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You were having a party
for one of your kids.
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- Yes.
- You were jumping
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with full force on that sprinkler head.
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You say she didn't properly
supervise your daughter.
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Yes, ma'am.
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She doesn't require her supervision.
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The landlord is holding her responsible.
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She's going to lose her housing.
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[narrator] This is Judy Justice.
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[theme music playing]
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{\an8}[narrator] Kara Simmons is suing
her former friend, Jenia Freeman,
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for water damage
caused by Jenia's 14-year-old daughter.
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[bailiff] Court in order. All rise.
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Have a seat, please.
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- [bailiff] Hello, judge.
- [Judy] Hello.
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Case 2180, Simmons versus Freeman.
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- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
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Ms. Simmons, how long
have you known Ms. Freeman?
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{\an8}I met her in the third grade,
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{\an8}um, I've seen her a few times since then.
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{\an8}And, you were having a party
for one of your kids?
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Yes, my oldest son.
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- How old is he?
- Twelve.
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And it was a house party.
And, was she invited?
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She was invited.
I invited everybody from my...
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Facebook, my family and my friends.
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- How many people did you have?
- There was about ten kids that came.
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And one of those children
was the defendant's daughter, who was 14?
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At the time, yes.
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- [Judy] Is that you?
- Yes.
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Could you stand up next to your mother?
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Tell me your first name.
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- Niyari.
- And,
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did you come with one child
or more, Ms. Freeman?
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- Two.
- Your daughter, and who else?
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My 11-year-old son.
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And at some point in the party,
the kids went outside.
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Yeah. So, it was inside of a party room
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and they were on the second floor
and they were able to go play
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at the equipment
that's on the second floor.
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Do you have photographs of the equipment?
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I do on my phone. But I have a...
a picture of where...
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the, um, her daughter was playing at.
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Let me see what you have.
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OK.
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Come up here.
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Is this where you were playing?
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- Yeah.
- [Judy] On the grassy area?
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More like, uh, so, it was three of us,
we were all sitting right here.
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And I just so happened to be,
like, more inside of the planter.
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I just wanna know whether you were
in the planter or outside on this grass.
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- In here or out here?
- Both.
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- So you were both?
- Yeah.
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OK. Now, you can go back.
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OK. Just for my information,
what were you doing in the planter?
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{\an8}Well, more like I was like on top of it,
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{\an8}not necessarily in it.
I wasn't trying to be in it, but...
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my friends were sitting down
and they were talking and...
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I didn't wanna sit,
so I was standing up on it.
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Standing up on this is not my question.
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Were you in the plant
or where the plants were?
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- Yes.
- Yes.
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Well, you knew you weren't supposed to be
in the plant or where the plants were.
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I mean, you're an intelligent girl,
aren't you?
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Yeah. So you knew
you weren't supposed to be in here.
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- Yes.
- Yes.
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[Judy] Right. OK. That's all.
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Ditto. I mean, we're not talking
about a homicide here.
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We're talking about being some place
you're not supposed to be.
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In the planter.
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- So it was just the three of you outside.
- Yes.
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The two kids who were sitting on the edge
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of this planter, where you're supposed
to sit, and you,
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{\an8}who were both on the edge
and inside the planter.
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{\an8}- Yes.
- OK.
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{\an8}Tell me what happened
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with the head of the sprinkler system
while you were out there.
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So what happened was, we were talking
and playing, and I was running around.
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So I was going from the...
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On top of it, trying to be tall,
running off the grass onto that steps,
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onto the planter, stuff like that.
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And somehow, I'm not really sure,
I don't really remember,
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but the green thing that was in it,
I don't remember what made me notice it,
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but I do remember that my foot
had made contact with it.
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And I started to notice it
and I was looking at it, and I was like,
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"Something's wrong here."
I'd seen the top
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to the green thing and I felt like...
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{\an8}that may have been me who moved it.
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{\an8}So I thought to put it back.
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And I was trying to put it back,
it was being mad difficult,
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so I started jumping on top of it
to make sure it stayed on top.
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[Judy] OK, let's get back to you.
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At some point after this happened,
you were contacted
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by the landlord of your facility.
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Yes. But I didn't know
that she was outside doing that.
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I don't care.
She's just acknowledged that she did it.
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- Why would that bother you?
- It doesn't bother me.
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Well, then it's not relevant.
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She acknowledged
that that's what happened.
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She was in the wrong place.
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- She... broke something.
- [Kara] Mm-hmm.
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[Judy] According to her,
she tried to fix it
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by jumping on it.
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Clearly, the wrong thing to do. So,
if there was damage as a result of that,
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there's no question she's responsible.
Since she's a minor,
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her mother's responsible.
It's that simple.
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OK?
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Do you have a video
of what happened that afternoon?
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- Yes.
- OK. Can we see that, please?
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- This came from security camera?
- Yes.
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- OK. You were in the white shorts, right?
- Yes.
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- What are you bending down to pick up?
- The top.
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- You mean it's that heavy...
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Shhh...
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OK. I got it.
Well, you understand, Ms. Freeman,
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if Ms. Simmons can establish
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that something that your daughter did,
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which she did on purpose,
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knowing she wasn't supposed to be there,
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your responsible for the damage she did
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as a result of...
that's probably a sprinkler head.
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- Do you understand that?
- Yes, ma'am.
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OK. Because you say in your answer
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{\an8}that you left for a period of time
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{\an8}and she didn't properly supervise
your daughter.
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{\an8}- Yes, ma'am.
- Well, that's not true.
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'Cause your daughter's 14 years old,
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she's old enough
to be outside unsupervised.
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There were younger children out there
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who knew enough
not to jump around in the planter.
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She was the only one
who jumped around the planter,
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- she was the oldest one out there.
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- Do you understand?
- Yeah.
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She was supposed to supervise them.
If there was a six-year-old who did that,
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and she's outside, you would let
a 14-year-old take care of a six-year-old.
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And she doesn't require her supervision.
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And when she had a problem that day,
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and clearly it was a problem,
with somebody else's property,
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when the two of you
were home that evening,
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- did she tell you she had had a problem?
- No, ma'am.
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- She didn't tell you anything about it?
- No.
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- That she broke something?
- No, ma'am.
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OK. When did she finally tell you
she broke something?
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When Kara contacted me
that the apartments were contacting her,
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then I asked her about it,
and she told me what she told you.
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Great.
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Can I see the letter
from the complex, please?
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{\an8}- Do you know how many children she has?
- She has three children.
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{\an8}So she's dispossessed from her apartment.
That's four people who are homeless.
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{\an8}She's gonna lose this housing, unless...
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{\an8}she pays the damage
that your daughter caused.
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{\an8}That doesn't seem reasonable,
for her to lose her housing, does it?
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{\an8}[narrator] And later today...
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{\an8}There's no question in my mind
that you left this mess
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{\an8}because she was quadrupling your rent.
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{\an8}But, you were annoyed...
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{\an8}you're still not allowed
to leave a place like this.
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[theme music playing]
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{\an8}[narrator] Kara Simmons claims
her former friend, Jenia Freeman,
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owes for water damage caused
by Jenia's 14-year-old daughter.
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So, what this says...
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is that they looked at this video,
'cause they tried to determine
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what caused the leak,
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in a "commercial business
operating in the building."
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"The leak caused substantial damage.
$9,927,"
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to be exact, as a result.
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'Cause this was a water pipe,
and it was broken.
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OK. And it tells her that
unless they get these $9,927,
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she's going to lose her housing.
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- Right?
- Yes.
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[Judy's hand thudding] Your fault.
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What can I tell you?
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Don't let your mother answer,
I'm asking you. What's the issue?
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You caused the damage.
Whether you accidentally hit
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{\an8}that pipe initially,
you knew you shouldn't have been there.
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And it's clear
that whatever you were doing,
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you were jumping with full force,
with both feet
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on that pipe.
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That's clear. You tried to pick it up.
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You leaned over at least twice
to try to pick it up.
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And then put it down,
and then stomped on it.
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Clearly, you weren't supposed to be there.
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The landlord is holding her responsible
because, under the terms of her lease,
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she's responsible for any damage
caused by not only
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a member of her household,
but an invited guest.
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- Do you understand?
- Yes.
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OK. So, sometimes,
if you're acting stupid,
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nothing happens. Sometimes,
if you're acting stupid,
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a lot of things happen.
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Do you know how many children she has?
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- She has three children.
- [Judy] They all live at home?
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- They are with her, yes.
- Yeah. So,
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if she's dispossessed from her apartment,
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that's four people who are homeless.
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She's gonna lose this housing unless...
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she pays the damage
that your daughter caused.
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That doesn't seem reasonable,
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- for her to lose her housing, does it?
- No, ma'am.
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Judgment for the plaintiff,
for the amount of 10 thousand dollars.
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We're finished. Thank you very much.
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[bailiff] This court is adjourned.
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{\an8}The truth is, is that you
don't host a party and you don't...
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{\an8}watch the children
that are on your property.
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{\an8}They're teenagers.
They're old enough to be outside alone.
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{\an8}All of those children were in the planter
at some point. But it's fine.
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{\an8}There were no other children
in the planter.
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{\an8}I would think that there should've been
something for like
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{\an8}flood, fire, or earthquake damage
in place, so... I don't know.
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{\an8}But she should take responsibility
for her daughter, that's...
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{\an8}not my responsibility.
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[Judy] Relatively simple.
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You know? I think
that there is an age, Sarah,
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where, even under these circumstances,
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- a child can be out unsupervised.
- Mm-hmm.
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Certainly, the defendant's defense
and her...
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answer, said that her daughter was out
unsupervised because she left
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the party for something
for a short period of time.
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Well, there's no issue.
They're a 14-year-old.
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Doesn't need to be constantly supervised.
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You usually use
a 14-year-old to babysit...
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- to supervise other young children.
- [Sarah] ...to supervise others.
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I do think it was an accident.
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I think that she knew she probably
wasn't supposed to be in the planter.
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But once we saw the video...
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It was playful. They were playing
a ball from up high,
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down low. I understood
the situation after we saw it.
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You also understood that the stomping
full force as a 14-year-old
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could do some real damage.
Especially inside a planter
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that's supposed to be...
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- A planter... area...
- ...a delicate, untouched area.
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So I understood, I think
the defendants were in a tough position.
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They knew it was their fault.
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I appreciated
that they took responsibility.
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- Well, sort of. The daughter did.
- For... did...
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The daughter did.
I'm not so sure about the mother, but...
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I think the mother saw the big price tag
attached to the responsibility
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- and maybe tried to backtrack a little.
- Right. Right.
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But, yeah. I mean, accidents...
accidents happen.
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But there are big consequences
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- for... I...
- She learned that lesson,
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- this young woman today.
- I hope that they did.
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Case 2185, Francis versus Morris.
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All parties please step forward.
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{\an8}[narrator] Danielle and Michael Francis
are suing their former tenant,
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{\an8}Anthony Morris, for property damage
and loss of income.
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- Ms. Francis?
- Yes, ma'am.
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- Who is this?
- This is my husband.
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Well, this has to do
with the ownership of a home.
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Do you both own the home or just,
did you inherit the home?
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It doesn't have to do
with ownership of the home,
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it's a case about property damage.
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- I understand that.
- Yes, ma'am.
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{\an8}- But somebody owns the home.
- I do.
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{\an8}- Who owns the home, is the question.
- I do.
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- Not your husband.
- Correct.
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Have a seat.
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Let's not confuse it.
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Ms. Francis...
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- ...you had a brother.
- Yes, ma'am.
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- Whose name was?
- Julius.
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- How old was he?
- My brother was 38.
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- And your brother owned the home.
- Yes.
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How long did your brother own this home?
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He just purchased the home in 2017.
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Do you know how much he paid for it?
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'Bout $123,000.
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- Was there a mortgage on the house?
- Yes, ma'am.
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How much is left on the mortgage?
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Hundred and ten thousand now.
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[Judy] Do you know how much it's worth?
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- Yes, ma'am.
- How much?
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It's worth 213,000 now.
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- So almost double.
- Yes, ma'am.
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Now,
your brother passed away when?
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June of 2020.
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- From what?
- Uh, pancreatic cancer.
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So it was relatively fast.
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{\an8}Yes, it was. He was
actually diagnosed in, uh... 2019.
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So in early 2019 I became his caregiver.
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Taking him back and forth to the doctor
and chemo visits, as well as my husband.
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OK. Now,
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{\an8}- Mr. Morris.
- Yes, ma'am.
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{\an8}You had been a roommate of Julius.
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- That is correct.
- For how long?
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I moved into the house on...
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October 19, 2019.
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- And you paid rent?
- Yes, ma'am.
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Now, when Julius got sick,
according to what I read,
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you never moved
into the house with Julius,
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you just took him
to where he needed to be.
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Is that correct?
You lived with your husband?
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- Yes, ma'am.
- You lived with your husband,
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and you came as needed to take
your brother to medical appointments, etc.
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- You lived in the house with him.
- Correct.
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- Is that correct?
- Partially.
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What's not partially?
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At the end of my brother's illness
I moved in with him, because...
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- How much before?
- Um, I would say...
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March of 2020.
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So for a couple of months
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towards the end, you moved in.
But, during the course of the year,
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you lived with your husband,
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- and you lived in the house with Julius.
- Yes, ma'am.
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And, when you were living
in the house with Julius,
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{\an8}did you give any assistance to him?
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{\an8}- In any way?
- Uh, yes, ma'am.
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{\an8}I took him to the hospital
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several times. I cooked for him,
and I pretty much did the chores
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and ran errands for him.
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Did you know him
before you moved into the house?
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I did not.
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After Julius passed away,
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- you inherited the house.
- Yes, ma'am.
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- Did he have a will?
- Yes, ma'am.
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And the will specifically
gave you the house?
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- Yes, ma'am.
- And you and the defendant
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determined that he would remain a tenant
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in June of 2020, is that correct?
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That's correct. Yes, ma'am.
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There came a time
when you moved out, Mr. Morris.
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Yes, that's correct.
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And, what month and year did you move out?
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June... 1st, I believe, uh,
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- 20... 22. Correct.
- [Judy] 22.
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And what was the reason
that you moved out?
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{\an8}I moved out because the rent
had gone up for a second time.
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What was it when you were living
with Julius?
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Six hundred and fifty dollars.
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[Judy] And then, when Ms. Francis
inherited the house,
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- did she modify the rent?
- She did.
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In what month?
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I'm not specifically, uh,
I can't answer that question.
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What did she raise the rent to?
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Approximately... $1,200.
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- Was that the first increase?
- That was. Correct.
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How long did that increase stay in place?
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That had to be for a year,
that was the term of that lease.
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And what happened after the year?
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- She raised the rent again.
- To what?
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Well, that's when I...
didn't accept that lease, uh...
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- [Judy] What did she ask?
- 1,575.
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- She wanted 1,575?
- Yes, ma'am.
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And you determined that that
was too much rent for you.
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- I did.
- So,
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- you gave notice you were leaving.
- I did.
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{\an8}She's gonna show me what she considers
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{\an8}$5,000 worth of damage
to the house.
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{\an8}- I wanna see it.
- Yes, ma'am.
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{\an8}Now I want you to show me
what damage you are ascribing to him
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{\an8}- from the house.
- OK.
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{\an8}- I have the pictures here, your Honor.
- Okey-dokey.
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{\an8}[narrator] Danielle and Michael Francis
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{\an8}claim their former tenant, Anthony Morris,
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damaged their property
while renting from them.
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When did you give notice you were leaving?
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Thirty days before June 1st.
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OK. And when was the lease up?
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June 1st, it would expire.
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Now, after your brother passed away
and you inherited the house
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did you maintain the same rent
that he was paying to your brother?
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- No, ma'am.
- Cause they... OK.
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{\an8}So, when did you raise his rent
and to what amount?
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{\an8}I raised the rent in November...
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- OK.
- ...of 2021.
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- To what?
- To 1,495.
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That was the first time
your raised his rent.
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- Yes, ma'am.
- OK.
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And you knew what his rent was
when he was living with your brother.
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Correct.
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And how much was his rent
when he was living with your brother?
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- It was 625.
- So, in fact,
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you increased his rent a little over 200%.
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Yes, ma'am, your Honor.
Can I explain the reason to that?
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- No. It's irrelevant what the reason was.
- OK.
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He was paying rent of six and a quarter,
you raised it to fifteen hundred.
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Now, at the end of that term,
were you going to raise his rent again?
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- Yes, ma'am.
- Yes. To what?
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{\an8}It was gonna be
a 80 dollar increase, to 1,575.
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{\an8}Now, during that two-month period
that you lived in the house,
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you had no issue with regard to the way
Mr. Morris maintained the house,
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while you were living there
with your brother.
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And that fact is buttressed by the fact
that you maintained him as a tenant.
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- Right?
- Correct.
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OK. So you saw the way
that he maintained the house,
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and having seen that,
you continued him as a tenant.
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Correct.
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And you raised his rent substantially,
and he paid that rent.
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Correct.
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And he paid that rent sufficiently so that
you were prepared to re-rent him
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the house, but you just wanted
a little more money.
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- Correct.
- Correct.
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Now, now he moves out on June 1st
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- of this year.
- Mm-hmm.
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And now you say that he caused
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almost $5,000 worth of damage.
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And, because he had damaged,
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you lost income,
'cause you couldn't rerent the house.
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- Correct.
- He... you moved out in...
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- June of 2020?
- Yes, ma'am.
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You have a new tenant in the house.
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Yes, ma'am. I do now.
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And how much rent is she paying?
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She is paying 2,200 a month.
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And when did her lease start?
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Her lease started in September.
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So, uh, your premises was not rented
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- for two months.
- Correct.
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And when it was rented,
from the two-year period of time
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between your brother's death
and your re-renting the house,
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the rent went from six and a quarter
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- to 2,200.
- Yes, ma'am.
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Doesn't sound
like you're losing any money.
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- Well, there's a... OK.
- Just a second.
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Doesn't sound
like you're losing any money.
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So I'm not interested
in the loss of income that you had,
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you had no loss of income.
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Anybody who's leasing the house
can't rent from June 1st.
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House has to be painted,
normal wear and tear,
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you may have to redo carpeting.
That's the normal wear and tear.
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Had to be done, cause that's what you do
when you wanna get $2,200 rent
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from somebody for a house.
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You have to paint it up,
you have to freshen it up,
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you have to do all of those things.
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So what I want to see from you
are photographs
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{\an8}of what... other than cleaning
out the house,
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{\an8}which Mr. Morris acknowledges,
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for whatever reason,
there was stuff left in the house.
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- Correct, sir?
- Yes, ma'am.
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- That belonged to you.
- Yes, ma'am.
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- And that you didn't clean out.
- I did not.
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Now, you left on June 1st.
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And I'm telling her
that she's gonna show me
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what she considers $5,000
worth of damage to the house.
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00:19:19,633 --> 00:19:21,133
- I wanna see it.
- Yes, ma'am.
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You agree that you left
some stuff in the house.
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She probably has a bill
for cleaning out some of that stuff
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that she's entitled to.
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Now I want you to show me what damage
you are describing to him from the house.
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OK.
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- I have the pictures here, your Honor.
- Okey-dokey.
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Um, also, can I present an evidence?
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What the room that the defendant
rented out, what it looked like
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prior to the damages?
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No. I don't see any damages, I see mess.
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There's pictures in there, your Honor.
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- I'm looking.
- Just, uh...
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The carpet was damaged very badly.
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He messed up my mattress
in my second bedroom.
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00:20:01,867 --> 00:20:04,967
The doors was damaged.
He actually changed the lock
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on the second bedroom door
and the master room bedroom door
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- without my... uh...
- Do you see all this stuff?
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00:20:10,266 --> 00:20:11,233
- Shhh... Just a second.
- Yes, ma'am.
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- This is all your junk, right?
- Yes, ma'am.
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OK. So you should have a substantial bill
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- for cleaning and getting rid of this.
- Yes.
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I'd like to see it.
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Here you go.
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[Judy] So you paid $760.
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to clean out the house,
make it move-in clean.
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- Yes, ma'am.
- That's what you're entitled to,
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Ms. Francis.
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Seven hundred and sixty dollars.
You can't leave a place like that.
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Also, your Honor, um,
I had other damages as well.
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- My microwave was broken.
- I don't know who broke that.
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- And you don't know. I don't. Who knows.
- It was working when he was there.
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{\an8}May have been working,
may have been not working.
467
00:20:53,333 --> 00:20:56,567
{\an8}Everything was in top-notch condition.
From appliances,
468
00:20:56,567 --> 00:20:59,734
to flooring, when Mr. Morris
was at the house.
469
00:20:59,734 --> 00:21:01,500
So he broke my microwave.
470
00:21:01,500 --> 00:21:02,934
- Fix it.
- I have fixed it
471
00:21:02,934 --> 00:21:05,400
and I'm asking for the cost
of a replacement for a new one.
472
00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:07,000
- No, way.
- Why not?
473
00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:12,367
Because I'm not convinced, madam,
that somebody who, according to you,
474
00:21:12,834 --> 00:21:16,633
helped you with your brother,
was there and supportive,
475
00:21:16,633 --> 00:21:18,667
for the last year of his life...
476
00:21:18,667 --> 00:21:20,767
He certainly left a mess.
477
00:21:20,767 --> 00:21:23,467
{\an8}- Which you're not supposed to do, sir.
- I understand.
478
00:21:23,467 --> 00:21:25,033
{\an8}You're not supposed to leave a mess.
479
00:21:25,033 --> 00:21:26,967
{\an8}- And this is clearly a mess. And...
- Mm-hmm.
480
00:21:26,967 --> 00:21:30,066
...there's no question in my mind
that you left this mess
481
00:21:30,066 --> 00:21:33,700
because she was quadrupling your rent.
482
00:21:33,700 --> 00:21:35,700
But to her, this is a business.
483
00:21:35,700 --> 00:21:37,700
And she's not living there
with her husband,
484
00:21:37,700 --> 00:21:40,600
this has now become a business investment.
485
00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:41,967
- Yeah.
- [Judy] Her investment
486
00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:45,133
increased in value.
It was really Julius' investment,
487
00:21:45,133 --> 00:21:47,233
but it increased in real estate value.
488
00:21:47,233 --> 00:21:50,700
And instead of seeing $600 a month,
which probably doesn't cover
489
00:21:50,700 --> 00:21:54,000
the taxes and mortgage,
she now has a profit.
490
00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:57,533
Because she's now getting
$2,200 a month from somebody
491
00:21:57,533 --> 00:21:59,767
and that covers, of course, her mortgage
492
00:21:59,767 --> 00:22:01,734
and whatever taxes they are.
493
00:22:01,734 --> 00:22:03,033
You were annoyed.
494
00:22:03,367 --> 00:22:05,834
You're still not allowed
to leave a place like this.
495
00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:08,633
Seven hundred and sixty dollars.
Judgment for the plaintiff.
496
00:22:08,633 --> 00:22:10,500
- We're done.
- This court is adjourned.
497
00:22:10,500 --> 00:22:13,200
{\an8}It's kinda upsetting,
because the defendant really
498
00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,800
{\an8}trashed my brother's house, given that...
499
00:22:16,100 --> 00:22:17,900
{\an8}uh, we considered him like family.
500
00:22:17,900 --> 00:22:22,266
{\an8}I was like family with him, I took care
of the brother for a long period of time.
501
00:22:22,266 --> 00:22:23,767
{\an8}I wouldn't have left the house like that.
502
00:22:23,767 --> 00:22:27,333
{\an8}And for him to turn around and do this,
and cause all those damages
503
00:22:27,333 --> 00:22:30,400
{\an8}and then get off scot-free...
is... is heartbreaking.
504
00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:32,600
{\an8}Number one, there were no damages.
505
00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:33,900
{\an8}You know what? Um...
506
00:22:33,900 --> 00:22:36,967
{\an8}Nothing good ever comes
to someone who does people like this.
507
00:22:36,967 --> 00:22:40,266
{\an8}Money does change people,
and so, you have to be careful.
508
00:22:40,266 --> 00:22:41,967
{\an8}Be careful who you rent to.
509
00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:45,567
So I just did some research on the home
while we were out there,
510
00:22:45,567 --> 00:22:47,667
and I found some
interesting information
511
00:22:47,667 --> 00:22:50,066
just based on some of
the plaintiff's claims.
512
00:22:50,066 --> 00:22:53,533
So I did find that the house
was sold to the brother in 2017
513
00:22:53,533 --> 00:22:55,533
for 123,000.
514
00:22:55,533 --> 00:23:00,500
But the plaintiff listed the home
for rent for the first time
515
00:23:00,500 --> 00:23:03,533
July 22nd for $2,300.
516
00:23:03,533 --> 00:23:05,400
Listed for rent,
when she became the owner.
517
00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:06,834
And he moved out in June.
518
00:23:06,834 --> 00:23:07,767
- Beginning of June.
- In June.
519
00:23:07,767 --> 00:23:10,633
So her claim for lost income
doesn't really make sense
520
00:23:10,633 --> 00:23:12,667
because she had it listed,
on Zillow, at least.
521
00:23:12,667 --> 00:23:15,467
I'm not sure. It could've been listed
before then, that's just when Zillow
522
00:23:15,467 --> 00:23:16,667
- picked up on it. I'm not sure...
- Picked it up.
523
00:23:16,667 --> 00:23:18,266
...how their algorithms work, but...
524
00:23:18,266 --> 00:23:20,667
She was unable to get the 2,300,
525
00:23:20,667 --> 00:23:23,934
presumably, because
she reduced it to 2,200 dollars
526
00:23:23,934 --> 00:23:26,066
in August of 2022.
527
00:23:26,066 --> 00:23:30,233
And then it was removed later in August
at that 2,200 dollar mark.
528
00:23:30,233 --> 00:23:32,066
- Presumably, whoever, the new tenant...
- Who currently...
529
00:23:32,066 --> 00:23:33,467
...that she now has.
530
00:23:33,467 --> 00:23:35,533
- So she had no real lost income.
- Exactly.
531
00:23:35,533 --> 00:23:39,667
She had the month of maybe July, but,
if you have a tenant moving out June 1st,
532
00:23:39,667 --> 00:23:42,166
you give yourself two-weeks notice
as a landlord anyway
533
00:23:42,166 --> 00:23:44,200
to make the necessary painting...
534
00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,367
- Sometimes it takes a little bit...
- Exactly,
535
00:23:46,367 --> 00:23:49,600
and you don't find the tenant right away.
So, based on that, I...
536
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:51,200
wouldn't have given her any lost...
537
00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:52,567
- Any lost income.
- ...income.
538
00:23:52,567 --> 00:23:54,500
From the pro... He left the house a mess.
539
00:23:54,500 --> 00:23:56,533
He did. He left boxes, he acknowledged it.
540
00:23:56,533 --> 00:23:58,734
He left the place a mess.
He left food in the refrigerator.
541
00:23:58,734 --> 00:24:00,633
And there's no way in one day
542
00:24:00,633 --> 00:24:02,800
- which he says he was gonna...
- He was gonna move all that himself.
543
00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:04,767
move all that stuff out. He was annoyed.
544
00:24:04,767 --> 00:24:06,367
Then you can't leave stuff...
545
00:24:06,367 --> 00:24:07,300
- True.
- ...that way.
546
00:24:07,300 --> 00:24:09,300
- So she got her clean-up bill.
- Yeah.
547
00:24:09,300 --> 00:24:10,667
- All she was entitled to.
- Fair.
548
00:24:12,266 --> 00:24:16,000
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