A young man with a criminal history blames his previous drug addiction on poor decision making and reported check fraud; a woman sues her former landlord for dog endangerment and accuses him of assaulting her after an illegal lockout.
A man sues his 21-year-old grandson for the cost of a car in his name, bail money and a stolen two-dollar-bill collection; a man says his ex-lover forced him off the road and into a ditch and sues her for a complete transmission overhaul.
After a young woman suffers a terrible motorcycle crash, she makes ends meet by renting out rooms and suffers credit damage after co-signing on a car loan; a disabled man takes no responsibility for crashing a car his girlfriend co-signed for him.
Unwed parents of two fight over child custody and a broken lease, and a phone is smashed in the process; an aspiring lawyer decides to show up drunk for his tutoring session, throws up in the tutor's house, then sues his teacher for punitive damages.
A woman helped her reportedly desperate boyfriend get his kids out of foster care, but now he says it didn't happen; a man sues his son's 19-year-old friends, saying they vandalized his car when they had a fight during a huge New Year's Eve party.
An MMA fighter says he broke a man's jaw because he threatened him with a gun, but the video shows the victim only reaching out to shake hands; a man goes on a single date with a woman, and she claims a $5,000 loan was a gift to her and her family.
A married mother goes beyond the call of duty to drive cross-country to relocate a down-and-out military man; a man says he made every effort to help his lover pay off over $5,000 in credit card debt, then she repays him with a frivolous countersuit.
A tutor offers his wealthy clients the "opportunity" to thank him for his services by giving him $3,000; a man says his girlfriend threw a marijuana "dab pen" at him at the exact moment police showed up and arrested him for possession of it.
The judge has no tolerance for a man who accepts thousands of dollars from a woman to help him pay child support for his children; a woman takes in a stray pit bull who ends up maiming her small dog before he can be returned to his rightful owners.
A woman accuses her tenants of damaging and stealing her property; a woman accuses her ex-husband of making unauthorized charges on her credit card, and the judge demands proof of who was doing all the charging.
A consignment seller takes a client's new clothes, wears them, then posts them for sale as '"used"; a woman demands reimbursement for payments she made on a car in her ex-boyfriend's name.
A couple say they were offered a great deal by a park employee who won a massive settlement from an unrelated medical misdiagnosis; a woman who lost her home due to her failure to pay property taxes sues her tenants for refusing to move out.
A young woman accuses her parolee grandfather of placing her in a choke hold and of killing a small dog; a man says he was simply retrieving property when his ex-girlfriend shoved him and broke his foot.
A former pageant winner pays $5,000 to a marketing director for her coaching services but says she got nothing in return; trying to make up for months of nonpayment due to the pandemic, a salon owner reportedly sells her business assets -- twice.
A neighbor's dogs maul a girl's pony multiple times; a woman saves up enough money to move out of her parents' house only to lose both jobs due to the pandemic and a hefty security deposit on her new home.
When a young couple break up, child custody, a $5,000 loan and an eviction come into play; a woman makes a nice profit on the sale of her home, but refuses to let go of a $1,650 security deposit because a tenant of 13 years didn't clean his rugs.
A man makes sure his homeless nephew and his girlfriend have a place to stay and is met with ingratitude and entitlement; when a child comes home without his $330 diamond earring, his mother's boyfriend is outraged and sues the boy's grandmother.
The owner of a cute rescue dog who reportedly ate a marijuana-laced brownie sues for medical bills, pain and suffering; a retired senior accuses a man of taking her money and leaving the country after she buys an 11-year-old car from him.
A married couple sue for libel, slander and lost business after they reportedly default on a loan; a pet owner blames the pandemic for her inability to get her infected kitten to a vet in time to save its life.
When a woman has no time to check a used car with a mechanic, she adds a clause in the sale's contract that protects her from a lemon; after cars collide in a parking lot, motorists point the finger at each other for liability and damages.
A home-alone teen throws a party that leaves a minor maimed by his dog; a man decides to keep $4,700 of his tenant's security deposit for utility bills he never gave him an opportunity to pay.
When two women compare notes about an unwed father, they discover infidelity, and one accuses him of stealing thousands; one motorist cuts off another in order to secure a parking spot then reportedly backs into him in the process of parking.
A Pride march organizer is accused of writing thousands in bad checks to musicians who performed at a charity event; a model/dancer/songwriter/entrepreneur accuses a longtime friend of stealing his stimulus money.
Friends who produce content for a YouTube channel fight over production costs; the judge orders a woman to retrieve her ex-roommate's false eyelashes amidst a fight over whether a mouse or a dog chewed through an electrical cord.
Feuding stepsisters attack each other over a bottle of wine and a protective order that follows soon after; the judge shares her knowledge of wine when she schools a contractor on the proper way to refrigerate it.
A frustrated scooterist accidentally hits a jaywalker, and his scooter flies into a car; the pandemic leaves a new tenant in very crowded quarters when a college student must return to live at home.
A woman negotiates a payment plan with a car seller then fails to pay, claiming the vehicle could not pass smog certification; a beloved Chihuahua is in a woman's care for only 24 hours before its previous owner decides to have it euthanized.
A woman sues her contractor for $5,000, saying he failed to thoroughly demolish and haul away her burned-down home; a man's case against a body shop owner falls apart when he presents the wrong side of his damaged car as evidence.
A woman says the Coronavirus gave her the time to prepare to sue a fellow motorist for slamming into her; when a retired couple spend $16,000 on a 30-year-old pontoon boat, the judge calls into question their abundance of cash receipts.
After pit bulls attack and kill a neighbor's Chihuahua, a woman is accused of going on a crusade to have the big dogs put down; the judge takes a man to task when he blames a local repairman for water damage to his floor caused by a leaky fridge.
A minister, who is certified by a quick online class, reportedly refuses to sign his former friends' marriage license until he receives the pink slip on their car.
A woman falls asleep before sorting out a car rental to a friend and wakes up to find her vehicle wrecked on top of fence posts; a woman says she is not the first victim of a reportedly dishonest carpenter; he says she was a pest and a micro-manager.
A woman accuses her sibling of stealing furniture from their shared storage unit; a luxury-vehicle owner has the unfortunate luck to run into an uninsured motorist in a mega-store parking lot.
A woman starts a mobile beauty salon only to be threatened with violence by her previous salon landlord; Her Honor has little sympathy for a man who calls authorities on his landlady then sues her for locking him out.
A woman suffers painful dislocated discs after a car crash; a woman says she was saving her unemployed lover from life on the streets when she lent him thousands of dollars, but he says it was all a generous gift.
A woman interrupts the judge in her efforts to collect on a security deposit that was never returned; when a motorist is accused of backing into a shopper's car, he says their vehicular damages were inflicted weeks earlier.
A man sells a car to a teen for cash, then refuses to hand over the vehicle; police say a delivery driver looked at his phone instead of the road, causing a major collision, and the young man eventually admits he was in the wrong.
The judge laughs at a preposterous story offered up by the owner of a dog accused of terrorizing and attacking a neighbor's poodle; when a landlady goes after a tenant, the judge reminds her of the moratorium on evictions due to the coronavirus.