QUICK OVERVIEW
Plaintiff is suing for breach of contract, $608
EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Parties used to be good friends, met in College. plaintiff claims she offered defendant to live with her while he was going through difficult times, got an DUI, into drugs, ended up in hospital, almost lost his leg because he was shooting heroine into it; lost his girlfriend, lost everything, she tried to help him get back to his feet. Defendant admits all of the above, says he did go through all that, learned a lot, changed completely. Plaintiff claims that they had an agreement that he will pay her back once he get back to his feet, she admits he said over a year ago that eventually he was going to pay her, but he never did.
ABOUT Judge Mathis
Judge Mathis is a former Detroit-area district court judge. He listens to diverse litigants plead small-claims cases in his TV courtroom. A regular segment, Ask Judge Mathis, features the judge answering viewer questions to advise people with legal situations that they face. Prior to entering the legal world, Mathis was involved with gangs and spent time in jail as a young man before turning his life around.
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