:19,533
- No, you made the mistake.
- Okay.

384
00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:22,166
You made the mistake
by opening up an office

385
00:18:22,233 --> 00:18:24,967
within a seven mile radius,
which you can't do.

386
00:18:25,033 --> 00:18:27,633
- Okay.
- You solicited her clients.

387
00:18:27,700 --> 00:18:31,333
I thought maybe just one or two,
but 20, that's a lot of clients.

388
00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:33,633
Twenty recurring clients
is a lot of clients.

389
00:18:33,700 --> 00:18:37,533
Miss Landy's request
in her small claims case

390
00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:40,800
is the maximum of the jurisdiction,
which is $10,000.

391
00:18:40,867 --> 00:18:43,667
And I think that she deserves
every penny of that.

392
00:18:43,734 --> 00:18:45,333
- Okay.
- 'Cause what you did was wrong

393
00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:47,000
and a breach of your contract with her.

394
00:18:47,066 --> 00:18:49,600
Judgment for the Plaintiff
in the amount of $10,000.

395
00:18:49,667 --> 00:18:51,000
- We're finished.
- [Angela] Thank you.

396
00:18:51,066 --> 00:18:52,367
This court is adjourned.

397
00:18:52,433 --> 00:18:55,300
And I have to tell you something,
that's ongoing.

398
00:18:55,367 --> 00:18:57,133
- Okay.
- Just so that you're aware.

399
00:18:57,200 --> 00:18:58,533
[laughs]

400
00:18:59,934 --> 00:19:02,700
{\an8}I felt like the work environment
was very unstable.

401
00:19:02,767 --> 00:19:05,533
{\an8}I have so many people to testify,
including employees,

402
00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:07,600
{\an8}that it's not a hostile work environment.

403
00:19:07,667 --> 00:19:10,600
{\an8}And, um, I was constantly anxious there.

404
00:19:10,667 --> 00:19:13,900
{\an8}I was doing so much
to improve the quality of the business

405
00:19:13,967 --> 00:19:16,066
{\an8}by changing policies and procedures.

406
00:19:16,133 --> 00:19:18,300
{\an8}I had to do what was best
for me and my family.

407
00:19:18,367 --> 00:19:19,500
{\an8}I'm a single mom, so.

408
00:19:19,567 --> 00:19:23,533
{\an8}Hiring a business coach,
working with an HR team.

409
00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:25,700
{\an8}Let the better business win, I guess.

410
00:19:25,767 --> 00:19:28,133
{\an8}The better business has won. [laughs]

411
00:19:29,934 --> 00:19:33,467
I was a little bit confused, maybe
you can shed some light on it for me.

412
00:19:33,533 --> 00:19:36,867
Why the Plaintiff wouldn't sue
for injunctive relief.

413
00:19:36,934 --> 00:19:40,567
Because injunctive relief
is suing not so much for damages,

414
00:19:40,633 --> 00:19:42,667
but to get someone
to stop doing something.

415
00:19:42,734 --> 00:19:46,567
So, in this case, it seemed to me
that the proper ask, per se,

416
00:19:46,633 --> 00:19:49,600
would be injunctive relief
to stop the Defendant

417
00:19:49,667 --> 00:19:53,467
from operating her business
in violation of her contract.

418
00:19:53,533 --> 00:19:55,734
But she didn't do that.
She sued for damages instead.

419
00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:58,467
And I just think that this same problem
could keep happening.

420
00:19:58,533 --> 00:20:02,700
That I think it's a good lesson for people
to educate themselves or hire a lawyer

421
00:20:02,767 --> 00:20:04,834
to find the proper relief.

422
00:20:04,900 --> 00:20:07,433
Because what's to say
that this is going to stop today?

423
00:20:07,500 --> 00:20:09,567
I'm sure she'll keep seeing
the 20 clients.

424
00:20:09,633 --> 00:20:11,967
Well, she's going to keep seeing
the 20 clients.

425
00:20:12,033 --> 00:20:17,767
This judgment today was more compensatory
than punitive.

426
00:20:17,834 --> 00:20:21,433
Because if she had taken
one client with her,

427
00:20:21,500 --> 00:20:24,066
well, she's in violation of the contract

428
00:20:24,133 --> 00:20:27,233
and some token violation
would have been appropriate.

429
00:20:27,300 --> 00:20:29,800
But she took 20 clients with her.

430
00:20:29,867 --> 00:20:32,400
I got the feeling from you
that you weren't exactly in line

431
00:20:32,467 --> 00:20:36,967
with the $10,000 number
until you heard about 20 clients.

432
00:20:37,033 --> 00:20:39,367
- I mean, that's really...
- That's a whole business.

433
00:20:39,433 --> 00:20:42,233
...some sort of chutzpah to knowing.

434
00:20:42,300 --> 00:20:45,834
And I believe she absolutely knew.
She was smart cookie.

435
00:20:45,900 --> 00:20:48,166
Knowing that you have a non-compete

436
00:20:48,233 --> 00:20:51,066
because her friend,
who she also took with her,

437
00:20:51,133 --> 00:20:54,700
had the same documents signed in 2017.

438
00:20:54,767 --> 00:20:57,266
So, and she's clearly a businesswoman.

439
00:20:57,333 --> 00:21:00,100
So that would be
a consistent practice of hers.

440
00:21:00,166 --> 00:21:04,333
I don't know who took the contract
out of the file cabinet.

441
00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,934
It's for another day.
I reconstructed it.

442
00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,066
I actually don't know why she wouldn't sue
for injunctive relief

443
00:21:10,133 --> 00:21:11,767
as well as punitive damages.

444
00:21:11,834 --> 00:21:14,333
- It would have been an option for her.
- Yeah.

445
00:21:16,033 --> 00:21:19,500
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