I had to pay to trim a neighbor's tree back and their tree was doing the same thing to my roof. I feel bad for the disabled guy though. That's too bad. I don't like the smug look of the landlord at the end though. Not very neighborly.
It's not the job of a neighbor who cuts their trees to also trim your side, too. Disability or not. It really isn't even relevant when people say the "if he was a decent human being" thing. This isn't the neighbor...he's the landlord over the property and has tenants. This is like going to the grocery store and asking the person in front of you to pay for your cart of groceries after they just paid for theirs. One of those "you just don't do that" kind of things that any person with common sense will say is a bad idea to even ask.
Honestly there is nothing worse then living next door to a lazy neighbor . My neighbors house is a dump it’s a rental place and the landlord and the tenant just don’t care .
Somehow I doubt that the Plaintiff 'can't afford' to hire someone every few years to trim some branches back. It's not that expensive. He's the one coming in there in a suit and the defendant literally has on, what, a white shirt and some kind of pullover and is much older?
@@Michael-cp6gr I apologize for your lack of understanding how minorities have to continue to just request for acknowledgment that we do not receive human morals like other entities! Is that better for you! You were better not responding to my post. I made time for you today, let’s go!
@@Michael-cp6gr as a matter of fact, law and morals do not equate to prosperity! It only balance the substantial of order! But than the question would need to be ask, whose controlling the narrative of order? Mr. Patrick? A neighbor who shows no moral support to a fellow neighbor who CANNOT climb his own roof due to amputation!? Cmon brah And you’re AMAZED? Like is it really hard to understand entitlement?
That's ridiculous. If you have a tree in your yard and it's damaging other people's properties, it should be your job to take care of it. All your neighbors shouldn't have to pay to clean up after you.
I know it's the law in a lot of states that whatever hangs over on your property is your responsibility. The defendant seems kind of heartless when listening to the plaintiff's story. He may not care about being a good neighbor since he doesn't actually live there, but it's just kind of sad when the plaintiff can't do it himself or afford to have it done. It's too bad there are no family or friends to help him out.
I'm more curious where the Plaintiff's family/friends are and why he thinks that his responsibilities are everyone else's or that because he maintained his side of the property for years that suddenly everyone should do it for him for free just because he became disabled. Dude is in there in a suit talking about not having the money to pay someone to trim branches. The Defendant is dressed in basic dress and owns the complex. That's a super nice neighbor that trimmed branches at the request of the Plaintiff. Most won't and it isn't because they're bad people, it's just a lot of work and they get nothing for it after working all day. He doesn't seem very grateful and doesn't know the law. I literally trimmed about 800 pounds worth of branches over the past couple of days from trees that are growing on the fence line. I have had lightheadedness and exercise intolerance for nearly 2 years now. They still haven't identified the issue yet. If I worked full time through all of that, he can get himself a pole and ladder. Just yesterday I trimmed using a pole to reach a branch around 20 feet high. That branch alone was probably 200 pounds.
The defendant really rubbed me the wrong way. He may be legally right, but there are many ways he could've tried to work with the plaintiff. He honestly sounds unempathetic and uncaring. I feel bad for his tenants.
I miss when she would give non-legal suggestions. Like "legally, it's his responsbility and I can't order you to get someone to cut the braches but...you can be a nice guy and help him out since he's asked and all..."
“I feel sorry he’s not able to care for his property” 😳😂😂 damn that was cold but true. That man could get a friend’s son or find someone at church to go on his roof and cut down the branches but he would rather whine and say well I can’t do it 🙄
@@thebalderthor4884 It depends from area to area. She's wrong about owning up to the heavens. If that was the case you could refuse access to planes flying over your house. Do some research before making a definitive statement. It's a grey area and even lawyers will disagree on this, but check out case law.
@@jpharleyd9325 I did look it up. No law states “you can trim a tree intruding in your yard as long as it doesn’t kill or injure the tree.” Guess what genius? Hacking off the limbs of a tree is the definition of injuring something! Instead you pivoted the conversation into the absurd about the air space above our homes to get away from the fact it’s you who needs to do your research before saying something asinine.
@@thebalderthor4884 I live in Ohio, genius. Ohio code S901.51 , and I'm paraphrasing, states that if the branches of a neighbor's tree overhang your property, you can trim them back to your property line as long as you don't encroach on your neighbor's property to do it, and you can't cut them so much that they injure or kill the tree. By killing or injuring the tree, you are liable for three times the value of the tree. Guess you didn't research hard enough.
@@jpharleyd9325 Outsider here. It's bad to paraphrase, especially in law. "No person, without privilege to do so, shall recklessly cut down, destroy, girdle, or otherwise injure a vine, bush, shrub, sapling, tree, or crop standing or growing on the land of another or upon public land." This is not public land, so this does not apply. This law covers some Joe Shmo going into a public park (or other public land area) and chopping down trees, it does not cover private property. There may be a different law in Ohio for private property, but this isn't it.
I wish ppl werent such a**holes JUST bc theyre within the law. The man is disabled and on a fixed income, unfortunately his neighbors a jerk. I cant stand ppl like the defendant. It doesnt take much to bless ppl or make them feel like their feelings matter. It prob would not even put a dent in his wallet just to help the plaintiff out. He makes me lose what little faith I do have left in humanity. Why cant ppl just do things out of the kindness of their hearts? It has nothing to do with legalities or right or wrong.
Just because the guy has a fixed income does not shift the responsibility to the neighbor. Leaves fall and blow. Limbs grow and if over your property you can them down. It’s part of home ownership. Yeah, it might be nice to work together to find a resolution to the tree but a new roof? No. The plaintiff has options but says he can’t afford it. But that’s not the neighbors problem whether he has money or not.
It sucks for the Plaintiff but that's how it is in a lot of places. Any trees or bushes going past your property line you're well within your rights to cut back to the property line. You can't just let stuff grow then complain later about a problem that you anticipated. This case ended exactly as I thought it would.
This case is timely, as my neighbours have a tree that is over the roof of my house and sheds leaves all the time... personally I love the shade and nature around my house, but my friend was saying I should tell them to trim their branches as it is ruining my roof... good to know that is in fact my obligation, not my neighbours...
The peoples court has got to be one of the longest running tv shows of all time. I've been watching it since I was a young child and I'm 40 yrs old now.
Because of the damage that tree has done to the ground underneath it and how it is growing out of the ground and damaging the sidewalk and the alleyway I would find a way to have that tree completely cut down if I had to spend money that I can't afford to spend
Good one, if someone trip over the cracked sidewalk that's on the city. But i bet the city would make that person go threw that landlord's home ower insurance!!! Can't win for loosing when it comes to stuff like this with the city
Interesting, because in my neighborhood, all the trees are on the part of land between the sidewalk and the street and if you want it cut or taken down, you have to ask the town to do it !!
The defendant is an arrogant landlord, doesn't live onsite, couldn't care less about his overhanging trees. Evergreens don't drop leaves, so if the leaves are clogging up the drains on the garage then they're NOT evergreens. The plaintiff should cut off every branch overhanging his garage, straight up to the sky, the tree is coming through the fence from the defendants property, not the alleyway!!
Doug is petty and messy! That nice man just said he cant afford to cut it and he's not going to do anything about it. The defendant comes out and Doug says he feels like he's going to have a problem with him... Doug's just gossiping and making up stuff
This shit crazy - u grow a tree on your property it comes over to my property now I’m responsible to pay and get it cut every year ?? This ruling stupid
Its law! Any thing hanging over your property you can cut from the hell to the heavens on your property! Its isn't the other guys responsibility to pay for it.
I have a giant tree in front of my house and my neighbors want me to cut it down because they don't want to deal with the leaves. I live on a dead end with a circle drive but we also have a forest around us and they also have trees in front of their yard, so it comes down to nature just doing its thing and I clean up my yard along with some of the circle drive.
The plaintiff should have used the money he spent on fixing the roof to trim the tree or have the gutters cleaned out so that the roof never got damaged due to lack of maintenance.
@@AnneOhn123 he said that the leaves piling up in the gutters is what ruined the roof. They are his gutters so obviously he should’ve cleaned them out before anything got damaged on the house. I don’t know why someone would need advice to clean out their own gutters
He won't be liable then ,either. The tree is obviously healthy, if it falls, the house it falls on better have insurance. Every unfortunate occurrence is not a successful lawsuit.
I'm seriously tired of Judge Milian getting smart with people. I wish I could tell her. She used to be my favorite judge; lately her mouth is smart as hell.
Legally the defendant doesn't have to however morally he should at least do it once. He clearly lacks sympathy for others. I hope the other neighbors hear abt this case and trim the tree for the plaintiff. Sad that he's having to deal with health issues and this tree.
@@ddinottia39 - The defendant said he bought his 3-unit building 46 years ago and rents it out. Assuming that the mortgage is now probably paid in full, other than taxes, insurance and maintenance, that property is mostly all profit. And I’d bet he has other rental properties and assets. So, no doubt, he’s doing very well financially. I doubt he’s on a fixed income.
He wanted the neighbor to "trim the tree"...maybe it is different in other states, but in Georgia, you both trim the tree on your side if the branches are hanging over your property. You can trim back to where your property line ends, but not trespass on their property or cut anything on their side of the property. However, if it is on the property line, you can't cut the tree down, use chemicals or cut roots so as to kill the whole tree. If you do, they can sue you for sentimental value, the cost of removing the dead tree and/or cost of replacing the tree. Unless they're in agreement that it needed to go. If you can't clean the roof yourself, hire someone to do it. I don't think the neighbor is responsible for this guy's roof cleaning just because of some leaves from trees. I'm sorry to hear about his amputations, but that's not really relevant to the tree situation and not his neighbor's fault just because he can't get onto the roof. His neighbor looks older than he is. I'd like to know how old that roof was. Leaves don't just 'damage' the roof. It wears out over time. Also, nails push up out of boards due to the repeating hot-cold-hot-cold pattern of the seasons on virtually every house, which is why you see so many houses that have a new looking roof that isn't very old and yet it will have a few places where it is patched. The fact that he is telling the guy to keep 'his' tree trimmed...you're responsible for what happens in your yard and he's responsible for what happens in his yard. Every neighbor would be at war if we worried about leaves from each other's trees. His response at the end was, "I guess that's the law..." No, that *IS* the law and the judge just told you that.
The law is the total opposite in France, it is absolutely the neighbour's (the owner of the tree) responsibility, in fact in France you don't have the right to cut overhanging branches of someone else's tree, (although people do) but you can ask permission and then you are supposed to give back all the cut branches, but people don't do that either...
Nope I agree with you ma’am .. It’s looking like white privilege to me . You made the decision to plant this tree and now it’s destroying my property 🤔
People in the comments are going to hard on the decision. It’s a tree…. if we were able to sue for trees dropping leafs then everyone would sue everyone for leafs.
All the people saying this is not fair needs to understand that this is much better than the alternative where you wouldn't be able to touch your neighbors tree that grows into your land and it's their responsibility. It yiu don't like it, cut it up! It's not ur responsibility to help this tree live.
Harvey often ask the question who takes Advantage of the system more landlords or tenants? This case is an example of a landlord taking advantage of the system. Keeping the profits And not investing in the quality of life in the neighborhood.
We have a big tree and we just had it trimmed because it was hanging over the neighbor’s yard and we didn’t want to wait for damage to be done before we did something about it😅
Judge should have made the defendant take some responsibility in this matter. If he's smart he will take care of it before Mother Nature has her way and drop the tree right on top of the house! IJS
@@Michael-cp6gr I never said that judges create laws. I wrote that Judge Judy would have ruled DIFFERENTLY! I say this because as a Judge Judy aficionado, I have watched enough JJudy shows where the complaint is the same: someone’s tree is encroaching onto another’s property, be it branches, leaves, or roots. She has always ruled in favor of the person who is suffering damages. Her reason: the tree is the responsibility of the the person in whose property it is growing! Now explain your recreation of the law nonsense! I don’t get it!
But its his tree! On his property!! Why wouldn't it be his responsibility??!! So if it falls on the plantffs garage it his responsibility too???!! WHAT!!!???
Bless his heart. If he spent that money on the tree cutting instead of the roof, he wouldn’t have to worry about the roof. I feel terrible. I wish he was close. I would cut it for him. The neighbor should cut his tree. He does know his tree is in others yards.
The defendant shouldnt be so unneighbourly regardless of the law. I really sometimes wonder how can peoole be so mean in their later years when they are inevitably not too far of meeting their maker. 🤔
I don't like the judges' attitude towards the plaintiff in this case. A simple receipt would be to check and make sure his insurance on his garage is well intact and then gasoline the tree and his garage and get paid. Don't put back another garage or make sure you don't have another tree either-or.
He law aside (😂) the defendant is basically an a-hole. Who cares if he’s“semi-retired”, the plaintiff is clearly disabled and can’t afford the expense on his fixed income. No, by law, the defendant is obviously not required to trim the branches, and since he doesn’t actually live there, he doesn’t even care about being neighborly. Too bad.
She's full of ish now if he had went on that man property cutting anything he would've sued and she knows it asking stupid ish!!!🙄 He needs to cut his damn tree
@@melli2413 Its absolutely fair and that's why it's the law..You cannot trespass to cut the offending limbs,but if they overhang your property,you can cut them from your side
Be careful to look up your local laws/ordinances. What she said is mostly true, but in some cities there are laws to protect large/old trees from such extreme trimmings as it might fatally injure the tree. (If you take half of a trees branches in one fell swoop, you’re likely to kill the tree) . Not every common law applies to every jurisdiction
any legal folks out there?----i rent the land but have been told the tree is my deal to maintain---my position is----the tree came WITH the land so----is it really "mine?" thanks
The branches are not the neighbors responsibility of growing in his yard The man says I live on a fixed income lmaooooo hilarious clown tryna tap into awwww he can’t afford it but you fixing your roof lol
I live in Virginia. My neighbor has a filthy river birch tree that I absolutely loathe. We are constantly cleaning our gutters of leaves, twigs, and the confetti seeds that clog our gutters and down spouts. We have to wait until mid June to open our pool because of the confetti seeds that will clog our pump. In Virginia, I legally have the right to hire a tree company to cut the tree away from my property line, and we have. It is a royal pain in my ass but that is the law. We have to constantly work at cleaning this shit tree’s debris, we have to pay hundreds to have it cut away from our property, but it’s not my f*cking tree. 🤷♀️
Yeah that wouldn't work here I cut my neighbors tree back that was clearly in my yard and I got sued and they won since the tree is there property the judge even said he would be responsible for trimming if it happens again
Milian did the plantiff dirty which is typical for her with respect to how she handles Black litigants in her court room. As soon as she asked the plantiff had he gone on the defendants property to take that first picture of the tree, thinking she got him in a trap, I knew it would be all down hill from there. She's funny with Blacks no question about it.
It's absolutely a race thing. Stay naive with head stuck in sand but the truth is the truth. She's been a certain way towards people of color from the very beginning.
when our new neighbors asked us to cut our tree branches that hang on their house we just laughed nd told them they can cut them themselves nd will help cut branches on our side of property we dnt want to cut branches on their side incase something bad were to happen it wouldn't be our fault
First of all while the law may say the plaintiff is responsible, the defendent is just being an ass. His tree is way overgrown as was other trees in those pictures. My husband and I bought our house a year ago and we made sure to cut the trees surrounding our house because we don't want to deal with them destoroying our house or our neighbors. That is just what a good neighbor does. Also, the fact that the defendant came out with that shit eating grin and said "it's an evergreen". No sir that is not an evergreen. Evergreens do not lose their leaves in the winter and become bare. They are ALWAYS GREEN hence the name EVERGREEN. I feel bad for the plaintiff have to live where the other properties obviously aren't cared for.
Sorry to see his neighbor is so uncaring. Law or no law, I would want to work together to help solve this problem.
I agree. He gave off such a smug vibe.
I had to pay to trim a neighbor's tree back and their tree was doing the same thing to my roof. I feel bad for the disabled guy though. That's too bad. I don't like the smug look of the landlord at the end though. Not very neighborly.
Sending love to the plaintiff and hoping he is doing well with his health and feet issues💙
Attention seeker 😆
Living next to someone who doesn’t care about their property is the worst.
Living next to someone who cares to much about others property is the worst
It's not the job of a neighbor who cuts their trees to also trim your side, too. Disability or not. It really isn't even relevant when people say the "if he was a decent human being" thing. This isn't the neighbor...he's the landlord over the property and has tenants. This is like going to the grocery store and asking the person in front of you to pay for your cart of groceries after they just paid for theirs. One of those "you just don't do that" kind of things that any person with common sense will say is a bad idea to even ask.
That is so true. Especially when you are trying to sell. People expect certain up keep in communities.
@@kiddkidd2675 there is no such thing as caring too much about someone else’s property when whatever their property issue is encroaches onto yours.
This case leafs a bad taste in my mouth 🥴
😂😂😂
Oh leaf them alone🤣
Honestly there is nothing worse then living next door to a lazy neighbor . My neighbors house is a dump it’s a rental place and the landlord and the tenant just don’t care .
Nothing worse than a neighbor who’s all into other neighbor’s businesses.
@@kiddkidd2675 What is the other neighbor’s business? The business of running a dump in their yard?
@@noalei mhm I feel you Karen 🤡
@@kiddkidd2675 especially HOA bullies
@MR IV MOVE FAST
Doug is such an instigator. 😂😂😂😂😂😂 “what are you gonna do now?”
He makes me laugh all the time 😂😂😂
I mean, where's the humanity in this man to help a fellow neighbor let alone an amputee neighbor.
Somehow I doubt that the Plaintiff 'can't afford' to hire someone every few years to trim some branches back. It's not that expensive. He's the one coming in there in a suit and the defendant literally has on, what, a white shirt and some kind of pullover and is much older?
@@user-tb2jy9lu3d Don't be fooled by the defendants appearance. He owns the triplex he rents out.
He’s white n he’s black! Are you confused to why he is not?
@@Michael-cp6gr I apologize for your lack of understanding how minorities have to continue to just request for acknowledgment that we do not receive human morals like other entities! Is that better for you! You were better not responding to my post. I made time for you today, let’s go!
@@Michael-cp6gr as a matter of fact, law and morals do not equate to prosperity! It only balance the substantial of order! But than the question would need to be ask, whose controlling the narrative of order? Mr. Patrick?
A neighbor who shows no moral support to a fellow neighbor who CANNOT climb his own roof due to amputation!? Cmon brah
And you’re AMAZED? Like is it really hard to understand entitlement?
That's ridiculous. If you have a tree in your yard and it's damaging other people's properties, it should be your job to take care of it. All your neighbors shouldn't have to pay to clean up after you.
I agree..however, I bet there would be many more court cases because of it.
I know it's the law in a lot of states that whatever hangs over on your property is your responsibility. The defendant seems kind of heartless when listening to the plaintiff's story. He may not care about being a good neighbor since he doesn't actually live there, but it's just kind of sad when the plaintiff can't do it himself or afford to have it done. It's too bad there are no family or friends to help him out.
I agree completely
True but the law doesn’t care about the heart or the heartless just abide the law.
I'm more curious where the Plaintiff's family/friends are and why he thinks that his responsibilities are everyone else's or that because he maintained his side of the property for years that suddenly everyone should do it for him for free just because he became disabled. Dude is in there in a suit talking about not having the money to pay someone to trim branches. The Defendant is dressed in basic dress and owns the complex. That's a super nice neighbor that trimmed branches at the request of the Plaintiff. Most won't and it isn't because they're bad people, it's just a lot of work and they get nothing for it after working all day. He doesn't seem very grateful and doesn't know the law. I literally trimmed about 800 pounds worth of branches over the past couple of days from trees that are growing on the fence line. I have had lightheadedness and exercise intolerance for nearly 2 years now. They still haven't identified the issue yet. If I worked full time through all of that, he can get himself a pole and ladder. Just yesterday I trimmed using a pole to reach a branch around 20 feet high. That branch alone was probably 200 pounds.
The defendant really rubbed me the wrong way. He may be legally right, but there are many ways he could've tried to work with the plaintiff. He honestly sounds unempathetic and uncaring. I feel bad for his tenants.
Lol the word Tree was used in this video so many times 😂
54 times. Give or take 1
The case is about "tree".
Lol so true🤣
Play a drinking game and get fucked up. Lol
I miss when she would give non-legal suggestions. Like "legally, it's his responsbility and I can't order you to get someone to cut the braches but...you can be a nice guy and help him out since he's asked and all..."
I learned something..thought it was owner's responsibility..NOPE..
Same. Seems like I can just plant trees RIGHT at the edge of my property, and when it breaks their concrete, pool, etc it's their fault.
“I feel sorry he’s not able to care for his property” 😳😂😂 damn that was cold but true. That man could get a friend’s son or find someone at church to go on his roof and cut down the branches but he would rather whine and say well I can’t do it 🙄
Doug being messy again "what you gonna do" 😂😂😂
Depending on local laws, you can cut back the tree as it intrudes onto your property, as long as that trimming doesn't injure or kill the tree.
Anything over your property is always fair game. It doesn’t matter if it might kill the tree. Whatever is over the ground of your property can be cut.
@@thebalderthor4884 It depends from area to area. She's wrong about owning up to the heavens. If that was the case you could refuse access to planes flying over your house. Do some research before making a definitive statement. It's a grey area and even lawyers will disagree on this, but check out case law.
@@jpharleyd9325
I did look it up. No law states “you can trim a tree intruding in your yard as long as it doesn’t kill or injure the tree.” Guess what genius? Hacking off the limbs of a tree is the definition of injuring something! Instead you pivoted the conversation into the absurd about the air space above our homes to get away from the fact it’s you who needs to do your research before saying something asinine.
@@thebalderthor4884 I live in Ohio, genius. Ohio code S901.51 , and I'm paraphrasing, states that if the branches of a neighbor's tree overhang your property, you can trim them back to your property line as long as you don't encroach on your neighbor's property to do it, and you can't cut them so much that they injure or kill the tree. By killing or injuring the tree, you are liable for three times the value of the tree. Guess you didn't research hard enough.
@@jpharleyd9325 Outsider here. It's bad to paraphrase, especially in law.
"No person, without privilege to do so, shall recklessly cut down, destroy, girdle, or otherwise injure a vine, bush, shrub, sapling, tree, or crop standing or growing on the land of another or upon public land."
This is not public land, so this does not apply. This law covers some Joe Shmo going into a public park (or other public land area) and chopping down trees, it does not cover private property. There may be a different law in Ohio for private property, but this isn't it.
That tree looks like its 2 storys taller than that 2 story triplex.
I wish ppl werent such a**holes JUST bc theyre within the law. The man is disabled and on a fixed income, unfortunately his neighbors a jerk. I cant stand ppl like the defendant. It doesnt take much to bless ppl or make them feel like their feelings matter. It prob would not even put a dent in his wallet just to help the plaintiff out. He makes me lose what little faith I do have left in humanity. Why cant ppl just do things out of the kindness of their hearts? It has nothing to do with legalities or right or wrong.
Just because the guy has a fixed income does not shift the responsibility to the neighbor. Leaves fall and blow. Limbs grow and if over your property you can them down. It’s part of home ownership. Yeah, it might be nice to work together to find a resolution to the tree but a new roof? No. The plaintiff has options but says he can’t afford it. But that’s not the neighbors problem whether he has money or not.
It sucks for the Plaintiff but that's how it is in a lot of places. Any trees or bushes going past your property line you're well within your rights to cut back to the property line. You can't just let stuff grow then complain later about a problem that you anticipated. This case ended exactly as I thought it would.
This case is timely, as my neighbours have a tree that is over the roof of my house and sheds leaves all the time... personally I love the shade and nature around my house, but my friend was saying I should tell them to trim their branches as it is ruining my roof... good to know that is in fact my obligation, not my neighbours...
More people should really take pride in the place they call home 💯
@Samuel M regardless, he owns it & should still take pride in it just like he would want his tenants to do 💯
This case is unbeleafable 😂😂😂🥴🥴😩
LMAO LOVE IT
Love it 😂😂😂
Lmfao 🤣🤣🤣
here🍃
Love it or leaf it!
The trees GROWS. The judge is right. First video I've watched all the way.
The peoples court has got to be one of the longest running tv shows of all time. I've been watching it since I was a young child and I'm 40 yrs old now.
Me too
judge judy is as well. But same here ! Almost 40
Because of the damage that tree has done to the ground underneath it and how it is growing out of the ground and damaging the sidewalk and the alleyway I would find a way to have that tree completely cut down if I had to spend money that I can't afford to spend
Good one, if someone trip over the cracked sidewalk that's on the city. But i bet the city would make that person go threw that landlord's home ower insurance!!! Can't win for loosing when it comes to stuff like this with the city
This is crazy!! If it's your tree then do the right thing! Smirking like it's funny!! That's wrong!!
Or he can just cut it himself and not try to sue for 5k 🤣 disabled or not 🤷🏿♂️
I'm going out on a limb here by saying I don't care for the defendant. He doesn't seem like a very kind person much less a good landlord.
Im going go out on a limb here by saying you’re very judgmental
2 neighbors I can't stand. Loud ones & Lazy ones.
Doug is such a snake, he trys to make it like both sides are responsible just so he can harass them at the end.
He loves sneaking in those little cheap shots too. He's perfect for the job lol.
Before I watch this if a trees branches are hanging over into your yard you have the right to trim them I'm not sure this guy has a case.
What a load of rubbish. It’s the neighbours tree so he should be responsible for maintaining it.
Interesting, because in my neighborhood, all the trees are on the part of land between the sidewalk and the street and if you want it cut or taken down, you have to ask the town to do it !!
The defendant is an arrogant landlord, doesn't live onsite, couldn't care less about his overhanging trees. Evergreens don't drop leaves, so if the leaves are clogging up the drains on the garage then they're NOT evergreens. The plaintiff should cut off every branch overhanging his garage, straight up to the sky, the tree is coming through the fence from the defendants property, not the alleyway!!
He also doesn't care that the fence his renters are paying for is being destroyed by his tree on his property
Plaintiff is entitled. If you don’t have the money to take care of your property maybe you shouldn’t own property.
Doug is petty and messy! That nice man just said he cant afford to cut it and he's not going to do anything about it. The defendant comes out and Doug says he feels like he's going to have a problem with him... Doug's just gossiping and making up stuff
Why cant people researched the Law before they file a lawsuit? I guess that's the easy part...
This shit crazy - u grow a tree on your property it comes over to my property now I’m responsible to pay and get it cut every year ?? This ruling stupid
Its law! Any thing hanging over your property you can cut from the hell to the heavens on your property! Its isn't the other guys responsibility to pay for it.
I have a giant tree in front of my house and my neighbors want me to cut it down because they don't want to deal with the leaves. I live on a dead end with a circle drive but we also have a forest around us and they also have trees in front of their yard, so it comes down to nature just doing its thing and I clean up my yard along with some of the circle drive.
The plaintiff should have used the money he spent on fixing the roof to trim the tree or have the gutters cleaned out so that the roof never got damaged due to lack of maintenance.
Ya, well, good advice...AFTER THE FACT!!! Duh, had he known he could have, I'm sure he would have!!! Duh!!!
@@AnneOhn123 he said that the leaves piling up in the gutters is what ruined the roof. They are his gutters so obviously he should’ve cleaned them out before anything got damaged on the house. I don’t know why someone would need advice to clean out their own gutters
The judge is wrong if he had cut the tree the judge would make him pay for cutting the tree 🌳
Wrong..he controls the airspace over hid own property.
The defendant is cold hearted
The plaintiff should have researched the laws in this case, and he would know right away whose responsible.
Now he got himself in a feud.
Well if that tree falls on someone's home then he'll know!!!
He won't be liable then ,either. The tree is obviously healthy, if it falls, the house it falls on better have insurance. Every unfortunate occurrence is not a successful lawsuit.
Either the plaintiff or defendant will be up a tree when the case is over.
The tree in his pants lordy. Forgive me. Its late.
I'm seriously tired of Judge Milian getting smart with people. I wish I could tell her. She used to be my favorite judge; lately her mouth is smart as hell.
Funny. Judge Milian is far from perfect but of all the judges on these court room reality shows she’s the only one I can tolerate.
I disagree with the verdict
Legally the defendant doesn't have to however morally he should at least do it once. He clearly lacks sympathy for others. I hope the other neighbors hear abt this case and trim the tree for the plaintiff. Sad that he's having to deal with health issues and this tree.
I agree
Just bc! The plaintiff is looking for a free tree trimming! Both are on a fixed income!
@@ddinottia39 - The defendant said he bought his 3-unit building 46 years ago and rents it out. Assuming that the mortgage is now probably paid in full, other than taxes, insurance and maintenance, that property is mostly all profit. And I’d bet he has other rental properties and assets. So, no doubt, he’s doing very well financially. I doubt he’s on a fixed income.
He wanted the neighbor to "trim the tree"...maybe it is different in other states, but in Georgia, you both trim the tree on your side if the branches are hanging over your property. You can trim back to where your property line ends, but not trespass on their property or cut anything on their side of the property. However, if it is on the property line, you can't cut the tree down, use chemicals or cut roots so as to kill the whole tree. If you do, they can sue you for sentimental value, the cost of removing the dead tree and/or cost of replacing the tree. Unless they're in agreement that it needed to go. If you can't clean the roof yourself, hire someone to do it. I don't think the neighbor is responsible for this guy's roof cleaning just because of some leaves from trees. I'm sorry to hear about his amputations, but that's not really relevant to the tree situation and not his neighbor's fault just because he can't get onto the roof. His neighbor looks older than he is. I'd like to know how old that roof was. Leaves don't just 'damage' the roof. It wears out over time. Also, nails push up out of boards due to the repeating hot-cold-hot-cold pattern of the seasons on virtually every house, which is why you see so many houses that have a new looking roof that isn't very old and yet it will have a few places where it is patched. The fact that he is telling the guy to keep 'his' tree trimmed...you're responsible for what happens in your yard and he's responsible for what happens in his yard. Every neighbor would be at war if we worried about leaves from each other's trees. His response at the end was, "I guess that's the law..." No, that *IS* the law and the judge just told you that.
It's the problem..if you have to ask someone to trim the trim the tree its will cost you money..
Doug is a trouble maker
The defendant was so nonchalant about his response .
I’m only 3 seconds in so let me say that it is YOUR responsibility to cut any branches hanging over YOUR property. It is not on your Neigbor.
Trees have DNA.
The law is the total opposite in France, it is absolutely the neighbour's (the owner of the tree) responsibility, in fact in France you don't have the right to cut overhanging branches of someone else's tree, (although people do) but you can ask permission and then you are supposed to give back all the cut branches, but people don't do that either...
Now if that was PLAINTIFF'S TREE ON DEFENDANT'S GARAGE....GUESS WHT the verdict would be....🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
The verdict would be the same. The law’s the law in cases like this. Very clear cut.
Nope I agree with you ma’am .. It’s looking like white privilege to me . You made the decision to plant this tree and now it’s destroying my property 🤔
@@laquirriapretty6091 I was waiting for someone to drop the race card,thanks for not disappointing.
“Semi-retired” yet he owns an entire apartment building. What a cheap old man, I’d burn his tree down.
People in the comments are going to hard on the decision. It’s a tree…. if we were able to sue for trees dropping leafs then everyone would sue everyone for leafs.
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Hes lying saying the man needs to take care of his property when it's his tree n I hope his tree falls on his property n he gets sued bad
Wrong judgment; cut the tree down sir & get your funds back.
All the people saying this is not fair needs to understand that this is much better than the alternative where you wouldn't be able to touch your neighbors tree that grows into your land and it's their responsibility. It yiu don't like it, cut it up! It's not ur responsibility to help this tree live.
Harvey often ask the question who takes Advantage of the system more landlords or tenants? This case is an example of a landlord taking advantage of the system. Keeping the profits And not investing in the quality of life in the neighborhood.
I don't understand how people don't research the law before coming to court .
We have a big tree and we just had it trimmed because it was hanging over the neighbor’s yard and we didn’t want to wait for damage to be done before we did something about it😅
Judge should have made the defendant take some responsibility in this matter. If he's smart he will take care of it before Mother Nature has her way and drop the tree right on top of the house! IJS
Judge Judy would have ruled differently!
@@Michael-cp6gr I never said that judges create laws. I wrote that Judge Judy would have ruled DIFFERENTLY! I say this because as a Judge Judy aficionado, I have watched enough JJudy shows where the complaint is the same: someone’s tree is encroaching onto another’s property, be it branches, leaves, or roots. She has always ruled in favor of the person who is suffering damages. Her reason: the tree is the responsibility of the the person in whose property it is growing!
Now explain your recreation of the law nonsense! I don’t get it!
But its his tree! On his property!! Why wouldn't it be his responsibility??!! So if it falls on the plantffs garage it his responsibility too???!! WHAT!!!???
Bless his heart. If he spent that money on the tree cutting instead of the roof, he wouldn’t have to worry about the roof. I feel terrible. I wish he was close. I would cut it for him. The neighbor should cut his tree. He does know his tree is in others yards.
Plaintiff should of taken the 5 min. to look this up on the internet to save a lot of trouble. Cut what hangs on to you property and move on.
The defendant shouldnt be so unneighbourly regardless of the law. I really sometimes wonder how can peoole be so mean in their later years when they are inevitably not too far of meeting their maker. 🤔
Poison that tree!
I don't like the judges' attitude towards the plaintiff in this case.
A simple receipt would be to check and make sure his insurance on his garage is well intact and then gasoline the tree and his garage and get paid. Don't put back another garage or make sure you don't have another tree either-or.
Wasn’t about the tree guy just wanted a new roof
Get a survey cut branches in property line. 🙄🙄
He law aside (😂) the defendant is basically an a-hole. Who cares if he’s“semi-retired”, the plaintiff is clearly disabled and can’t afford the expense on his fixed income. No, by law, the defendant is obviously not required to trim the branches, and since he doesn’t actually live there, he doesn’t even care about being neighborly. Too bad.
She's full of ish now if he had went on that man property cutting anything he would've sued and she knows it asking stupid ish!!!🙄 He needs to cut his damn tree
It is the law but she never said you go on your neighbors property you cut what’s growing onto your own property. It’s not fair but it is the law
@@melli2413 Its absolutely fair and that's why it's the law..You cannot trespass to cut the offending limbs,but if they overhang your property,you can cut them from your side
lost case bud, its up 2 you 2 trim the tree. but them wires should be the real problem
The judge was was wrong in my opinion. Had he have the whole tree cut down to a stump then what?!
He could be a good neighbor and cut the tree.
Yeah you can trim everything on your side but that tree dies you're responsible for killing the tree
Be careful to look up your local laws/ordinances. What she said is mostly true, but in some cities there are laws to protect large/old trees from such extreme trimmings as it might fatally injure the tree. (If you take half of a trees branches in one fell swoop, you’re likely to kill the tree) . Not every common law applies to every jurisdiction
any legal folks out there?----i rent the land but have been told the tree is my deal to maintain---my position is----the tree came WITH the land so----is it really "mine?" thanks
The branches are not the neighbors responsibility of growing in his yard
The man says I live on a fixed income lmaooooo hilarious clown tryna tap into awwww he can’t afford it but you fixing your roof lol
I live in Virginia. My neighbor has a filthy river birch tree that I absolutely loathe. We are constantly cleaning our gutters of leaves, twigs, and the confetti seeds that clog our gutters and down spouts. We have to wait until mid June to open our pool because of the confetti seeds that will clog our pump. In Virginia, I legally have the right to hire a tree company to cut the tree away from my property line, and we have. It is a royal pain in my ass but that is the law. We have to constantly work at cleaning this shit tree’s debris, we have to pay hundreds to have it cut away from our property, but it’s not my f*cking tree. 🤷♀️
I live in Virginia too!!
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Not in SC. You can’t cut a tree hanging over your property.
I am seeing some familiar faces in the audience. Anyone else ?
I feel so bad for him JM is wrong the way she treated him
Yeah that wouldn't work here I cut my neighbors tree back that was clearly in my yard and I got sued and they won since the tree is there property the judge even said he would be responsible for trimming if it happens again
I hate when she does that
Milian did the plantiff dirty which is typical for her with respect to how she handles Black litigants in her court room. As soon as she asked the plantiff had he gone on the defendants property to take that first picture of the tree, thinking she got him in a trap, I knew it would be all down hill from there. She's funny with Blacks no question about it.
You're out your mind.
I never noticed it before.
Don't try and make it a race thing when it isn't.
It's absolutely a race thing. Stay naive with head stuck in sand but the truth is the truth. She's been a certain way towards people of color from the very beginning.
@@adrianprince7266 Adrian, you and I both know you just come to these videos to complain about whatever. Lol
Noooo don't cut the tree down. Just cut the branches please. We need our trees 🌳
He may be slum landlord. Only fix what must be done. THATS it. Sometimes you may need to have friendly neighbors
He just didn't want to new fence.
I be pretty sure he be prejudiced
Defendant is a jerk!
when our new neighbors asked us to cut our tree branches that hang on their house we just laughed nd told them they can cut them
themselves nd will help cut branches on our side of property we dnt want to cut branches on their side incase something bad were to happen it wouldn't be our fault
I dont agree this jugement...because it's it's the responsibility of the owner..
No its it's not!
Legally it's not, morally it should be.
That guy is a jerk. It's definitely worth 1000 th have a happy neighbor
So the landlord said the tree started in the ally wouldnt that be a council problem then?
First of all while the law may say the plaintiff is responsible, the defendent is just being an ass. His tree is way overgrown as was other trees in those pictures. My husband and I bought our house a year ago and we made sure to cut the trees surrounding our house because we don't want to deal with them destoroying our house or our neighbors. That is just what a good neighbor does. Also, the fact that the defendant came out with that shit eating grin and said "it's an evergreen". No sir that is not an evergreen. Evergreens do not lose their leaves in the winter and become bare. They are ALWAYS GREEN hence the name EVERGREEN. I feel bad for the plaintiff have to live where the other properties obviously aren't cared for.
I think judge Milan was wrong on this one