Hot BenchStaffel 8

TV-G
A panel of three judges hear court cases, argue the merits of the case amongst themselves, and render a verdict.

Hot Bench • Staffel 8 ansehen bei

155 Folgen

  • Folge #8.1
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    Folge #8.1COVID cancels a quinceañera, and a "non-refundable" vendor deposit hangs in the balance.
  • Folge #8.2
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    Folge #8.2A disabled veteran bails a woman's reputedly abusive boyfriend out of jail -- and the boyfriend wants an apology.
  • Folge #8.3
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    Folge #8.3A woman went on a first date, and the guy moved into her house; she tries to get back her money for the car she bought for him.
  • Folge #8.4
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    Folge #8.4A divorced couple's tax-filing dispute.
  • Folge #8.5
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    Folge #8.5A realtor and a contractor strike a deal on a remodeling job; a "friends discount" causes the friendship to fall apart.
  • Folge #8.6
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    Folge #8.6A grieving family seeks retribution after their neighbor clubs their dog to death.
  • Folge #8.7
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    Folge #8.7Hospitalized by vicious bees, his dog beaten to death with an ax handle, the plaintiff needs more than a perfunctory apology letter from his neighbor.
  • Folge #8.8
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    Folge #8.8A landlady wants her rowdy cruise-line bartender ex-friend to pay the $5,000 he owes her in rent.
  • Folge #8.9
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    Folge #8.9A woman says the used BMW she purchased is a "lemon."
  • Folge #8.10
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    Folge #8.10Veteran big-rig drivers duel it out in the courtroom over the fairness of wages.
  • Folge #8.11
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    Folge #8.11When a financial adviser with a drug problem is incarcerated for stealing a trailer, her estranged sister bails her out and puts a roof over her head; she repays her by walking out and leaving her 8-year-old son unattended.
  • Folge #8.12
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    Folge #8.12A delivery driver decides to knock back a few beers before his morning shift; a pot-smoking landlord charges his pot-smoking tenant with getting the smell out of his carpet.
  • Folge #8.13
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    Folge #8.13A man owes his mother's best friend $2,000 for a loan to keep his truck -- and his only defense is arguing semantics with Judge DiMango.
  • Folge #8.14
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    Folge #8.14When an elderly couple sue their daughter's boyfriend over a missing rent check, someone does not tell the truth in court.
  • Folge #8.15
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    Folge #8.15A man drives his truck for three years without the warranty protection he bought; he wants his auto broker to pay up.
  • Folge #8.16
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    Folge #8.16A woman buys faulty parts online and sues her mechanic when her car starts making nasty noises.
  • Folge #8.17
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    Folge #8.17Falling stucco mangles a tenant's hand, causing him to lose work and fall behind on rent; in an effort to "punish" him, the landlord brings accusations of property damage.
  • Folge #8.18
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    Folge #8.18A compassionate veteran takes in his homeless best friend, who breaks his ribs, damages his property and throws away the dentures he bought him.
  • Folge #8.19
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    Folge #8.19A family man seeks justice after being evicted on Christmas Eve.
  • Folge #8.20
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    Folge #8.20A family fighting for their security deposit must prove that they left only normal wear and tear.
  • Folge #8.21
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    Folge #8.21Upon her release from the hospital, a hit-and-run survivor goes straight to the tow yard and says some things are missing from her smashed SUV: she wants the owner to pay for her stolen diamonds and designer bags.
  • Folge #8.22
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    Folge #8.22A rancid, leaking hole in the ceiling brings a musician to the end of his rope, but something stinks about his story, and Judge Corriero can smell it from a mile away.
  • Folge #8.23
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    Folge #8.23A man sues his property manager for inhospitable living conditions but she says he did nothing to follow up.
  • Folge #8.24
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    Folge #8.24A movie producer has investors breathing down his neck for millions of dollars.
  • Folge #8.25
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    Folge #8.25Two motorists dispute what color the light was, and who was at fault; two businessmen decide to share a credit card for advertising expenses.
  • Folge #8.26
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    Folge #8.26A small-business owner tries to blame his broken dreams on his landlords, but the lease states that they are not responsible for things falling apart.
  • Folge #8.27
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    Folge #8.27Judge Corriero questions the intentions of a plaintiff who brought a woman in off the street and bought her a car.
  • Folge #8.28
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    Folge #8.28A Camry with faulty steering careens into a Jaguar parked on the street; a man buys a truck from his tattoo artist.
  • Folge #8.29
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    Folge #8.29A man sues the disk jockey he hired for his wedding anniversary party.
  • Everything but the Kitchen Sink
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    Everything but the Kitchen SinkA landlord's tenant moves out and takes the air conditioner with him.
  • Folge #8.31
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    Folge #8.31A 20-year-old driver slams into a car driven by a mother and her three children.
  • Rid Me of My Roommate Part 1
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    Rid Me of My Roommate Part 1A woman listed a room for rent in her apartment, and says a man showed up with a towel, ready to take a shower.
  • Rid Me of My Roommate Part 2
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    Rid Me of My Roommate Part 2A woman says a blackmailer squatted in her apartment for 10 months.
  • Folge #8.34
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    Folge #8.34When a young woman's tenancy with a family friend devolves into her reportedly wielding a screwdriver against him, her own grandmother is a witness against her.
  • Folge #8.35
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    Folge #8.35A life coach and her roommate are so incompatible that they can only communicate through email; at first, she tried to help him through a rough patch, but now she has to sue for his half of the rent.
  • Folge #8.36
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    Folge #8.36An unlicensed child crashes his stepfather's motorbike.
  • Unauthorized Party
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    Unauthorized PartyA teenage Vrbo renter and his friends left bullet holes in the floor and scared the neighbors so badly that they moved away; the owners hired a PI to track the kid down; now they hope the judges will hold him accountable for destroying their home.
  • Folge #8.38
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    Folge #8.38A young woman files a restraining order against her boyfriend, then comes after him for his portion of the rent.
  • Folge #8.39
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    Folge #8.39A grown man throws a fit when the judges tell him he can't lease someone else's land to a cattle rancher.
  • Folge #8.40
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    Folge #8.40A security guard dreams of achieving B-list stardom; his idol, actor Richard Baker, presents an opportunity to invest in his next movie.
  • The Barter They Fall
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    The Barter They FallTo adjudicate a carpenter's and a welder's barter dispute, the judges must determine the relative worth of carport frames and hydraulic bins.
  • Student Drive-Her
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    Student Drive-HerA driving instructor's employer fails to protect her from the sexual harassment of being propositioned by a 19-year-old student.
  • Folge #8.43
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    Folge #8.43After a drunken man shakes his brother awake and breaks his nose, he tells the judges "I'm sorry" and "my brother got what he deserved" in the same breath.
  • Folge #8.44
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    Folge #8.44Amid a turbulent child-custody battle, a man sues his ex-girlfriend over a measly broken window, but they've had so many similar altercations that neither can remember the details of the incident.
  • Folge #8.45
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    Folge #8.45C.J., a pit bull, is too much dog for a 10-year-old to walk, and ends up attacking little Alan, a corgi/boxer mix, whose owner wants to recover money for medical bills.
  • Folge #8.46
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    Folge #8.46A single mother of three tries to recover her security deposit, saying her son contracted mites from a dead bird.
  • Folge #8.47
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    Folge #8.47A man says a young woman rear-ended him in an automated car wash; she and her mom come armed to the teeth with video evidence and sound logic.
  • Folge #8.48
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    Folge #8.48A fence-jumping pit bull roams the neighborhood; a man walking his puppy had no idea what tragedy lurked around the corner.
  • Folge #8.49
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    Folge #8.49The woman upstairs is too loud, while the woman downstairs keeps unsightly, dead plants; they have asked the police, the HOA, and now "Hot Bench," to get to the root of their problems.
  • Folge #8.50
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    Folge #8.50A woman says her granddaughter's mother borrowed her credit card and went on a spending spree; the "man" at the center of the dispute isn't even in the courtroom.
  • A Sinking Ship; Infinity and Beyond
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    A Sinking Ship; Infinity and BeyondA plumber is hired to replace five toilets on a yacht, but nearly sinks it in the process; godsisters feud over an unpaid car loan.
  • Folge #8.52
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    Folge #8.52A man who helped his brother out of a serious bind now wants his money back: a crash course in statute of limitations.
  • Folge #8.53
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    Folge #8.53An uninsured, unlicensed motorist gets angry after he rear-ends an Uber driver.
  • Folge #8.54
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    Folge #8.54A couple is sued over a time share; a renter wants punitive damages from his landlord for withholding part of his security deposit.
  • Folge #8.55
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    Folge #8.55An alcohol-fueled brawl between grandmothers, nieces, sisters and aunts.
  • Folge #8.56
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    Folge #8.56An eyebrow and lash technician says she was overworked by a salon owner who doesn't believe she deserves compensation.
  • Folge #8.57
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    Folge #8.57An unlicensed contractor defends his work, which he says he wasn't allowed to finish; 11 people live in a house, but only three of them are on the lease.
  • Folge #8.58
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    Folge #8.58A man who says he wanted to "help out" his cousin appears bent on incriminating him.
  • Folge #8.59
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    Folge #8.59A married couple fight with their landlady over the return of their security deposit and who is at fault for the dead lawn.
  • Folge #8.60
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    Folge #8.60When a single mother rents a room from a stranger, the living arrangement devolves into a back-and-forth of child abuse accusations; she seeks compensation for her Thanksgiving Day eviction.
  • Folge #8.61
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  • Folge #8.68
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  • Folge #8.69
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  • Folge #8.70
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  • Folge #8.71
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    Folge #8.71An auto broker lies to his customer and in court papers.
  • Folge #8.72
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    Folge #8.72After subleasing his place for 30 days, a mechanical engineering student in the U.S. on visa comes home to a trashed apartment full of weed and hypodermic needles.
  • Folge #8.73
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    Folge #8.73A salon stylist says she wanted to brighten her client's day after hearing her life story, but when the young woman ghosted her, she was left with 30 inches of dyed human hair and no head on which to put it.
  • Folge #8.74
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    Folge #8.74An out-of-work dog trainer is evicted during the pandemic after failing to pay her rent; a man says he bought a car from a strapped-for-cash seller, but with $6,000 still left to pay off, the car was repossessed.
  • Folge #8.75
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    Folge #8.75The plaintiff's late mother's beloved dog, Peanut, is attacked by an emotional-support Rottweiler mix at a dog park.
  • Folge #8.76
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    Folge #8.76A couple who moved from a homeless shelter into an apartment say the neighbors conspire to get them evicted and the landlord accuses them of vandalism and keeping a feral cat against the terms of the lease.
  • Folge #8.77
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    Folge #8.77A huge hunk of wind-damaged roof lands on a tenant's car after the landlord ignores her requests to get the roof fixed.
  • Folge #8.78
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    Folge #8.78Two young women with extreme anxiety lived together for three months, and recounting it all brings a deluge of tears.
  • Folge #8.79
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    Folge #8.79A man says his roommate foiled his plan to take advantage of government rental assistance by using her savings to pay off their debt; a man leaving a party engaged his car's hydraulic suspension and ran into a parked luxury vehicle.
  • Folge #8.80
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    Folge #8.80One drag queen buys hearing aids for another queen, but he feels she violated his privacy when she took pictures of his date calendar.
  • Folge #8.81
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    Folge #8.81A woman lends her husband's friend $2,400 in a casino parking lot; a man backs out of a parking space, colliding with a car coming up behind him.
  • Folge #8.82
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    Folge #8.82A grocery store employee decides to give all of her and her roommate's rent money to her boyfriend.
  • Folge #8.83
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    Folge #8.83Discovering that a car comes with $700 worth of parking tickets, the buyer sends disparaging remarks about the seller's body.
  • Folge #8.84
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    Folge #8.84A homeowner is adamant that his remodeling job was going over budget, even though it evidently wasn't.
  • Folge #8.85
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    Folge #8.85A landlord rents both a garage and the space in front of it; a plumber who stores his tools in the garage says his access was blocked, so he withheld rent.
  • Folge #8.86
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  • Folge #8.87
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  • Folge #8.88
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  • Folge #8.89
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  • Folge #8.90
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  • Folge #8.91
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    Folge #8.91A pit bull attacks a border-collie mix.
  • Folge #8.92
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    Folge #8.92A girlfriend, some cats and a bunch of international musicians were not on a tenant's lease; he says the place was uninhabitable.
  • Folge #8.93
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    Folge #8.93A landscaper is hired to rip out a lawn and put in drought-resistant plants, but she and her client make one prickly pair.
  • Rental Damage Debacle
    F94
    Rental Damage DebacleA Utah woman says she's never encountered such horrible people in her 20 years of being a landlady; the tenants say the home was falling apart before they moved in.
  • CARate Shop
    F95
    CARate ShopA man has been waiting two years for his truck to be painted.
  • Wrestle-Name-ia
    F96
    Wrestle-Name-iaParties fight over the trademarked name of a wrestling promotion
  • Where's My Tiny House?
    F97
    Where's My Tiny House?A man's dream to build a tiny house in Arizona is squashed by bureaucracy
  • Oh Plummer! My Plumber
    F98
    Oh Plummer! My PlumberA dog breeder says her plumber overcharged her; the plumber says the woman is confused
  • T-Bone Ache
    F99
    T-Bone AcheA woman says a reckless driver hit her car as she was backing up out of an alleyway
  • Tangled Title
    F100
    Tangled TitleA mother of three buys a used car only to have it repossessed due to a secret outstanding loan
  • Folge #8.101
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    Folge #8.101A landlord and his realtor try to get their story straight over a rent reduction they offered their tenant.
  • Folge #8.102
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    Folge #8.102A struggling teacher tries to recover his security deposit from a persnickety landlord.
  • Accidental Rental
    F103
    Accidental RentalA mysterious hunk of metal on the highway causes damage to a man's car.
  • Strumming My Pain
    F104
    Strumming My PainA man sues the person who sold him a vintage Gibson guitar.
  • CON-struction Man
    F105
    CON-struction ManA homeowner says he paid a contractor $5,000 to build a studio apartment; he alleges that all he ever got was a rough sketch and no actual labor.
  • Folge #8.106
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    Folge #8.106A man accuses his mechanic of getting his truck impounded; the mechanic says he's never saw the truck in his life.
  • Folge #8.107
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    Folge #8.107A young woman who loaned money from her college savings to a man she met online says she never got paid back.
  • Folge #8.108
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    Folge #8.108A young man is thankful to be alive after a high speed car wreck; the other motorist admits to falling asleep behind the wheel.
  • Folge #8.109
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    Folge #8.109A landlord and tenant argue over damages from a water leak.
  • Folge #8.110
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    Folge #8.110An on-again, off-again couple argue over a car loan.
  • Folge #8.111
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    Folge #8.111The plaintiff's truck goes up on a lift for repairs and comes crashing down, needing more repairs.
  • Folge #8.112
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    Folge #8.112A landlord hears a rumor that his tenant wasn't laid off -- she quit her job to go on vacation in Arizona.
  • Folge #8.113
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    Folge #8.113The judges try to pinpoint what went wrong between a woman and the contractor she hired to restore her pool.
  • Folge #8.114
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    Folge #8.114A man hires three mechanics to work on his truck, then a wheel falls off while he is driving.
  • Folge #8.115
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    Folge #8.115A customer offers to file court papers for a post-office worker, but he gets impatient and walks out on the deal.
  • Folge #8.116
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    Folge #8.116Two dogs scrap through a fence, but no one is around to see it, so the matter of who should pay the veterinary bills is on the fence.
  • Folge #8.117
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    Folge #8.117A woman says a driver fled the scene after sideswiping her car, but some elusive drag racers get blamed.
  • Folge #8.118
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    Folge #8.118A man sues his roommate for what he calls wild, unacceptable behavior, including sanding the floors at 2:00 in the morning.
  • Folge #8.119
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    Folge #8.119Brothers sue over a rear-end collision; moments after he totaled his car, a young man and his pregnant girlfriend are robbed.
  • Folge #8.120
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    Folge #8.120A man's friend guarantees him a return on his real estate investment, but when the foundation's asset manager dies, so apparently does that guarantee.
  • Folge #8.121
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    Folge #8.121A woman says her ex-boyfriend racked up thousands of dollars' worth of toll tickets with her car; he contends it's her duty to pay them.
  • Folge #8.122
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    Folge #8.122A man borrows money from his employer for a medical procedure; a woman sues an appliance repair company.
  • Folge #8.123
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    Folge #8.123A woman is sued for not repaying money she borrowed to purchase tickets to a wrestling event.
  • Folge #8.124
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    Folge #8.124A contractor is sued for allegedly not finishing a job.
  • Folge #8.125
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    Folge #8.125A landlord sues her family friend for broken furniture and mold under the sink; the tenant says she never got an itemized damage list.
  • Folge #8.126
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    Folge #8.126An out-of-work EMT admits she lied about her spleen exploding after falling behind on payments for her French bulldog puppy.
  • Folge #8.127
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    Folge #8.127A social media influencer says scammers posted a false ad to rent out her room, but she resists giving back a prospective tenant's money; a woman's ex-boyfriend kept some of her insurance settlement, saying he lent her money for a car's down payment.
  • Folge #8.128
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    Folge #8.128When a California lawn turns brown, a landscaper finds himself defending his sprinkler installation and blaming the homeowner.
  • Folge #8.129
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    Folge #8.129A woman wants the homeless father of her grandchild to repay her for an apartment deposit
  • Folge #8.130
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    Folge #8.130A recreational boat racer says his engine builder placed the wrong gears in his boat.
  • Folge #8.131
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    Folge #8.131A pit bull's bite ends a woman's dreams of joining the police academy.
  • Folge #8.132
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    Folge #8.132A late man's girlfriend accuses his daughter of stealing all of his possessions, including the bed, the TV, oil paintings, and a signed letter from Teddy Roosevelt.
  • Folge #8.133
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    Folge #8.133A Black writer is hired to pen a white woman's memoir, but after the writer accuses her of racism, compensation ceases and she moves away, leaving the writer in misery.
  • Folge #8.134
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    Folge #8.134A woman is led to believe that a $17 chain is made of real gold, and she buys it from her 13-year-old grandnephew for $200.
  • Between Rock and a Hard Place
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    Between Rock and a Hard PlaceWhen accusations of making racist remarks get a man fired from his job, his son feels obligated to quit too.
  • Folge #8.136
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    Folge #8.136A 25-year-old sues her mother for the return of a drill and a pillow -- but troubled tears from all parties suggest a deeper frustration in the relationship.
  • Folge #8.137
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    Folge #8.137A guard dog lunges out and bites a dog food delivery driver.
  • Folge #8.138
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    Folge #8.138The plaintiff has no reason to believe that her grandson's father, who has been charged with three counts of battery against women, would pay her back for attorney fees.
  • Folge #8.139
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    Folge #8.139A man checks into a family-run motel, trouble arises, and the owner and her mother want him out of there in a hurry; he says he was wrongfully evicted.
  • Room Renting & Friends Venting
    F140
    Room Renting & Friends VentingA man opened his home to a struggling divorcée but says her barbecuing boyfriend damaged the side of his house and her increasingly present kids cramped his lifestyle; he wanted her out fast but sues because she didn't give 30 days' notice.
  • Folge #8.141
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    Folge #8.141A young man is sued for dental bills after punching an alleged bully in the mouth.
  • Folge #8.142
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    Folge #8.142After a failed relationship, a man's former fiancée returns the ring; now he claims she switched it out with a cheap knockoff.
  • Folge #8.143
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    Folge #8.143Julie is suing Susan for slander.
  • Folge #8.144
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    Folge #8.144A man sues the woman who sold him his dachshund puppy, claiming it has a genetic overbite.
  • Watering the Bill; Drugs, Bed Bugs, & Covid
    F145
    Watering the Bill; Drugs, Bed Bugs, & CovidA landlord notices his water bill is exceedingly high and asks his young tenants for help finding the leak; a landlord wants his tenants out after the results of an at-home test for methamphetamine contamination.
  • Folge #8.146
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    Folge #8.146Oliver, the terrier, suffers a broken rib and must undergo hip replacement surgery and physical therapy after being attacked by a neighbor's pit bull.
  • Folge #8.147
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    Folge #8.147A hairstylist feels betrayed by her business partner, who filed to have her name removed from their license.
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