this was a terrible ruling - nobody should be allowed to hire someone to do free labor when they know they are paying way less money to a person who usually does not do that particular job - this woman got a free test run to see if her stairs could be done cheap and she did it on the back of this poor man . i guess the judge believes in slave labor when she feels its ok to rule like that - the plaintiff should be responsible for her decisions and not be able to escape the consequences when things dont go right .
@SoLo Z It's my opinion that your opinion of Mirsada's opinion that the Plaintiff's opinion was disrespectful shouldn't be taken to heart. Seriously though, what exactly are you saying? That we can't criticize opinions? It's our DUTY to call out bad opinions, that's how our society evolves lol....
@SoLo Z You wrote "Calling him a bum was her opinion. You're not supposed to take it to heart" . There is nothing to spin, it is pretty straight forward statement. Plus you deleted your own comment so you obviously had no confidence in your own words. Whatever bro it's not a big deal lol
this was a terrible ruling - nobody should be allowed to hire someone to do free labor when they know they are paying way less money to a person who usually does not do that particular job - this woman got a free test run to see if her stairs could be done cheap and she did it on the back of this poor man . i guess the judge believes in slave labor when she feels its ok to rule like that - the plaintiff should be responsible for her decisions and not be able to escape the consequences when things dont go right . Show less
Totally disagree with the ruling here. The plaintiff knew this guy wasn't a professional and she was doing it on the down low without a permit. He admittedly didn't do a good job but his time and effort should have been worth something. Not to mention she never gave him a chance to try to fix it. If I'm the judge here I split it 50-50.
people need to realize that just because someone needs a job done and you have a tiny bit of skill to do it, regardless if you need money, you should pass the job to someone more qualified.
I agree he got ripped on this , she wanted the job done cheap and quick illegally mined you , but then has the cheek to wait till the job is nearly complete and then take him for the cheap money he charged , that's just wrong
I think the reason she won was because he passed himself off as someone who *could* do it. If he had said to her, "I've never done it before but I'll try for you" i think it would have been a different story.
This one is tough. On the one hand, I do feel that this man put in hours of work and should be compensated. On the other hand, I do agree that the deck was worthless which means the lady paid $1,400 for nothing.
The judge ordered him to give all their money back because they took it all the way down. If they would have kept some of it up, she would have ordered him to just return some of their money back.
wait a minute - i just saw another peoples court case where the judge ruled in favor of the defendant because the plaintiff knew there was a risk that the job may not work out - the judge is not consistant !
yeah I don't know exactly how it should have been apportioned, but he should have gotten some money for all the work he did...they did keep the door he put in, it may be useless right now but if they ever do the job, it sounds like it could be used
He worked 11 full days. Even without the stairs, the door and the patio and 11 days labor was worth 1400.00. She gets the door & patio for free, lies to the judge about having the stairs rebuilt, then tells Doug she's going to have stairs built & starts calling the defendant names. She plopped a goofy carpet on the very top of her bald head so she could go on the show & admit to being sneaky, shady, & cheap...then demonstrated she's also a liar. Then she started calling him a bum. Like she's not? She's an awful person.
She got the nerve to be in court with no edges, no hair around around the perimeter of her head, that ridiculous bun at the top of her head and that attitude? BOLD Aside from that the verdict was not fair and this was bs
She knew he never built a staircase before but she hires him anyways to cut corners from paying professinals with permits SMH...this is what being cheap gets u
Calling him an "undesirable" & a "bum" was just classless! When Harvey talked to him at the end he didn't like the verdict but kept his class. You never want a client like her. Yes, he did a bad job but she wanted an $8000 job done for $1400 and got what she paid for.
How can JM give back all the money? The Plantiff hired him knowing he was inexperienced and have the audacity to call the Defendant a bum. At least pay him for his time. Such a bs judgement as I’ve seen in other cases where JM would award the Defendant some money for the 2 weeks he worked. Kind of losing creditability for her now.
I agree with Tyler. She has given $ for time spent on the job and any work done if it was significant. The more I watch, I am starting to find she is becoming inconsistent.
The judge didn't do a good job explaining the law. If you do this kind of work without a license, the person who hired you doesn't have to pay you if they don't want to. It happens all the time.
@@glumberty1 If that’s a law, it’s a bs law unless there is more to it. Based on what you’re telling me, I can just hire a unlicense contractor and tell them I not satisfied when the work is done.
I believe that the verdict in this case would have gone a bit differently had it gone before JJ She'd have cited the "clean hands" doctrine and sent that woman packing.
"Clean hands" applies if you're actually committing a crime. Failing to get a permit can usually cause civil penalties, but is not generally going to be considered a "crime." That being said, I do wish there was a way the defendant could have gotten paid for his labor in this case.
@@dirtyboypdx not in a civil court it doesn't. And had this case gone before JJ that is EXACTLY what she would have told them as well as explaining how it works, at least in her court room. Few, if any, civil courts are going to reward someone who has filed a small claims if their part in all of it was underhanded as well.
The judge is flat out wrong here ! There’s been plenty of cases where ppl have kept something for their time ! The plaintiff knew damn well she was trying to cut cost w/ labor permits all that! You get what you pay for … then name calling 🥴
Nope. You can't do contractual work like he did without a license. Not only that, he built something that was a code violation and dangerous. Even if he had done a good job, she could have stiffed him and he would have no legal recourse.
@@glumberty1 You're right in the sense of her stiffing him but she knew he was no contractor therefore the low cost. Like others said. You wanted to be cheep and hire someone who thought could do the job....Look what you got in the end. You can't have it both ways but in this case, she did. O well.
My deceased husband was a carpenter. stairs are VERY complicated, You have to figure out ahead of time how many steps you will need to fit your space, PLUS, the saw cut also takes up space so that has to be considered, PLUS, make sure whoever is using the steps can handle the height of of them, PLUS, make sure your foot will fit comfortably, plus, figure out the landing and foundation. That is not a job for a beginner.
A lot of places have code as to tread width and height of stairs. I built my own, on research, not that high only 6 or 7 steps and there is a lot more to it than just cutting the wood and nailing it together. Also if you mess up you're not going to just fix it, with stairs you mess up you either have what you have or you redo them. He's just making it sound like he can make some minor adjustments, no way, not happening. That being said, you want to pay that price knowing what a professional job costs, you should be on the hook for something as should he for claiming he could do it. I had no problem doing my own but even after that, a neighbor liked my work and asked me to do hers and pay me and I refused the job because I'm not confident enough to get in to a job like that for someone else.
She could have walked off The People's Court with a big W and the audiences' support, but because her vindictive ass couldn't bite down her nasty tongue, she single-handedly turned 90% of the audience against her in 2 lines. When you have no class and dignity, sometimes you just can't help yourself.
SHE ASKED HIM FIRST. ……….WANTED A CHEAP JOB. ……….SHE SHOULD HAVE GOT HALF OR A THIRD. ………MISTER DEFENDANT. ……….. I SALUTE YOU!!!!!!!! You are a beautiful man. …………..AND never do anything that is not easy for you!! And look out for who you do a favour…………. Payed or NOT !!!!!!!!
MAM ……. YOU SHOWED YOUR COLOURS. ……… AND JUDGE …….. YOU MADE A WRONG DECISION ……. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HALF ……… BECAUSE SHE ASKED HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She was tryna shit on him from the beginning by making sure we knew he was a “casual” worker aka a temp. 😒 Y’all was coworkers PERIOD and that job will drop you tomorrow especially if they see how you just acted after the verdict.
Judge: Listens to plaintiff. Tells why plaintiff is equally at fault. Explains why plaintiff doesn't deserve anything. Rewards plaintiff full amount. (Is it just me or does she do this all the time?)
She picks and chooses. I’ve seen cases where it went the opposite. She is definitely inconsistent in her rulings. Granted state law matters but this is pretty much universal
I’m a little confused. I watch JM very often, and she’s previously stated that if you don’t give a contractor at least one time to fix the job you don’t get your money back. Why is this any different?
Exactly I wondered why she switch up the case. She also always says the cheap comes at a price or however she says that phrase about when you try to be cheap you pay more in the end. Plus he did more than half the work building the door and patio. Her only complaint was the steps. Like they forgot the rest of the job was included in the price that wasnt just for the steps.
totally disagree with the judge and verdict. The man is not a bum the plaintiff shouldn't gotten all of her money back she wanted something for nothing.
A "deal" being illegal doesn't omit it from being trialed. Sure, you aren't guaranteed certain protections the way you would be otherwise, but there isn't a "I get to scam people if the deal is illegal" rule in America.. And for the record I was on the guy's side. The Plantiff was a complete b!tch.
@@Ay0ubM i didnt know tht about two ppl agreeing on something illegal. maybe yu punctuated your first comment in a bad way leading to themisunderstanding
@@collwatt What i'm trying to say is just because an agreement is illegal doesn't mean you can't be tried. But the specific rules might change based on the State you're in. I'm not a lawyer lol
She knew that he was NOT a licensed contractor and when he saw what the job was he should have NOT took on the task knowing that he had NEVER built a staircase before BOTH ARE AT FAULT...she have gotten 1/2 of the money back...and her character really showed by the name calling that was completely uncalled for
BS judgement. The plaintiff was advised ahead of time that he had no idea what he was doing. She shouldn’t have received ANYTHING back. It’s not as if she didn’t know! She KNEW! She entered into a verbal contract with with complete knowledge that this man knew absolutely nothing about putting staircases together. Smh. She shouldn’t have been so damn cheap!
Another inconsistent judgement. In her other rulings, she usually deducts the labor/time someone puts into a job. This time she gave the plaintiff everything back as if this man didn’t do any work. Smh
With due respect, our favourite judge got it wrong this time. The plaintiff seems to be one of those people who are never satisfied. Also why didnt her husband work with the carpenter especially when all parties knew that the carpenter had not experience in that type of work - in other words they all knew that they were taking a chance.
I am very disappointed with JM here. The defendant seemed like a straight up guy. He was doing the job for a fraction of the cost. Why did she not let him come back and finish? As always you get what you pay for and he was doing his best. JM is so inconsistent. Normally in these cases she will say that they don't get all of the money back because of the time spent on the work. Shame on her and shame on the plaintiff for bad mouthing him at the end.
She didn’t have to call that man a bum at the end. When it really comes down to it, SHE and her HUSBAND were the ones trying to circumvent the system, and get a deck and staircase on the cheap. Some people might say *that’s* a bum move. 😒
I hate hearing her calling him an undesireable, when she was trying to beat the system. Most homeowners know you must get HOA approval; if applicable, permits, and hire licensed contractors. Pot calling the kettle black scenario…
She would have had to tear it down even if it looked like the best deck and staircase in the world since she didn’t have a permit. “You shouldn’t have to return any money, why?” Well….because I did the work, wasn’t allowed to fix anything and had the work torn down. That’s how business works. Stairs can be corrected, nails can be hammered more. This was an insane ruling and I’d be ashamed to call myself a judge after making the ruling.
It wasn't the wrong decision. He did a crappy job so she gets her money back. Maybe next time she will hire professionals instead of trying to take the cheap way out.
@@Childfree334 yeah but she got the deck she payed for by hiring someone with no experience. If she had gone through the legal channels and gotten permits she would have a leg to stand on. That should have been a $1400 lesson.
I understand this. For three years I was mowing a client yard for his mother. Last year I would just mow over their dog waste and say nothing about it. This year they have four pitbulls. Two additional then last year when all they had were two. I went to do their yard a couple of weeks ago. Get to the house and there's like five patches of wet dog waste in one area. I went to pick it up and place it in the trash can. Then I notice there were dog waste all throughout the yard. I text him and told him that I couldn't do the yard until someone came and cleaned up the poop cause after picking up five wet patches of it. I wasn't doing it anymore. That Monday I text to ask if he was home and he text back. I found someone who will do the yard for a cheaper price. I said ok. In a way I was hurt a little but at the same time. I was happy because now I don't have to clean up four pitbull waste anymore.
Wow this seems like such an odd ruling for JM. She usually will give you something for your time and labor. She doesn’t usually reward people the entire refund. He spent time there doing that work and he told her he didn’t know how to do it lol.
I was surprised she gave her all her money back. She knew she needed permits and the guy had no experience building 2 story stairs ! The judge was on one in this case at most give her half back ..he tried
This judge pisses me off sometimes, you get what you pay for, the plaintiff should have did her homework and asked to see pictures before offering him the job. Poor guy did work, put labor in and he gets nothing. This lady is something else calling him a bum when they both work at the same place. She's a bum because at least hes trying hustle on the side !
The judge only complained about the stairs being a problem. What about installing the door? What about the deck? What about the money this guy put out for supplies? They chose to tear the whole thing down rather than just redo the stairs. That is on them. Now they have all that free lumber and this man gets nothing for all his hard work. This lady called him a bum and put him down when he was trying to do his best and save her money. That shows poor character. I do like the defendants attitude and hard work ethic. This will serve him well in the future and I wish him well. They paid for a $1400.00 job and expected a $14000.00 job.
I think the plaintiff is a pos. His work was crappy but I don't see any reason she should have called him an undesirable and a bum. To be honest, she should have gotten half her money back and not the whole thing. At the end of the day, he was up front about not being licensed and she knew that hiring someone qualified would be EXPENSIVE. She wanted pro work at an amateur price and has the nerve to call him a bum.
It's like going to the cosmetology school down the street for a free haircut and then being upset that your bob is lopsided. She agreed to be a part of the experiment. And despite my free haircut metaphor, I do think he should at least be compensated for his time.
He might have been guilty of doing a poor job, but he still deserves dignity and respect. Calling him an "undesirable" is very dehumanizing. Over what? Ugly stairs? Really lady??
First thought - What's up with the plaintiff's hair-do? Then she starts stammering. That woman is dysfunctional. Judgement for the defendant, and I haven't heard the details of the case.
What’s with the judge’s rulings lately? What happened to “the cheap comes out expensive” and blah blah. She KNEW he never done anything like that before. He was paid in advance and still showed up to do the job. This woman wanted an illegal deck and somehow was able to sue for her money back… I’m very shocked.
Why don't people realize that smack-talking somebody only ends up making THEM look bad??! Even if you have a legal case against somebody, using silly ad-hominems like "bum" is only going to make YOU look like a classless undignified human being.
These are the types of plaintiffs that bother me- she hired someone who had no experience- granted he is at fault for accepting the job- but for her to be clapping at the end, etc- very disrespectful. Calling him "undesirable and a bum" was uncalled for. Shame on her.
Sometimes there are no good guys or bad guys. Just a disagreement. Adults should be able to handle disagreements. Even if through court. Her calling this man a bum spoke more against her than it did him. She is the one who wanted something for nothing.
I hope justice finds this man, because it didn't in this case. What happened to her saying her spanish phrase, "The cheap becomes expensive?" I'm not saying he shouldn't have paid anything back, but he did spend 3 days, and likely at least a couple dozen hours on that project. He should be paid SOMETHING. He was in over his head, and so was the plaintiff who who was trying to bypass the proper process. Unfair.
I love this judge but your inconsistency is insane. He still worked. They still got materials. No reason he should be paying it all back even regardless of state laws. One day you give the contractor some credit one day you don’t. Pretty insane. Seems the public agrees too.
Wow I would’ve given him at least 200 for his effort but I understand that there was in the end 0 value . But for 1400 it didn’t look that bad someone could’ve used those stairs . I’ve seen worse lol 😆
That was wrong😡 she was trying to cut corners and save money, so she got what she paid for. He should have been paid something. That’s what happens when you don’t hire a licensed contractor.
$1400.00 vs $18,000.00??? At least she had something up there. I think it could have been straighten out, unless the city came by and told them to tear it down because they did not have a permit. He was trying to help her out.
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She didn't have to call that man a bum. You were the one trying to do a job on the low. If he's a bum sweetie, so are you. 🤨
Yeah . It was trashy of her to say that. Made her look bad .
Facts!!
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Exactly what I thought , why let him almost finish it before complaining and now he has done weeks of work for nothing .
this was a terrible ruling - nobody should be allowed to hire someone to do free labor when they know they are paying way less money to a person who usually does not do that particular job - this woman got a free test run to see if her stairs could be done cheap and she did it on the back of this poor man . i guess the judge believes in slave labor when she feels its ok to rule like that - the plaintiff should be responsible for her decisions and not be able to escape the consequences when things dont go right .
Calling him a bum is so disrespectful and irrelevant. He tried to do what she asked for, how is that being a bum? He showed up for the work! Baffling
@SoLo Z I’m not taking it to heart, I’m calling her a senseless idiot. My opinion
@SoLo Z It's my opinion that your opinion of Mirsada's opinion that the Plaintiff's opinion was disrespectful shouldn't be taken to heart.
Seriously though, what exactly are you saying? That we can't criticize opinions? It's our DUTY to call out bad opinions, that's how our society evolves lol....
I think i'm done using the word "opinion" for the rest of 2021.
All of a sudden he's a bum but who hired the bum 🤦♀️
@SoLo Z You wrote "Calling him a bum was her opinion. You're not supposed to take it to heart" . There is nothing to spin, it is pretty straight forward statement.
Plus you deleted your own comment so you obviously had no confidence in your own words. Whatever bro it's not a big deal lol
She legit called him an undesirable and a bum… And yet he was good enough when she thought she was going to get an $18,000 deck for $1,400.
Exactly
This ain’t right
Preach it!!
EXACTLY SMH
I was hoping the judge would say " the cheap comes out expensive " in spanish like she usually does in cases like this
Lol
The Plaintiff did not have clean hands. She did not build this legally. His labor is worth money.
Agreed. She barely heard him out
JM was unfair
Exactly. He worked eleven full days for free because she was being cheap and shady. Bad verdict.
Agreed
this was a terrible ruling - nobody should be allowed to hire someone to do free labor when they know they are paying way less money to a person who usually does not do that particular job - this woman got a free test run to see if her stairs could be done cheap and she did it on the back of this poor man . i guess the judge believes in slave labor when she feels its ok to rule like that - the plaintiff should be responsible for her decisions and not be able to escape the consequences when things dont go right .
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Totally disagree with the ruling here. The plaintiff knew this guy wasn't a professional and she was doing it on the down low without a permit. He admittedly didn't do a good job but his time and effort should have been worth something. Not to mention she never gave him a chance to try to fix it. If I'm the judge here I split it 50-50.
people need to realize that just because someone needs a job done and you have a tiny bit of skill to do it, regardless if you need money, you should pass the job to someone more qualified.
I agree he got ripped on this , she wanted the job done cheap and quick illegally mined you , but then has the cheek to wait till the job is nearly complete and then take him for the cheap money he charged , that's just wrong
I think the reason she won was because he passed himself off as someone who *could* do it. If he had said to her, "I've never done it before but I'll try for you" i think it would have been a different story.
@@soshiangel90 i agree with that, but even then he still had no business doing the job
This one is tough. On the one hand, I do feel that this man put in hours of work and should be compensated. On the other hand, I do agree that the deck was worthless which means the lady paid $1,400 for nothing.
She knew he was inexperienced. She shouldn't have gotten all of the money back.
The judge ordered him to give all their money back because they took it all the way down. If they would have kept some of it up, she would have ordered him to just return some of their money back.
wait a minute - i just saw another peoples court case where the judge ruled in favor of the defendant because the plaintiff knew there was a risk that the job may not work out - the judge is not consistant !
yeah I don't know exactly how it should have been apportioned, but he should have gotten some money for all the work he did...they did keep the door he put in, it may be useless right now but if they ever do the job, it sounds like it could be used
She got what she paid for by having an inexperienced carpenter build that deck. All she had to do was pay to have it done right.
Best dressed "bum" in People's Court history. Keep ya head up, sir.
Yess !
The man was not a bum. That was a terrible thing to say about him. He was working a side job and she wanted it done cheaply.
He did an adequate door and patio for free… poor guy got ripped off
He worked 11 full days. Even without the stairs, the door and the patio and 11 days labor was worth 1400.00.
She gets the door & patio for free, lies to the judge about having the stairs rebuilt, then tells Doug she's going to have stairs built & starts calling the defendant names.
She plopped a goofy carpet on the very top of her bald head so she could go on the show & admit to being sneaky, shady, & cheap...then demonstrated she's also a liar.
Then she started calling him a bum. Like she's not? She's an awful person.
Couldn't agree more
She was the bum. Did not want to go through the permit process. Sorry judge you called that wrong
She's so disrespectful he's very polite
She got the nerve to be in court with no edges, no hair around around the perimeter of her head, that ridiculous bun at the top of her head and that attitude? BOLD
Aside from that the verdict was not fair and this was bs
She knew he never built a staircase before but she hires him anyways to cut corners from paying professinals with permits SMH...this is what being cheap gets u
This judge is so inconsistent. He told her what he was capable of and she took a chance.
Right? Seen these same cases and still made people laugh for the labor. They got the material. Such bullshit
Pay*
Judge judy would have wiped the floor with that sodding woman
Calling him an "undesirable" & a "bum" was just classless! When Harvey talked to him at the end he didn't like the verdict but kept his class. You never want a client like her. Yes, he did a bad job but she wanted an $8000 job done for $1400 and got what she paid for.
Right!! She looks crazy with those tight braids looking a hot mess!
That’s a BS ruling. They should taken out cost for materials and time at the least. She wanted a cheap job and she got that
How can JM give back all the money? The Plantiff hired him knowing he was inexperienced and have the audacity to call the Defendant a bum. At least pay him for his time. Such a bs judgement as I’ve seen in other cases where JM would award the Defendant some money for the 2 weeks he worked. Kind of losing creditability for her now.
I so so agree with you! Regardless of how it turned out he DID invest almost 2 weeks of work
Yup!
I agree with Tyler. She has given $ for time spent on the job and any work done if it was significant. The more I watch, I am starting to find she is becoming inconsistent.
The judge didn't do a good job explaining the law. If you do this kind of work without a license, the person who hired you doesn't have to pay you if they don't want to. It happens all the time.
@@glumberty1 If that’s a law, it’s a bs law unless there is more to it. Based on what you’re telling me, I can just hire a unlicense contractor and tell them I not satisfied when the work is done.
Soooo. You had someone who doesn’t do stairs.. put up stairs… and then sues him….
Judge Judy would’ve told her too bad
That's why I love her !!! ❤😂😊
RIGHT!!
For filth ok?😂😂
Yes, Judge Judy would have dismissed the case.The plaintif didn't come with "clean hands".
I believe that the verdict in this case would have gone a bit differently had it gone before JJ
She'd have cited the "clean hands" doctrine and sent that woman packing.
"Clean hands" applies if you're actually committing a crime. Failing to get a permit can usually cause civil penalties, but is not generally going to be considered a "crime."
That being said, I do wish there was a way the defendant could have gotten paid for his labor in this case.
@@dirtyboypdx not in a civil court it doesn't. And had this case gone before JJ that is EXACTLY what she would have told them as well as explaining how it works, at least in her court room.
Few, if any, civil courts are going to reward someone who has filed a small claims if their part in all of it was underhanded as well.
Definitely would have ruled in the defendant favor she got what she paid for Judge Judy would have taken her case apart RUDELY.😅
She better block off that door ... Before someone opens it, not knowing there's no staircase outside!
😂🤣😂🤣
They would have to put a lock that no one could have a key to.
Or literally put up a dummy wall front of it. 🤣🤣🤣
That's what she gets. Ha!
Bet this woman would buy a steak at dollar tree and be offended it’s not good
I love that comment
LMFAO. Beautiful analogy!
Good one!
Wow 🤣😂🤣 I've seen those steaks
What I don't understand is how all the "dollar stores" stay open!
If she was my employee, talking about my casual employee being a 'bum', she'd be written up so fast.
Plaintiff is just as guilty.
The judge is flat out wrong here ! There’s been plenty of cases where ppl have kept something for their time ! The plaintiff knew damn well she was trying to cut cost w/ labor permits all that! You get what you pay for … then name calling 🥴
Judge Judy would tell her so it's your fault for trying to get a 18,000 job for 1400.
Did she really just roast him with that speech impediment?! Lol
Right !
😂😩😩
And no edges! The nerve!
@@thinkdifferenttv 😂
@@marshallelliott8894 That ridiculous hairdo.
Judge is wrong in this case. He could have given half of the money back, not all. He did do the work for 11 days straight. Wack decision!
Nope. You can't do contractual work like he did without a license. Not only that, he built something that was a code violation and dangerous. Even if he had done a good job, she could have stiffed him and he would have no legal recourse.
@@glumberty1 You're right in the sense of her stiffing him but she knew he was no contractor therefore the low cost. Like others said. You wanted to be cheep and hire someone who thought could do the job....Look what you got in the end. You can't have it both ways but in this case, she did. O well.
My deceased husband was a carpenter. stairs are VERY complicated, You have to figure out ahead of time how many steps you will need to fit your space, PLUS, the saw cut also takes up space so that has to be considered, PLUS, make sure whoever is using the steps can handle the height of of them, PLUS, make sure your foot will fit comfortably, plus, figure out the landing and foundation. That is not a job for a beginner.
Yeah but he did some research😆
You sound like someone that could build a decent stairs, from what you learned watching your husband work. 😁
A lot of places have code as to tread width and height of stairs. I built my own, on research, not that high only 6 or 7 steps and there is a lot more to it than just cutting the wood and nailing it together. Also if you mess up you're not going to just fix it, with stairs you mess up you either have what you have or you redo them. He's just making it sound like he can make some minor adjustments, no way, not happening. That being said, you want to pay that price knowing what a professional job costs, you should be on the hook for something as should he for claiming he could do it. I had no problem doing my own but even after that, a neighbor liked my work and asked me to do hers and pay me and I refused the job because I'm not confident enough to get in to a job like that for someone else.
Until she started calling the brotha a bum and undesirable, I was happy she won. That was disgusting 🗑🗑
Completely changed my opinion of her. She's the bum .
She could have walked off The People's Court with a big W and the audiences' support, but because her vindictive ass couldn't bite down her nasty tongue, she single-handedly turned 90% of the audience against her in 2 lines. When you have no class and dignity, sometimes you just can't help yourself.
SHE ASKED HIM FIRST. ……….WANTED A CHEAP JOB. ……….SHE SHOULD HAVE GOT HALF OR A THIRD. ………MISTER DEFENDANT. ……….. I SALUTE YOU!!!!!!!! You are a beautiful man. …………..AND never do anything that is not easy for you!! And look out for who you do a favour…………. Payed or NOT !!!!!!!!
MAM ……. YOU SHOWED YOUR COLOURS. ……… AND JUDGE …….. YOU MADE A WRONG DECISION ……. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HALF ……… BECAUSE SHE ASKED HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She was tryna shit on him from the beginning by making sure we knew he was a “casual” worker aka a temp. 😒 Y’all was coworkers PERIOD and that job will drop you tomorrow especially if they see how you just acted after the verdict.
I've always heard them called temps or floaters. "Casual" worker was kind of derogatory.
Hear hear!
I feel sorry for him, his labor was all in vain. She could have at least let him keep 600 for all those days he put in
Judge: Listens to plaintiff. Tells why plaintiff is equally at fault.
Explains why plaintiff doesn't deserve anything. Rewards plaintiff full amount.
(Is it just me or does she do this all the time?)
For women.
@@denniscampbell8363 Nope, I've usually seen her do this for men while telling a woman litigant some bs about contracts and rough justice lol
She picks and chooses. I’ve seen cases where it went the opposite. She is definitely inconsistent in her rulings. Granted state law matters but this is pretty much universal
Yeah, and it’s interesting because it shows where the letter of the law is often different from what’s “right.”
The stairs were crap, but calling him a bum was completely undeserved.
Plaintiff can't even explain her own case. Lady What are you saying!?
Her weave too tight!
I'm just trying to figure out what moved her to shave all her hair around like a bowl cut and put them braids all the way on top of her head ...smh
I’m at the hair salon right now and just shaved off my sides. I saw her head and cracked up. 😂
@@busybeingcryssi 😂😂😂😁😂😂😂
Ok 👌🏽 I was trying to figure out the hairstyle
I’m a little confused. I watch JM very often, and she’s previously stated that if you don’t give a contractor at least one time to fix the job you don’t get your money back. Why is this any different?
Exactly I wondered why she switch up the case. She also always says the cheap comes at a price or however she says that phrase about when you try to be cheap you pay more in the end. Plus he did more than half the work building the door and patio. Her only complaint was the steps. Like they forgot the rest of the job was included in the price that wasnt just for the steps.
We all know why deep down inside.......
I was thinking the same thing
Most likely because he wasn’t a professional that’s risky
Because the judge like her hairdo!
Her hair is so hilarious that I cant' take the case seriously.
totally disagree with the judge and verdict. The man is not a bum the plaintiff shouldn't gotten all of her money back she wanted something for nothing.
how can she judge on an illegal deal? plus he gets nothing for labor
A "deal" being illegal doesn't omit it from being trialed. Sure, you aren't guaranteed certain protections the way you would be otherwise, but there isn't a "I get to scam people if the deal is illegal" rule in America.. And for the record I was on the guy's side. The Plantiff was a complete b!tch.
@@Ay0ubM i didnt know tht about two ppl agreeing on something illegal. maybe yu punctuated your first comment in a bad way leading to themisunderstanding
@@collwatt What i'm trying to say is just because an agreement is illegal doesn't mean you can't be tried. But the specific rules might change based on the State you're in. I'm not a lawyer lol
Who ever braided her hair snatched all her edges
Defendant should have been allowed to keep at least something for his time and effort. Maybe like 30% of the money.
Why the disrespect at the end? I think he should have got something for his labor?
She knew that he was NOT a licensed contractor and when he saw what the job was he should have NOT took on the task knowing that he had NEVER built a staircase before BOTH ARE AT FAULT...she have gotten 1/2 of the money back...and her character really showed by the name calling that was completely uncalled for
This is why I love JJ cause this judge got it all wrong....she knew from jump he didn't know how to build stairs....Get what you pay for
BS judgement. The plaintiff was advised ahead of time that he had no idea what he was doing. She shouldn’t have received ANYTHING back. It’s not as if she didn’t know! She KNEW! She entered into a verbal contract with with complete knowledge that this man knew absolutely nothing about putting staircases together. Smh. She shouldn’t have been so damn cheap!
He didn't have to do the job!
@@ddinottia39 like I said, I feel as if the ruling is bs. Your exclamation mark won’t change that.
Another inconsistent judgement. In her other rulings, she usually deducts the labor/time someone puts into a job. This time she gave the plaintiff everything back as if this man didn’t do any work. Smh
He didn't finished and it fell apart! That's why he has to give the money back.
With due respect, our favourite judge got it wrong this time. The plaintiff seems to be one of those people who are never satisfied. Also why didnt her husband work with the carpenter especially when all parties knew that the carpenter had not experience in that type of work - in other words they all knew that they were taking a chance.
I am very disappointed with JM here. The defendant seemed like a straight up guy. He was doing the job for a fraction of the cost. Why did she not let him come back and finish? As always you get what you pay for and he was doing his best. JM is so inconsistent. Normally in these cases she will say that they don't get all of the money back because of the time spent on the work. Shame on her and shame on the plaintiff for bad mouthing him at the end.
He should have gotten some money for his time and work. That's what happens when u try to go cheap. U get what u paid for.
She didn’t have to call that man a bum at the end. When it really comes down to it, SHE and her HUSBAND were the ones trying to circumvent the system, and get a deck and staircase on the cheap. Some people might say *that’s* a bum move. 😒
Mr. Collins was my high school teacher, and this was so unfair. What about his time and labor?? Free patio and door?,
I hate hearing her calling him an undesireable, when she was trying to beat the system. Most homeowners know you must get HOA approval; if applicable, permits, and hire licensed contractors. Pot calling the kettle black scenario…
I think the customer is obligated to allow the builder to make it right before dismissing him from the task.
I feel bad for the defendant… how embarrassing
Loooove the defendant’s color ensemble
She would have had to tear it down even if it looked like the best deck and staircase in the world since she didn’t have a permit.
“You shouldn’t have to return any money, why?”
Well….because I did the work, wasn’t allowed to fix anything and had the work torn down. That’s how business works. Stairs can be corrected, nails can be hammered more. This was an insane ruling and I’d be ashamed to call myself a judge after making the ruling.
A new one. YAY!!! People always hiring handyman with no credentials or licenses. This is what you get.
WRONG DECISION Marilyn
It wasn't the wrong decision. He did a crappy job so she gets her money back. Maybe next time she will hire professionals instead of trying to take the cheap way out.
100%. At least pay him for the 2 weeks he worked…bs
@@Childfree334 yeah but she got the deck she payed for by hiring someone with no experience. If she had gone through the legal channels and gotten permits she would have a leg to stand on. That should have been a $1400 lesson.
what you said hrre counteracts what you said here
@@collwatt ..what
I understand this. For three years I was mowing a client yard for his mother. Last year I would just mow over their dog waste and say nothing about it. This year they have four pitbulls. Two additional then last year when all they had were two. I went to do their yard a couple of weeks ago. Get to the house and there's like five patches of wet dog waste in one area. I went to pick it up and place it in the trash can. Then I notice there were dog waste all throughout the yard. I text him and told him that I couldn't do the yard until someone came and cleaned up the poop cause after picking up five wet patches of it. I wasn't doing it anymore. That Monday I text to ask if he was home and he text back. I found someone who will do the yard for a cheaper price. I said ok. In a way I was hurt a little but at the same time. I was happy because now I don't have to clean up four pitbull waste anymore.
Wow this seems like such an odd ruling for JM. She usually will give you something for your time and labor. She doesn’t usually reward people the entire refund. He spent time there doing that work and he told her he didn’t know how to do it lol.
I was surprised she gave her all her money back. She knew she needed permits and the guy had no experience building 2 story stairs ! The judge was on one in this case at most give her half back ..he tried
Me and Him?!!!!!!! Lady needs "English Class 101"!!!!!
Ya get what ya pay for!
"It's just a situation of angles"?! Sir....stop! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
She got chocolate vanilla swirl on her head. 😂😂😂
Her hair was undesirable 😂😂😂
This judge pisses me off sometimes, you get what you pay for, the plaintiff should have did her homework and asked to see pictures before offering him the job. Poor guy did work, put labor in and he gets nothing. This lady is something else calling him a bum when they both work at the same place. She's a bum because at least hes trying hustle on the side !
This case made me sad….they were so wrong to this man
Her hair has crackish ways 👨🏾⚖️.
Ok, Greg Mathis...💙💙💙
No it don’t Judge Mathis you swear you know everything 😂😂😂
@@KPbouj 😂😂😂
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The judge only complained about the stairs being a problem. What about installing the door? What about the deck? What about the money this guy put out for supplies? They chose to tear the whole thing down rather than just redo the stairs. That is on them. Now they have all that free lumber and this man gets nothing for all his hard work. This lady called him a bum and put him down when he was trying to do his best and save her money. That shows poor character. I do like the defendants attitude and hard work ethic. This will serve him well in the future and I wish him well. They paid for a $1400.00 job and expected a $14000.00 job.
I think the plaintiff is a pos. His work was crappy but I don't see any reason she should have called him an undesirable and a bum. To be honest, she should have gotten half her money back and not the whole thing. At the end of the day, he was up front about not being licensed and she knew that hiring someone qualified would be EXPENSIVE. She wanted pro work at an amateur price and has the nerve to call him a bum.
It's like going to the cosmetology school down the street for a free haircut and then being upset that your bob is lopsided. She agreed to be a part of the experiment. And despite my free haircut metaphor, I do think he should at least be compensated for his time.
Those are some funky looking stairs! (The plaintiff was not gracious, however, in calling him a bum in the hallway interview)
He might have been guilty of doing a poor job, but he still deserves dignity and respect. Calling him an "undesirable" is very dehumanizing. Over what? Ugly stairs? Really lady??
First thought - What's up with the plaintiff's hair-do? Then she starts stammering. That woman is dysfunctional. Judgement for the defendant, and I haven't heard the details of the case.
“Sss-sss-stick a fork in me, I was jj-jjust done with him”🙄
She was being cheap and called him a bum that was rude..
What’s with the judge’s rulings lately? What happened to “the cheap comes out expensive” and blah blah. She KNEW he never done anything like that before. He was paid in advance and still showed up to do the job. This woman wanted an illegal deck and somehow was able to sue for her money back… I’m very shocked.
Why don't people realize that smack-talking somebody only ends up making THEM look bad??! Even if you have a legal case against somebody, using silly ad-hominems like "bum" is only going to make YOU look like a classless undignified human being.
She calls him a bum knowing damn well that she tried to get this done the cheap way. She’s the real bum lol 💀
These are the types of plaintiffs that bother me- she hired someone who had no experience- granted he is at fault for accepting the job- but for her to be clapping at the end, etc- very disrespectful. Calling him "undesirable and a bum" was uncalled for. Shame on her.
You get what you pay for, you want a professional skilled job then pay a the cost of the contract of a professional contractor.
He did NOT like anyone telling him he didn't know what he was doing.
He worked on it for over a week. His labor was worth something.
Sometimes there are no good guys or bad guys. Just a disagreement. Adults should be able to handle disagreements. Even if through court. Her calling this man a bum spoke more against her than it did him. She is the one who wanted something for nothing.
I hope justice finds this man, because it didn't in this case. What happened to her saying her spanish phrase, "The cheap becomes expensive?" I'm not saying he shouldn't have paid anything back, but he did spend 3 days, and likely at least a couple dozen hours on that project. He should be paid SOMETHING. He was in over his head, and so was the plaintiff who who was trying to bypass the proper process. Unfair.
I love this judge but your inconsistency is insane. He still worked. They still got materials. No reason he should be paying it all back even regardless of state laws. One day you give the contractor some credit one day you don’t. Pretty insane. Seems the public agrees too.
P.S.. He lost when he rolled them eyes 😳😳😂😂😂
Wow I would’ve given him at least 200 for his effort but I understand that there was in the end 0 value . But for 1400 it didn’t look that bad someone could’ve used those stairs . I’ve seen worse lol 😆
Yeah, $200 for his effort and the lumber they got to keep! That stuff isn't cheap
He actually built a door and patio tho and didnt gey any money for that part. Her only complaint was the stairs.
That was wrong😡 she was trying to cut corners and save money, so she got what she paid for. He should have been paid something. That’s what happens when you don’t hire a licensed contractor.
Being cheap always cost more in the end. Pay the professionals......that’s what they train to do.
Judge making another bad judgement.
“Undesirable?!?” What a horrible thing to call him.
No need to call names! You got the verdict, why lower yourself?
She didn't have to call him an undesireable.
$1400.00 vs $18,000.00??? At least she had something up there. I think it could have been straighten out, unless the city came by and told them to tear it down because they did not have a permit. He was trying to help her out.
sis I know you aint call that man a bum..... because truth be told did you have the 15,000 to get done otherwise... oh ok....
Those stairs were messed up but she didn’t give him a chance
I don't think converting his labor to slave labor was the right thing on this one.
My man came and built the stairs i used to draw as a kid
Wow, plaintiff is a straight up see you next Tuesday