Laughing at a Lawyer | The People's Court

The defendant hired the plaintiff, a lawyer, to represent her in a civil case. He claims the defendant won’t pay him because they lost, so he’s suing. The defendant argues the plaintiff guaranteed he would win the case. She appealed the decision and won, so she doesn’t think she owes because she has already paid him a ton of money in fees.
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[@khadijahholder702]

The defendant's way of explaining things is annoying as hell. Get to the point!!

[@themadmillionaire]

@@khadijahholder702 chop chop 🤣

[@CallMeTiTiTribe]

I guess that’s that lawyer talk 😂

[@getin3949]

It's a liars tactic.

[@Jade_902]

Then she cries like a baby at the end.

[@crystalshaw8744]

Thank you

[@Musicfan-dz6yz]

Some people are not good storytellers…. The defendant is one of them 🤔

[@i_tania]

Hearing her speak gives me a headache.

[@alexanderricketts4699]

Just awful!

[@Babyyoshi_]

Like pulling teeth 😬

[@Dawn-he1rx]

She is so full of it her eyes should turn brown. Liar. Liar. But he totally got his money. Greedy.

[@roxiestarr3430]

😂😂😂😂

[@user-ve3vf2qq9j]

The defendent has Absolutely 0 people skills.

[@kaystar3434]

She is so annoying!

[@user-ve3vf2qq9j]

@@kaystar3434 Exactly 💯

[@3l3llala13]

Paying your lawyer 8k for a case that could win you at most only 5k max is highway robbery.

[@FirefliesMulti]

I think if she had won, the other party would have had to pay lawyer fee's. She was mislead, into believing that she'd win. He' s a liar. L:ike Most lawyers are. Trust me I've dealt with the bastards

[@Sophie-mm7ow]

I think they call that "stupidity." Unless the attorney gives you that guarantee in writing, it's not a guarantee. The only time you don't have to pay an attorney if they lose your case is when they advertise and put it in writing that if they lose, you don't pay. Even then, they still charge you for any legal documents obtained to prove your case. The agreement states that only the attorney fees are waved, all other charges are due no matter what. Those fees can be thousands and you still may never see a dime from the party you sued. Most documents have to be "certified" in order to be considered factual evidence and that is very costly, no attorney is going to forgive that cost. If they did, the cases that they won would cost the winning clients a lot more than they already do to make up for the lost revenue.

[@toohappyy]

For some people, it's principle over money!

[@johnlervin]

No attorneys fees unless the contract provided for it it the general rule and this contract certainly did not provide for it. So, the attorney certainly knew that there was the potential for net loss for his client but took the case none-the-less. In my experience attorneys will gladly take your money for their "service" that leaves you worse off. His self-absurdness is also typical in my experience. "I did the work, so what if it left her worse off" He is a parasite sucking the blood from our low-trust society. Even Harvey thinks - to his core - that just hire the attorney and let them do it for you. It's a remarkable species, the attorney. They look like us, they talk like us, but they will eat us and our children alive and say they are providing a "service'.

[@MelissaRae1975]

So this weird situation, her annoyed tone in answering questions AND the police harassed her husband....the Perpetual Victimized Karen

[@WarGrowlmon18]

I find it VERY INTERESTING that she supposedly has all of that evidence, won the motion regarding the appeal... and then just let it go. Makes me think that she didn't have as good of a case as she claims.

[@mikek7050]

The defendant chooses her words VERY carefully. That way she can't be tied down to anything. "Single mom" until it didn't serve her purpose. I'm 100 percent sure this is what happened with the car.

[@delonjuan]

Used dem tears too before realizing it wasn’t gonna help her

[@2PrettyCustomCreations]

"I would never tell my daddy's income....it's way more than that!!"

[@themadmillionaire]

@@2PrettyCustomCreations is that what she said? She said it then 🤣

[@tjbooker9948]

You said what many were thinking.

[@denithy]

@@tjbooker9948 came here looking for this comment before making it myself.

[@tjbooker9948]

@denithy Everyone wants a piece of what she said.

[@Saffire2023]

Yeah, oh my gosh 🥴 .. I couldn't believe she let that rolled out her mouth .. 🙈😩🙊

[@myaominky]

Something tells me the defendant is going to make many more people miserable in her lifetime.

[@WesleyLindsey]

She seems like a dumb and lazy thinker

[@vixxter3099]

😂😂😂

[@cynthiacler9284]

The defendant and her voice is annoying the hell out of me.

[@686JM]

@cynthiacler9284 Pretty rude words when we can't hear your voice and judge you for it too. This may be the internet but that's no reason to be unkind.

[@elainevankat5353]

@@686JMThe defendant was so irritating/annoying! (I couldn’t even take it)🤦‍♀️

[@elainevankat5353]

AGREE!!! (she got on my nerves)

[@mokkamellb6811]

@@elainevankat5353 yeah .. grinding your voice when you talk is annoying

[@missoliver38]

The defendant annoyed me with her crying. Clearly she didn’t know/think he would stand on business and sue for the remaining balance. It’s not about trust, it’s the principle.

[@VladmirPoopN]

She paid out thousands but couldn't be bothered with a few hundred more to settle her bill... I don't get it.

[@vonnam21n91]

She also stopped crying right after the judge ruled lol

[@zenobiachapman1636]

She made me mad to be like I look at him as a father figure but was real adament that she dismissed him. How u gon dismiss ur father in one sentence then cry in the next. Lady stop. He did his job. Not just that, u won the motion to appeal but did nothing with it. You had all this evidence he could've used but u didn't use it either. Smh. Waste of time

[@YoungLadyInRed]

Those tears dried right up once she lost.

[@delonjuan]

Like she wasn’t even crying in the first place

[@NicoVellaFilm]

I hate when people manipulatively cry in order to gain sympathy.

[@FirefliesMulti]

You can't know that was her reasons. I'd cry too in that situation. Court is stress, court is awful! lawyers are dickheads.

[@chrisdavid3510]

This defendant is very unlikable. Has a snotty attitude.

[@wileecoyote5749]

I agree

[@Jade_902]

Yep

[@BREEZYM6015]

I was going to pay her the $600. Now I'm not so sure.

[@mikeyh0]

You have to register a car annually. The defendant is creepy. As soon as a woman says that phrase "I'm a single mom", I cringe because they use that as a cudgel to get sympathy or whatever they can. Then the tears to top it off. Spoiler alert: She lost the car, the initial case and still had to pay the lawyer. Great example for her kids.

[@tealandsilver]

Being a single mom or dad is nothing to be ashamed of. Can be honorable.

[@mikeyh0]

@@tealandsilver Of course! And it always was. Back in the day when a person heard someone was a single parent, there was an automatic sympathy because that usually meant the spouse had died. Now? Not so much. First, divorce became more commonplace. Now people don't even 'bother' with marriage. Just get pregnant and move on. Why anyone thinks that is reasonable and a thing to be avoided is beyond me. But then I'm old and old enough to remember when values and morals weren't getting scoffed at or canceled. Or simply not remembered. America has fallen from grace.

[@puzzlite]

@@mikeyh0ok boomer! Just understand that you raised the generation you are complaining about so maybe some introspection on how you failed your children

[@Jade_902]

Defendant is bizarre. Her case was bizarre. I’m glad her lawyer sued her.

[@daynasafranek7807]

She’s from Gresham, Oregon, but has Portland crazy.

[@PompetusDad]

Hey jude, how can you charge 8k in fees and lose. Then sue your client for a couple hours in remaining fees? You make us look bad dude.

[@rudyardganuelas6254]

She totally said her father would pay him. She casually flexed with someone else’s income in public, she would definitely flex in private

[@claz7307]

I would never say what his income is…but it’s a lot higher.🙄

[@MyGoodenessGracious]

Talking to the defendant has to be exhausting 😒

[@victoriaalexandra1958]

If her dad makes that much money, why was she struggling and have to sell her car?

[@malindalieske3044]

Dad's don't need to pay adult children's mistakes

[@magicworld3242]

Because she's lying. Just like when she said... She told the cops to take the handcuffs off her F'in husband. Like she's making the rules. She couldn't even get her lies straight.

[@TheMilanW]

But most parents will always be there for you if you find yourself in a bad position​@malindalieske3044

[@kathydavenport4422]

Some parents don’t share their money with their children.

[@jordanmccorvey1368]

EXACTLY. & can’t pay 600$

[@qasimjabbar5680]

the defendant is annoying and those crocodile tears dont fool anyone

[@alexiskarin]

Why wouldn’t she continue with the appeal if she had so much convincing evidence. Doesn’t make sense to me. And why the heck didn’t she ask her dad for childcare money if he earns so much and she was a single mom, makes even less sense.

[@fenrichvega6166]

Plaintiff just all business. He don't gaf about long time friendships or not. If u said u gonna pay for services rendered, then pay up. Dayum lol

[@darrenbennett9132]

And JM didn't like it but couldn't do anything about it 🥴👩🏻‍⚖️😫

[@dem9844]

Don't care if she's his kids' childhood "friend". Business is Business. Point blank period. She's a KAREN. Fake tears 😢 😂😂😂

[@jeanicelewis510]

I’m Glad he Sued her and WON!!!

[@crystalshaw8744]

He had to make sure to let us know he was NOT fired.

[@wileecoyote5749]

why not?

[@alxbolt6225]

That was a lie, she had a letter from the lawyer where he admits she let him go.

[@ZovaBe]

Wouldn't you do the same?

[@TheRedScareIsAlive]

​@ZovaBe except it wasn't true. He wrote a letter admitting he was let go. They're both liars

[@aurorarosales3385]

This is like pulling teeth.

[@CristinaDavalos1127]

The defendant is painful to listen to...why would you hire someone at 8k when you were only owed 2500? She should have taken it to small claims from the beginning with all her alleged proof ...defendant has noodles for brains and absolutely no common sense.

[@getin3949]

The Defendant has the MOST annoying, gravelly voice I have ever heard. She's also just plain annoying. ☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺

[@satiashaw1857]

One thing got lost in this. She mentioned that it was just the documents she didn't pay for, because she herself provided the very documents that he charged her for providing. She didn't come back to that point and she should have.

[@meadow8787]

I would never tell my fathers income and its a lot more than that. Lol

[@oldageisdumb]

Uh, you just did.

[@meadow8787]

@oldageisdumb haha yeah. That's the point. Swhat she said. 🙉🙈

[@oldageisdumb]

@@meadow8787 No, you said YOU would never tell your father’s income but you just did in this post.

[@meadow8787]

@@oldageisdumb you're right

[@VladmirPoopN]

​@@oldageisdumbso how much does OP's father make, exactly?

[@crystalshaw8744]

The Defendant is straight up lying.

[@cathylittleton7361]

Why didn't the lady sue the babysitter as soon she didn't make the first payment instead of going through all of this she could have saved herself 8 Grand

[@dianastjohn700]

Great question. Definitely something she's hiding.

[@LeviAaronx]

She likes to be exhausted.

[@jamieperez2292]

“I would never tell my father’s income….. but it’s much more than 2-3 million a year!”. I don’t feel too bad for her. She should have sued the lady she sold the car too. She was trying so hard not to answer questions and seemed sus.

[@OMERTA7337]

Having to pay your bill isn’t being taken advantage of WTF is wrong with you? 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dem9844]

K A R E N. She took advantage of him! She's a forever victim. Business is Business

[@OMERTA7337]

@@dem9844 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@geraldh.6686]

Why won’t this lady just tell the judge what happened. Spit it out lady for fks sake

[@Irod567]

My goodness the defendant is annoying as heck. The judge had to drag every detail out of this woman.

[@dianastjohn700]

I think it is because she is lying...

[@PK-bh1ww]

I find it hard to sympathize with her when she allowed the gal to have the car for yrs.. I wouldn't have let it drag on past 2 months. Esp. if the car was still in my name. Her decisions to be stupid were not the lawyers fault.

[@greenenergysolutionsteam]

She said she's a single mom to get sympathy. These women always do this. So what you're a single mom. Geesh

[@oldageisdumb]

She was never a single mom. They were separated but he was always in the picture. A single mom is a mom with no help. I hate people misusing that term.

[@ZovaBe]

@@oldageisdumba single mom is a mom who isn't in a relationship... that is what it means to be single. People incorrectly assuming that being a single mom means the dad is not in the children's lives does not mean we can just change vocabulary words

[@kathydavenport4422]

I was a single mom of three. But my ex is now my friend the children loves us both and we have six grandchildren now.

[@oldageisdumb]

@@ZovaBe You have fallen in with the much more recent definition created by divorced mom’s to gain sympathy. But pretty much forever it has meant moms with no help. A mom who is “single” as you mean it but with an ex who helps and has dual custody actually gets more breaks than a married mom. Married moms have their kids 24/7. No, sorry, the correct definition is the original one.

[@vvelasco54]

She even forgot she was a single mom for a moment there.

[@mikemontana3443]

She "won" after she fired her attorney? All she did was set aside the arbitrator's ruling. All that you have to do to set aside the arbitrator's ruling is to object to it and then you have to go have the case heard by a judge -- which she did not do.

[@SuzyDamari21]

How dare the judge suggest he let go of a contract where she owes money!!! Business is business. It's not like they're family.

[@VladmirPoopN]

Wow. You got really offended just because the judge wanted to gossip for a second. Edit: did you actually think the judge was going to rule against the plaintiff 🤔

[@ericericgoodwin8147]

She won appeal has al the evidence to win her 5 gran back.. but just let it go.. then came to fight for 650.... not the sharpest tool in the shed

[@bjohnson1149]

I'm glad the plaintiff won. That woman is a user. Those tears mean nothing. Neither does the single mom argument. I get so sick of women playing that card. VERDICT FOR THE PLAINTIFF!!! Yay!!!

[@tealandsilver]

How bout a single dad ya hate them too Same concept Walk in their shoes for awhile and see if you learn anything.

[@bjohnson1149]

@@tealandsilver Neither should play that card. The world is full of both single moms and dads. This should not be used as an excuse for bad behavior.

[@ls253]

Gets in her own way, and then wants everyone else to rally for her? No. Also 'I would NEVER tell him my Fathers income....and its ALOT more than that...' Yeah. She's wasted everyone's time

[@1wadesdad]

She would NEVER tell her father's income and proceeds to tell Curt (and the entire viewing audience) his income "is much more than that."

[@fjccommish]

Rep her? He hardly knew her!

[@cherylbull5278]

The lady is annoying. She doesn’t know how to tell a cogent

[@Catloudan]

This defendant just makes bad choice after bad choice lol

[@lieuxritagreen6648]

“I would never tell my father’s income!”….proceeds to tell his income!! 😂😂😂 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@Vaniteez]

Give me a break with this defendant whipping out the fake tears when she thought it would help her case. Dried up as soon as the plaintiff won. So sick of women with kids using that to gain empathy. “I’m a single mother”. Turns out she was just separated temporarily and Daddy was helping her financially.

[@uncleishy]

The defendant is shady AF. 🙄

[@traceyaz125]

This is the dumbest case I’ve ever seen. 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@elliebellie7816]

"Separated" doesn't mean "single mom".

[@lizh6578]

Why do I keep hearing the Miami Vice theme song?

[@WarGrowlmon18]

She just blew him off because she was unhappy and she couldn't afford what she agreed to. I mean what did she expect to happen when you blow off A LAWYER???!!!

[@jaydub4661]

If she couldn't afford it- her dad could. A lot of people who come from money try not to pay their bills.

[@UniverseAvalon]

Daddy's credit card can't fix stupid.

[@michelehemlokhexwhite4310]

😂😂😂

[@cierraburks2837]

If Dad making that much what is the problem

[@mmmfun77]

The defendant is strange. I get just a weird vibe coming from her

[@natalieperoutka3850]

Listening to the defendant was grueling

[@shrutefarms4741]

Why is no one talking about how ridiculous it is that he was able to charge over 8k for this

[@VladmirPoopN]

Because lawyers are expensive. Is this new to you?

[@BeccasaurousRex270]

It’s not ridiculous. He has a set fee of how much things cost. She could have found a cheaper one or gone to small claims. Prices are prices and she agreed to it

[@Siberian_Chipmunk]

The defendant doesn't get paid and she doesn't pay. The irony is outrageous.

[@sarahrean7174]

🙄 those fake tears child please 😂😂😂😂

[@loriwhiston1587]

I've had crap lawyers like that.

[@krullfamily5]

The tears were to gain sympathy, it didn’t work. Good grief lady get to the point, her story took way too long.

[@ldd2112]

Defendant: I would never tell my father's income. Also Defendant: It's a lot more than 2 million. 😂😂🤦🏾‍♀️

[@themadmillionaire]

I’m pretty sure he was an arrogant jerk, however, a contract is a contract…Pay the man 👩🏿‍⚖️

[@ilovesports5468]

The defendant can’t answer anything directly… it’s getting my NERVES!!!

[@w.p8960]

Stupid is as stupid does.

[@uniquelybeautifuljourney7261]

The judge needs to mind her business why is she trying to be bias getting the plaintiffs to let go of what he is owed should be a violation of her job . If he wants to collect on what he is owed oh well she already paid 7k to him so he is owed it so just pay the balance owed stop crying about it

[@pcalderon6765]

The attorney most likely made most of his money waiting on the defendant to finish a dang sentence. She took so long!!

[@Pinkdiamond12]

Acting like she was getting her masters or doctorate 😂

[@Jade_902]

Bartering is a really bad idea.

[@user-ho3fv5jg5k]

The lawyer's file folder is ridiculous

[@tythames6508]

I highly dislike slow talkers …

[@ImALovelygirl_Dontbotherme]

How many times has JM said don’t sell your car to friends or relatives or anyone you know and make sure when you sell it don’t give the bill of sale until they’ve paid it all… So I’m guessing she means strangers are OK But everybody is everybody lol😂…

[@partickaljamested5146]

Caught lying. Single mum married

[@mrs.c2628]

That plaintiff is a scum lawyer. Charging more than the amount sued.

[@Derriayers]

No. She's just dumb enough to pay it. He's not scum, he's a successful business man.

[@user-qr9ze3fb6r]

Epitome of slimeball atty. $8,000 for a $4500 car and lost. She appeals by herself and wins. SMH

[@tess36]

Lawyer took advantage of her. Where's her husband?

[@Tokoywz42]

Defandant tbought she was Michael Bay with all those dramatic pauses 😂😂

[@delonjuan]

Tears dried up when defendant realized she wasn’t gonna win case

[@Wolf-xu1fj]

Most people commenting, don’t realize the case is years old.

[@Witchescouldrun]

Why do you guys in the comments always need a good guy and a bad guy. There's absolutely nothing wrong or objectively off-putting about the defendant. In fact, she seems kind of sweet.

[@CoastalBachelor2009]

“I would never tell my father’s income. But, it’s a lot more than that”

[@lauramoody248]

Getting a defense/explanation from the defendant is like pulling teeth

[@user-xg7cw8ny9y]

lawyers in civil cases get paid a lot of money for very work or things most people can do for themselves!

[@bobbibbidy4544]

I can’t officiate an adoption without a lawyer giving me the papers to sign and turn into the judge. You need a legal license for that kind of civil case. Either way I concur the lawyer should be paid for his labor.

[@andreaparke4899]

She’s hiding things

[@sharonjohnson8512]

"I would never tell him my father's income....but it was much more than that".

[@joedirt7119]

It’s cases like these when I ask myself why am I not watching Judge Judy?

[@dthomason119]

He should get paid for his services, and her tears have no bearing on that.

[@volkswagon1966]

So she hires a lawyer to sue someone for not paying their bills, then turns around and doesn't pay her bill for the lawyer. I'm glad he sued her and won.

[@snapperkc9317]

The Defendant agreed to pay and not paying him teaches her kids to ignore commitments. How you “feel” means nothing, pay the man.

[@brittney5775]

I knew she would lose before she walked in the courtroom. I bet she thinks she lost this case because the plaintiff “lied “about her saying that her dad could pay. People like her have a difficult time realizing when they’re wrong. You can explain it to them a million times and they still won’t get it. It’s like pulling teeth.

[@vixxter3099]

So let me get this straight. The plaintiff retained a lawyer to get back money that she wasn't paid for a vehicle that she was supposedly trading childcare services for, and then she's going to her self not finish paying for services.....

[@laurielester9437]

Imagine that she don't want to get ripped off but yet she rips off the attorney. 😑

[@lovemealways7]

OMG , her explaining her side of the story is like watching paint dry

[@alxbolt6225]

The only people who made out was this lawyer, the person who committed fraud reporting a vehicle she did not own as stolen years after the fact. Even the arbitrator got paid even though he could not put two coherent thoughts together in his arbitration order.

[@linedanzer4302]

The defendant is a hot mess. She probably lies constantly and has a problem keeping up with all the lies.

[@MsCassie272]

First time JM didn't talk over the plaintiff and defendant...

[@TheGrumpyMunchkins]

What's the difference between a catfish and a lawyer? One's a bottom-dwelling, gross, sludge-eating thing; the other is a fish...

[@keithkemp3008]

It's her story and she can't even tell it and than she pays the lawyer more than the case is worth !!🤣🤣🤣 She's a nut 😂😂😂

[@keylacmckemp1309]

He yelled at her, and she bawled because she looked at him like a father figure. That's the problem. Her father never yelled at her. Spend almost 8k to win over $4k.

[@lisajohnson521]

He shouldn’t have to let the last payment go. She ain’t family and even if she was, he worked and she needs to pay him.