Doing a Bad Job
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- Опубликовано: 28 мар 2025
- The plaintiff says the defendant has been doing roofing work for her for 14 years, but he messed up the latest job. She claims there’s a leak in her kitchen and the defendant keeps giving her the royal runaround. She had to hire someone else, so she’s suing for what she paid. The defendant says the plaintiff has several roofs and he didn’t work on the one over the kitchen. He claims he explained it to her, but she won’t listen.
case 29-409
Wife- “I’m the receptionist for the company”
Also wife- “I didn’t have a phone”
How TF are you a receptionist but have no phone? 😆
😂 Right!💯 I wanted them to loose right then! Liar!
😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂 right
😂😂😂 shes not the sharpest crayon 🖍️ in the box... That's for sure 😂
Also the husband isn't even a roofer 😂
This case is actually why I would fail as a judge. I was lost the first 2 minutes. How many roofs? A dormer? What? I need a diagram and a sketch please.
A diagram and a glossary would have been helpful lol
😂😂. Me too.
This is why I failed at life lol nothing makes any sense anymore
Having a bit of knowledge of construction, which JM does (she refers to her father and brothers being in business and that she helped with the accounts, over many many cases over the year), allows the details to be a lot clearer. Asphalt roofs aren't that complex even to a DIY guy like myself. By the way the defendant roofer was deliberately playing dumb and throwing in confusing timelines and details and hoping JM would be as confused as you were. If I had decided the case I would have given the plaintiff her lawyers fees as extraordinary damages as the defendant is just a crook which his wife is completely in on.
A dormer is when you have a window coming out of a roof, like a box extending from the roof with a window in it.
It never ceases to amaze me the number of times I watch these cases and the person on the losing end weather its the plaintiff or defendant is like "The Judge didn't let me speak" "The Judge didn't understand that" "The Judge was sexiest and unfair"
Right! I literally just saw an episode where a guy says the judge is antisemitic because he lost the case 🤔
A 'one-for-the-books' from a past losing defendant: "The judge is antisemitic". I kid you not.
For a minute there I misread and saw sexiness and unfair, I was about to ask what episode someone said that lol.
@@DarkPhoenixSaga it's a typo but hey it fits! JM is a spicy tamale.
One defendant said it was because the judge was "a woman" 🙄
Lol….once she’s caught in the “I didn’t have my phone” lie her daughter ended up in the hospital 😅😂🤣
The way she said “phone” was funny though 😂
I hate when people defend themselves by bringing up family tragedies! Imagine how her daughter feels?
@@amandathompson6327 laughing at someone’s accent is rude. The defendants have a Philly accent.
@@marthaduran6010 Also dumb excuse as who would not get a working phone asap if your daughter was in the hospital.
Yesss caught that too. 🤣
My grandad was a roofer he always said to me there is two guarantees in life . You pay tax and flat roofs leak .
Preach
Flat roofs are the worst! My dad was a carpenter all his life, had his own small carpentry business all my life, I will never willingly have a flat roof.
@@dellahicks7231 flat roof averse
Didn't know that but now I know.
Facts!
Judge Millian in full Judge Judy mode here. Love it!
Who is Judge Milligan?
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@@kred_65 Judge Milian is the judge here in the video.
I don’t. I find her disrespectful 🥺 must be menopause syndrome 🤷🏽♀️
@@TheRarestJewel then you should not look at Judge Judy 😅🙈
The beginning with trying to find out where the roof is and what the dates were and all of that back and forth was the most stressed I've ever been watching this show 😂 She just couldn't get any straight information from anyone.
I was thinking the same thing!! Lol
Excuses, Excuses, Excuses defendant should fire his wife for that two week screw-up!💯
THIS IS WHY IF YOU HEAR A COMPANY IS FAMILY RUN MAJORITY OF THE TIME SOME1 DROPS THE BALL BEING LIKE THE WIFE DUMB & LAZY🤦♂️💥
lmao 🤣
People always do that, I didnt have the phone, LOl
I didn't have a feon!
@@dearboss9136 🤣😂😂😂
Why the defendant can’t explain himself????
The plaintiff witness is so fluent.
I think this guy is dabbling in roofing lol Roofing I ssd a whole nother animal than other people parts of Construction, you have to be knowledgeable and it takes experience. I'm thinking he doesn't have much knowledge. Alot of people TRY to be Carpenter's but are really handy men lol.
Why is Doug such a instigator? He loves to poke the bear.
Lol uh because he's a court reporter? That's his job to get to the truth
@@penelopemusson3078 Truth of what lol? He just asks how they feel.
Doug keeps little boys locked in his closet
$$$
Wait what did he say what’s the time stamp
I love the judges makeup every single episode 😭😩🙌🏽
Really? I guess you’re into the telenovela Sharpie look. 🙄
Love her ❤️💯💯. Her makeup looks the same all the time !!! Looks good but a change on the makeup and hair would be great 😊
She’s more worried about her make-up instead of taking the word of a LICENSED ROOFER SHE TAKES THE WORK OF 2 shmucks who don’t have a ROOFING LICENSE JUST A CONTRACTOR LICENSE BULLSHIT. The brother came up and just agreed and says “yes your honor you can see everything he said” Bologna… this is why she judges anything under $5000 or people would get screwed. lOL she pretty much just took advice from 2 fireman about a murder instead of a police officer. That’s exactly the similarity of what judge milian did. She needs to lay off the makeup and give honesty and correct judgements. Ridiculous, took 2 shmucks words with no license over someone with a roofing license as 30 years. NOT TO MENTION HE HIRED 1 SHMUCK A WHILE AGO TO WORK FOR HIM. and to show you the thievery of these kids and two guys she said “my lawyer charged me $1000 to send the guy a letter in the mail”. $1000!!!!!!!!!! Fucking people. Understand there is a fee but $1000 I would of made her prove the bill, then call the lawyer and and if they agreed it was $1000 I would call the BAR association (for lawyers who are falsifying or trying to get over people with there attorneys license) and have the BAR association look into this lawyer for that. Absolutely ridiculous. That’s the only thing judge milian did right when she said “GTFO your friends a lawyer?????” $1000 for sending a letter. Not even $500. Sending letters for filing complaints or a suit is like $200-400. Anyways her makeup is getting to her head. Now judge Judy is the shit she is always right someone she can go off emotion but she’s the judge!!!
She’s gorgeous
Her skin is beautiful
My uncle used to say, “There are two jobs I hate the most, and both of them are roofing.”
Why would you run a business with a non working phone? And if you are having medical issues in your family, find some way to get someone to fill in or accept and take responsibility regardless of what happens. You must prepare for these things when running a business!
If her daughter was really in the hospital, there's no way she would not immediately buy a phone!
This case was so confusing! I would’ve thrown everyone out and tell them to come back when they have their sh!t together. 😂
Jesus, the first five minutes was an entire "Who's on First" bit 😅
I knew he was going to talk like his wife was crazy when she started losing it for him... 😆
"It's the case of 'This roof isn't on the house.'" LOLOLOL Best case title ever on People's Court!
'My phone was down' - my guess 99% of these excuses are false - just handy.
Lol I can feel defendants anxiety, that’s what happens when you skim through life always making excuses for yourselves. If you live honestly, that anxiety goes away.
This is so far from true
That's nerves. Anxiety is a mental medical condition that is not something that can be just turned off by living honestly.
I Get anxiety when I have to defend myself and I'm innocent. I get anxiety because of the confrontation and because I worry I won't be believed.
Sorry peeps I didn’t want to upset anyone without explaining. I didn’t mean to imply anything about normal anxiety that we have naturally. I’m a former addict, and I use to lie all the time to my parents, my spouse, mostly myself. When I got sober (over ten years ago) I realized all the anxiety that crushed me from being untruthful was gone. I don’t get anxious when I’m telling the truth now, because I live honestly. I understand that is just my own example, and I’m only talking about anxiety we bring upon ourselves. I do think this guy was putting her off, then throwing his wife under the bus constantly was him not being truthful.
@@MaleStomper Thank you because anxiety is much deeper than living honestly. Some internet people live in la la land
The brothers coming to court sealed the deal for the plaintiff. They sounded totally legit while the defendant & his liar wife were totally crooked.
Not necessarily sometimes the judges can make mistakes and I think he really did do what he said he did it could be the owner wanted some stuff for free she looks like one of those type of people
Because they are!!!
@@chrismaupin9318 The photos shown prove that the defendant didn't do what he charged the client for - having done my my own Asphalt roof, the seals stand out very noticeably if even halfway done decently. The defendant never even attempted to do work charged the client for - its criminal fraud.
husband and wife were both very shady and shifty.
they made zero sense, and BSed the whole time.
i wonder why the brothers didnt do the work to begin with.
Why didn't the Plaintiff hire the "brothers " in the first place?
Do you have a license? "Yes". For roofing? "No". Then she listens to him as an expert witness anyway. Lol.
Defendant doesn’t seem to know what he’s taking about. His confused wife and him probably had a rough ride home. 🤷♀️
They were probably too confused to fight at that point
The defendant roofer was deliberately playing dumb and throwing in confusing timelines and details and hoping JM would be confused. Not putting on the extra taping and roofing cement but charging the client is outright fraud and plaintiff should have got her lawyers fee as extraordinary damages against this crook.
I've been roofing my entire life. My father's a roofer and he had me start helping really young and just never stopped. The solution they decided to use to fix their problems are a pretty chicken shit way of fixing a roof. I wouldn't warranty bull and membrane either. It's the equivalent of putting saw dust in a transmission to sell it. You get what you get. This is what happens when there's no outside inspections to ensure work is done properly and to code.
best comment, someone who knows what's actually going on!
WOW! Miss Costello is a tough lady!!! She came PREPARED!!! 😎👍
Defendant: "I bin doin this for 30 years. Everybody else is confused."
Defendant: Can't explain the words he uses on his invoice. Can't say when the work was done.
The defendant sounds exactly like Dr. Evil 🤣😭
Litigants have been sworn in, your honour.
Thank you, Douglas.
You’re welcome ma’am 😃
Both litigants were so confused this was like an Abbot and Costello routine.
1:21 Usually, I roll my eyes whenever that guy says the nickname of the case, but that one actually works. I liked it. Congrats lol
at least he didn't say his usual lame joke
'he hardly knew her...'
Love Doug, he is always such a savage 🤣😂🤣
Fun Doug fact. He is responsible for creating the Judge Judy court show. :-)
Rude as Hell.
@@mhunt7093 have you been watching JJ on Pluto tv?
@@dantefreely5850 yes! I love the old episodes. JJ was much more patient. LOL
Shes got everybody flustered, yelling at them, that the plaintiff and the defendant are having trouble reading the invoice dates. I wish she had more control over herself.
i love her, but totally agree with u..she was a major bully literally barking at the litigants
That’s just a little telenovela spice.
I'm 9 minutes into this case and I've already had enough. They're all getting on my nerves...including the judge.
no shit, right, OMG holy hell
😂😂😂😂
Ok 🤣🤣🤣
4 for me
It was all down to the wife. She was the fly in the ointment. Even if the defendant had missed something on the roof then he could have come back and fixed it. He never heard about it because the wire didn't answer the phone for a whole long list of excuses. The brothers never needed to be involved. But if the plaintiff did not hear for two weeks then ot course she needed to get somebody else to do the job. I felt for the defendant. He ended up looking worse than he should have.
If I owned a business and my phone stopped working I'm driving to the customer's home to help them, not use that I do not have a phone as an excuse, especially for 2 weeks.
You need a new SIM card dose not come immediately, 2 weeks is not unreasonable.
Ozzy Osbourne vs John Travolta. With witness for the plaintiff Hugh Jackman as Wolverine.
They act like no one told them they were going to court today 🤦
I love the judge who gets down to the truth.
...Roofer? He hardly knew her....🤣😂😅🤣😂
Perfect! 😂
the defendant know he finna lose look at his body language 😂
These cases with husband and wives. This couples stand together like Bonnie and Clyde. I don’t care who I’m with I’m not lying with you, and I’m not going down on anyone’s sinking ship voluntarily.
Can we talk about the audience member with THE BOOTS😌 she's the real star of this episode she stood up while i was typing this so got to say she is DRESSED 😭🤣😍
You run a business , customer calls with a problem and you take 2 weeks to get back to them coz your “phone broke down” ???? Dumbest excuse ever .
So kind of confused did the defendant not realize that her dad is or was a contractor like she's not stupid she knows about it
Right
She says that but didnt know what a dormer is tho….
@@KpTheG she knows what a dormer is. She was asking if the kitchen had a dormer..
As so clearly stated, The contractor defendant should have just admitted it was his bad....
Pay the lady
Ikr!!! That would have been better for EVERYONE involved, including the defendant and his wife-both of whom did a wonderful job, embarrassing themselves on national TV.
@@nondescriptnyc
🤣😂🤣ikr
I guess it's one way for people to say that they were on TV at one time🤣😂
Everyone wants to be a movie star🤣😂🤣🤣🤣
I’m glad to see that someone is proudly rocking the SNL “Pat” look. It’s about time that Pat got credit for being a fashion trailblazer.
THIS COMMENT! LMAOOO
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Omg…the “new” Pat, aka “Jan”…lol
Making fun of people for being androgynous is so 1992.
lol
the bald guy acted so confused on everything. did he not prepare at all
Probably!!!
Judge Milan comes from a contractor family. She's not an idiot when it comes to this stuff.
She has no idea what a dormer is???
@@dearboss9136 she knows what a dormer is that was a test and the defendant failed he couldnt even tell her the answer to "what is a dormer?"
@@troyporter6323 I honestly dont think it was a test. M as y have been but I don't think so, just my opinion
The guy who’s business doesn’t have a phone calls out another guy for not having letterhead. 😆
Roofers are ALWAYS crooks! The worst trades men going! Usually drunks or addicts
It’s dangerous to be an addict and up on roofs.
Roofer is unorganized.
He needs to get it together.
Is it just me or does he sound like Dr. Evil from Austin powers?
Geez - Marilyn must've had to slam down a high-ball after this case. I got agita just listening!
The plaintiff’s face reminds me of mtv Beavis and butt-head cartoon🤣🤣🤣🤔
🤣🤣 you are so right
@@HP-rp5nn 🤣
HE KEEPS PAUSING DURING HIS "STORY" CUZ HE'S MAKING IT UP AS HE GOES ALONG LOL
How are they about to fight and say "I don't have a problem"? Lol
the defendent lady is full of BS excuses, would have been so much easier to have just come out and redone it
Lol so true
The wife and her phone not working was such a lie.
Karen and his wife need to get it together.
😂😂
Judge: And that was the second story roof?
Defendant: Front.
Dude you bout to lose this case.
I hate how people who perform work or sell something to a person can't seem to answer any questions about the situation!
How does someone not have a phone for 2 weeks I cannot live without my phone for 1 minute let alone 2 weeks and how do you run a business without a phone for 2 weeks that's a lie
The defendant seemed confused with the timelines, and I don't mean his wife, I mean him. He looked like me at work. He should've mapped out every discussion he (and his wife) had with the plaintiff. You bought a clasp envelope with papers in court for nothing.
Bulletpoints
Defendant's crossed arms were enough for me.
These people are lucky I'm not a judge! 😁
JM has a family full of contractors I am sure she understands what’s going on. The plaintiff brought her experts with her.
How can not paying for the lawyer's fee be made whole. He should have to pay for the lawyer screen because that has to do with the roof regardless if it's a friend or not that friend still charged her $750 to write a letter judge. Remember when you used to be a lawyer and you used to do the same thing and now you're criticizing your own people for doing that really Judge Milian sounds like you're being a two-faced person here😅
When someone tells a story and always says okay they just want to make sure you're believing their lies
Yes! I always think the same thing !
I had a 20 year old roof that didn't leak. I had it replaced
and ended up with $30,000 in damage from leaking!
The Company went out of business when I sued!
Try insurance! Hope no one ever do any work for you!
He keeps saying everyone else is confused...HE'S the one confused
With all those leaks why not just get a NEW ROOF??
Because that's literally not how things are done.. let's replace this broken a** comment with a new comment.
@@Thelegendl23 how about you go find something to do while you replying to a 3 week old comment I made!!& you can make an INSURANCE claim & get a new roof as well as it repaired idiot. So that is how things are done.
@@Thelegendl23 That is way there are no grantee on a fix!
Plaintiff got help from her lawyer, who knows how to make arguments and sound like they’re in the right.
The defendant put seal coating on the roof. On flat roofs that only holds off the roof for a short time and it will leak again.
No doubt, with the new roofers , the roof will leak again - and the new roofers will be in the same shoes as the defendant now. Perhaps she might get a third set of roofers that will say the second didn’t do a good job.
Those photos obviously showed NO SEAL.
JM comes from a family of construction moguls, so trust me, she has extensive knowledge in the construction field. As a result, it does not matter much if the Plaintiff sounds more articulate than the Defendant, as the fact that the proof is beyond reasonable doubt always prevails.
What terrible businesses practices!!!! I would definitely would have gotten another company to fix the roof too!!
Boy he was done when the brother came up proudly said yes I have 7 licenses AND he hired HIM to the job check and mate 🤣
How can the defendant explain anything with this crazy judge screaming non-stop.
I'd be more sympathetic to the defendants but they just suddenly ghosted her for 2 weeks. I get that they had life issues but as the judge said there's consequences for just vanishing without a trace like that.🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
If the defendants can't be honest. They really need to close the doors on their business. Things happen. But plaintive witnesses I don't think they may have been totally honest.
The testimony about licenses had me questioning everything. Who was the better scammer? The one giving testimony about the work is not licensed. The one affirming the work is the "roofer's" brother. The wife who is not licensed is giving licensed information. The water was too muddied for me to take a side.🤔🤔🤔 lesson for homeowners: get a licensed roofer. Pay the extra money for an independent inspection of the work. Read the contract and clarify what is done and expectation on repair work longevity.
The wife of the first roofer is the one who really dropped the ball by not returning a text, or letting her husband know anything for 2 weeks.
The defendant lost the case for me when he couldn't say what the aluminum coating was called on the invoice 🤣 Also, why can't these people read dates on an invoice? So pathetic.
Confusion?
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It's not very wise to tell a judge that you were having a heart attack when you weren't having one. It shows that you are the type of person who makes up stories to be dramatic.
Its a figure of speech.
Dad uses it.
I use it
The phrase is - I almost had a heart attack!....and when you swear in under oath, you are committing to being impeccable with your word, to not commit perjury. This is parallel to using the f word. It might be alright if you and your dad say - f this and f that - all day long, but never in front of a judge.
@@lilo4399 🤦
@@lilo4399 it's an idiom
@@stephaniehowe0973 Exactly 👍
"I know a guy who hired a friend whose brother's friend was a contactor but his license got washed in the washer last Tuesday, but his nephew's uncle's cousin has a license and so we worked under the cousin's uncle's license but then we knew a guy who had two licences..".
😆 what the!!!
mam stop saying your phone was down...you said it candidly...you did not care.
If her brother is a roofer and the other guys a contractor.... why didn't she use them instead ??? 🤔
She probably didnt know how to make a contract with family or wanted to keep their job life separate 🤷♂️
Just bc you are family doesn't mean you need to have family work for you.
@@Really_Ellie-5.0
No duh. Then why bring them to court witk you to testify and offer their expertise? They had alot to say about the job but they didn't do the work. Just weird. Where do they get these people from.
@@laniinlove9171 that wasn’t her brother. That was her contractor’s brother
@@dc52491 right.
Why do they have that big headed Doug to be rude at the end to whomever loses. I would flip him off and walk out. With Covid now I would just turn off the camera's on him.
It's funny
The text message kilt them 😭 The wife was distraught 😂
That I'll tell you how what had me rolling 😂😂😂
This is not a sport this is court !
how is she the secretary and has no phone for 2 weeks
I thought they were going to say "The Roof the roof is on fire we don't give a ........lol
..... a really good reason to get a metal roof .
I would not have trusted two brothers backing up the story. Should have brought some other licensed roofer.
I like how she yelled at the nigga then said "thank you for helping"
I am tempted to believe these two brothers created more work for themselves just to get paid , and for the customer to blame it on the easiest link
the company mom got her roof from after she was a week late on payment" if you do not pay us this week we will not come out and fix your roof if it starts leaking", my mom and i " excuse me my roof will start leaking?"
Wait what?
I'm so confused. No one answers the Judge's questions in ANY coherent fashion.
Maybe if Marilyn stopped screeching like a banshee, people could answer her questions... she is really starting to lose it, she needs to find a new TV role, she's not a very good judge...
5 different roofs on one house???? What????
Right I wonder why they didn’t show a picture
How doesn't judge kk not know what a dormer is??😮 Doesn't she come from a "family of construction"???!!😮😮😅😅😅
The brothers was on point with knowing what they speak of and the brother said it was no bad blood smh that man messed up and didn’t wanna admit it shame
The judge is very beautiful.
She is
Judge Marilyn, she's tough but she's fair.
This case is crazy!!!