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- Опубліковано 4 сер 2022
- The plaintiff says she hired the defendant to replace a slab of concrete by her garage, and it began cracking just a few months later. She’s sure he used a bad batch of concrete, and she’s suing for her money back. The defendant says he doesn’t make the concrete - he just installs it. He claims he offered to rip it up and reinstall it, but the plaintiff said he took too long.
Case #25283
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He had no intentions of fixing it, His attitude and the his answers says it all
He was planning to fix it when she paid him to do it.
he was going to and couldn't until he had an opening, but that wasn't a more dram,atic enough answer for them. remember, this is television, drama sells, he didn't deliver. If she has cancer then a concrete slab is the least of her worries. I care for my husband with cancer & there isn't one contractor screw up that would get me this upset. Rock salt cracked it, he didn't deliver on the drama, judge had to scream & yell to give good tv
He was waiting for her to die first
He has no cares. Whatsoever. His answers, or lack thereof and attitude just blew me away. He didn't even flinch when the judge called him a jerk.
Judges resorting to name calling? That was totally unprofessional on her part.
I'm not defending his actions, but he just looked like a broken man that had enough with life, I've seen arrogance and that look wasn't it, that was depression, regret, and an overall feed up with life face. He's lost like a kid that has everything taken away, he's numb and doesn't know peace. His actions were horrible but don't kick a downed dog. He looks like he has nothing left to lose.
@@Irod567 it’s television kol
I seen why his business went under. He should be ashamed of himself and he still didnt get why he was wrong!.
He didn't care that what he did was wrong, It was all about him period. Hopefully his business is gone and everyone knows what a crook he is so they don't get fucked over by him..
The guy is going through something. His entire demeanor screams depression. It doesn’t excuse the way he treated her, but there’s something bad going on with the guy. He has the given up on life attitude.
Hes going thru something????? YES HER MONEY
@@user-jb1tw3qi6d Yeah, I know. I stated it wasn’t an excuse.
@@WWRNC like who gives a shit what hes going thru. What person isnt???????? I didnt sse him return half the money or fix it
@@user-jb1tw3qi6d I agree. I was just making an observation.
you are 100% correct'
I love when the loser say something slick at the end then walk the wrong direction 😭😭😂
me too
😂😂
LMFAO 😂 the funniest thing ever and they really be thinking they did something to lol which in return makes it ten times funnier
Everyone, in case you're confused... He was going to fix it. LOL
😂😂
He is no longer licensed so he is not even allowed to fix it..
Oh my gosh.... that was unreal, I wonder what in the world would cause that concrete to disintegrate like that? He took the money and ran.
You’d be surprised, it was def a bad batch though.
@@peryole would think a professional would have noticed a bad batch of mix.
@@lindarocks209 I used to design cement as an engineer and I couldn't tell a bad batch until after I would condition it and I looked at the stuff all day long, I'm not defending him, but none of them would have known until after it dried or cured. Sure I knew that certain ingredients added or missing would give a useless batch but sometimes I wouldn't be the one mixing the ingredients or be there for the mixing.
@@lindarocks209 even if he did, he has no care in the world
The concrete was placed to dry. The workers didn't have time to finish it so they threw water on top to reconstitute the concrete. This creates two different pieces of concrete and the freeze thaw cycle through the winter will pop the top off. I have 33 years experience
I wanted to take a shot every time that dude said “I was going to fix it”. At that point you’re a grown adult or should be. Wish people would take more accountability but then again we wouldn’t have “the peoples court”🙈
Not everyone has the same level of decorum of others, he was being sued and clearly didn’t care, what else is going to happen
The defendant looks like a young Walter Matthau.
He thought she'd be dead by September. He's despicable.
Yep he was gonna wait her out
Someone who use a sledgehammer to break up the old concrete should have been fired instantly, and she watch him use the sledgehammer for week. Cheap bastard couldn't go rent a jackhammer for 150.00 a day.
I worked concrete 33 years. Looking at photos, I would bet I know what happened. First red flag is they took a week to remove the old concrete and they used sledge hammers. A skid loader with a breaker could do the job in a half hour.
They poured in August. I doubt they were experienced masons by the way they demoed old slab. They did not add enough water on site, poured way too dry, and in order to finish they threw a lot of water on top of the concrete to work up slurry to make it look good. That creates two different pieces of concrete. The freeze thaw cycle through the winter will pop the top off the slab. Salt will damage concrete the first 6 months.
You should contact her and go and do it RIGHT!
I appreciate the thorough explanation,
I retired
He said he was to busy to go fix it but closed down due to lack of business during that same time period.
My concrete driveway is as old as the house, 26 years old, and it's in great shape. 26 years as opposed to a few months, unbelievable.
I was waiting on that I’m a daughter and sister of a contractor line
His demeanor is like that grumpy old man on Dennis the menace 😂
whoa!..you go judge M!!!
My husband and I learned the hard way what ice melting salt can do to concrete 😓. By time spring came our sidewalk and steps looked like someone attacked them with a sledgehammer. Concrete that has lasted for almost as long as we had been a live, in perfect condition completely ruined within a few months. That's when an older neighbor told us why we should not use salt, smh. We now only use salts that say it's safe for concrete and pets.
That's right.
Why are you putting salt on your pets, are they snow bunny's? 😁
Same thing happened to me. My son put rock salt on our concrete. I didn't even call the guy who did it because I knew it was our fault.
@@Channel-JJ No, lol. The salt can burn or irritate an animals paws.
@@kaykepop4084 I know that, it was a joke.
As wrong as the Defendant was I feel bad for him. He must be struggling with something in his life…He seems broken..
I agree
Who cares ...he had her $$$ and did not make "good' on his work!
@@raycurry4168 you must be a miserable person to be around
I’m in the minority for this, I know, but I kind of felt bad watching the defendant. His eyes were sad like something was going on with him and he was numb to everything being thrown at him. That said, he does owe the money and the judgement was fair.
I thought the same thing. He looked so sad and depressed. I wished the judge had asked him about it.
yup, he looks depressed for sure. they wanted him to give good drama for tv, so the judge had to scream & yell or it wouldn't have the ratings.
I felt bad too. He meant to do it in 6 months, I wonder if he suffered a life event? It doesn't excuse his actions but might explain why.
I agree, he was def depressed, may have lost his business.
@@peryole Yes, I thought the same thing. Some people, including the judge, may have thought he was being sullen or a smart-ass, but I thought he seemed hopeless…like this lawsuit was just one more kick in the pants.
Being that I was from Staten Island I know she should have called Sarcone Masonry they are the absolute best.
This guys a perfect candidate to be a contractor for Lowes in Ohio! He would make their grade!
He should have fixed it and he could have gone after the concrete company if his claim is they gave him bad concrete.
After 8 months? The concrete company would have laughed him out of the office.
@@mcicalese58 not true. Yes, there are bad batches of cement, I used to design the stuff, if it didn’t survive seasons, and looked like that, it was bad. Cement companies keep samples of batches, they’d know if it was bad but won’t say unless you go after them. Salt would destroy cement, but not like that.
You tell him Judge Milian! That scammer! Sad.
oh gee, I feel sorry for this guy because his business was so busy and successful that he both couldn't fit the plaintiff into his busy schedule, yet he also went out of business. Clever trick that one. Of course he joins that long, long line of businesses who have gone out of business because they are so successful. /s. Judge was right - he is a jerk, as well as a lousy liar.
He should have just went with the Chewbaca defense
If this case stayed in their local court,, he would have just included the judgement in his bankruptcy. good thing the show pays all judgements..
No shame at all.
I don't even know the defendant is breathing. He either doesn't care or he's lying. Or just damn lazy.
This problem is called Spalding,it happens when you spray to much water on the top of drying concrete.
So that makes the defendants excuse (I don't make the concrete, I just pour it) even worse! He screwed it up himself!
I was wondering about that, because a good concrete driveway should last at least 20 years. Not one year. The judge was right. He's a jerk.
The defendant is almost catatonic with apathy.
This guy is beaten down, you can see the misery in his eyes.
6:50 lol her smirk💀
"I did have a contractor's license but no longer do". I knew he was a corrupt amoral sob right then. I really don't believe that the defendant ever had a legit contractor's license but rather just told people that he did & everyone just took him at his word. This guy has no conscience or moral compass & I guarantee you that if he really did have a business but now no longer does, it's not due to lack of business through his doors but because the authorities shut him down. This individual just embarrassed himself as well as his entire family on national television.
“Maybe you should have GONE there!” That part! Lol
At the end, he said he was going to fix it and then immediately he went the wrong way. Looks like he's got a problem going anywhere right!
Ohhhhh yesss... SUPER WOMAN...BRING IT ON! Im' still laughing.
"YOU'RE A JERK" EXCELLENT ...i gotta say this one is my favourite!
This case boils down to an incompetent contractor which the defendant is but aside from that I can tell he's going through alot not talked about here. I feel is pain.
He looks very depressed. I agree Adrian
He thought she would be dead in 6 months
Lol
He's going through a lot because he's a horrible contractor. I know it's hard for you to understand living in a weird bubble, but if you're not good as a contractor, you won't be recommended by people and your negative reviews online will mean people won't hire you. If you're looking for a contractor and there are a dozen with five stars and then one with one star, would you think "Lemme hire that one star"? At the end of the day, it doesn't matter if they're going through something if they take someones money and do shitty work while having them wait. It's why his company is gone, he's horrible at his job.
@@Banker88 more like he was hoping he'd be dead soon. I don't think she's on his mind at all, other things are obviously, I wish him well. they probably threw rock salt down which EATS concrete but the judge from florida might not know this obviously.
What he did was completely wrong.. but he just looked so sad. Like he was on the verge of crying. I’m definitely an empath. I can’t help it. 🤷♀️
While this guy was in the wrong, not all contractors are in this kind of situation. My dad's a contractor and a good one. A year and a half ago, he got into a similar situation with a customer who has proven to be a complete NUTJOB!!! When she first complained, she called drunk so he didn't take her seriously at first. When she called again later, he agreed to fix the supposed problem and sent her all of the paperwork with regards to that. Having watched all of these court shows, I'm always telling him to make sure that's in order. She complained MONTHS LATER so he had to fit her into his schedule rather than just returning immediately. He had other jobs to take care of at that point, this wasn't something that happened 2 days after the job ended, it was more like 2 to 3 MONTHS later. The Friday before he was scheduled to return (and he has all of the emails and stuff to her to prove that he was returning and she knew about it), she suddenly files all sorts of complaints against him and no longer wants him to fix the supposed problem. She just kept escalating the issue. The only thing that came of the complaints was that he was told to modify his contracts a bit, get some extra signatures or something like that. Her demands kept getting more and more ridiculous and then suddenly, she contacts him and is like "will you come back and fix this now???" On the advice of his lawyer, he refused because after MONTHS of hell, he wanted nothing more to do with her and he didn't trust her not to suddenly change her mind again and try to have him arrested for trespassing or something like that when he showed up. She then had a lawyer send a demand letter directly to him (which violated her supposed to contact only his lawyer) for an absurd amount of money which he of course refused and pointed out the violation about. We haven't heard from her since. HOPEFULLY that was the end of it given how long it's been.
The only thing that my dad can think is that some other contractor who wanted the job probably got into her head about this and made her think that he did something wrong. This is a customer that he had done NUMEROUS jobs for in the past, not a stranger. She had even recommended him to other people over the years. She was ALSO his mother's best friend who had known him for literally all of his life.
The defendant has to be really depressed or something.. something is up
Legend has it he’s still on his way to go fix it 😂
7:50 - The Judge channeling Chris Carter .. " C'mon Man ! "
Looks like from the pictures. He didn't float it . Also I believe he didn't use any reinforcement rods. The slab isn't even smooth.
Rebar doesn't stop cracking only spreading.
I would love to find out who this contractor was. I'd like to see how many lawsuits he had against him for shoddy work.
just glad she wasnt in a hoa bc she most of likely would of lost her home over this :(
There is something medically wrong with this guy, his demeanour shouts severe depression and suicide, I hope he is alright...
I bet he is setting up another business with a different name. Contractors do this so they can escape bad business practices.
I'm pretty disappointed with myself watching people acting poorly... I can't stop.
😮
He looks like Charles Bronson a bit.
Even his clothes look sad
He said that business was slowing down at the time he did the slab, then the business closed 6 months later after the plaintiff called about the crumbling slab. Sad.
Jeeze these people needed a coffee enema before they came to court. Whole damn episode needed one.
I was sick for eight months and couldn't go outside to check his work. I'm sure you had someone helping you (friend or relative). They couldn't check the guys work? Take a picture or two and show you? Am I missing something here?
He literally is a man of a few words! He’s is a huge jerk!
While this guy was in the wrong, not all contractors are in this kind of situation. My dad's a contractor and a good one. A year and a half ago, he got into a similar situation with a customer who has proven to be a complete NUTJOB!!! When she first complained, she called drunk so he didn't take her seriously at first. When she called again later, he agreed to fix the supposed problem and sent her all of the paperwork with regards to that. Having watched all of these court shows, I'm always telling him to make sure that's in order. She complained MONTHS LATER so he had to fit her into his schedule rather than just returning immediately. He had other jobs to take care of at that point, this wasn't something that happened 2 days after the job ended, it was more like 2 to 3 MONTHS later. The Friday before he was scheduled to return (and he has all of the emails and stuff to her to prove that he was returning and she knew about it), she suddenly files all sorts of complaints against him and no longer wants him to fix the supposed problem. She just kept escalating the issue. The only thing that came of the complaints was that he was told to modify his contracts a bit, get some extra signatures or something like that. Her demands kept getting more and more ridiculous and then suddenly, she contacts him and is like "will you come back and fix this now???" On the advice of his lawyer, he refused because after MONTHS of hell, he wanted nothing more to do with her and he didn't trust her not to suddenly change her mind again and try to have him arrested for trespassing or something like that when he showed up. She then had a lawyer send a demand letter directly to him (which violated her supposed to contact only his lawyer) for an absurd amount of money which he of course refused and pointed out the violation about. We haven't heard from her since. HOPEFULLY that was the end of it given how long it's been.
The only thing that my dad can think is that some other contractor who wanted the job probably got into her head about this and made her think that he did something wrong. This is a customer that he had done NUMEROUS jobs for in the past, not a stranger. She had even recommended him to other people over the years. She was ALSO his mother's best friend who had known him for literally all of his life.
I was going to fix it, if i could get $5.00 for every time he said...I was going to fix it, I could sit on my Ass and do absolutely nothing 😂😂 he wasn't going to fix it, if he was he would've..he sounds so nonchalant
defendant was gonna fix it LMAO
I don’t think he was going to fix anything, he was was waiting to go out of business. The guy outside has no idea what he’s talking about though. I was a cement engineer, I designed, tested and conditioned cement that could later become concrete and yes, the dirty contractor is correct, he really has no control over a bad batch, but he was avoiding her, he didn’t want to dig up the bad batch, but that’s something him and the cement company would have had to deal with.
“I was going to fix it. “. Well the judge fixed him.
6:50 Her face at him 😂💀💀
Pete definitely doesn't have a license. Period.
I was gonna fix the concrete, but I got high.....
He deserved every bit of that tongue lashing. Not only does the show pay out the judgement owed to the plaintiff, they are also paid an appearance fee, along with their flight and hotel. So, in exchange for all of that, it was very satisfying to see him being called out for his appalling business practice, not to mention shoddy as hell concrete job.
Poor guy, He didn't supply the concrete but should have had some comeback against the supplier. Looks like he has just given up.
Now we know why he's going out of business!
Its no wonder he went out of business.. his attitude sucks and he's not very professional. Although I guess he could have been going through something but thats still no reason to be unprofessional. Also no reason to leave the lady hanging. Even if he had to pay someone else to do it.
Any contractor who does fair to decent work should have no problem getting customers.. I wonder how many complaints and lawsuits he has dealt with before losing his license and closing his business...
Name calling? That's an impartial judge who blindly enforces the law?
He kept on saying “ I was going to fix it “.. that’s not the point HALF A FREAKING YEAR you ask her to wait ‼️
Genuine question here! Why do people say that don’t want there last name mentioned but yet they are on tv?
Because people can dox you of they know your name
guys i think he is going to fix it , but let me watch the video again.
That defendant... what a sad, embarrassing excuse for a human being.
The defendant should have brought a bottle of KY to court with him cause JM really reamed him. He 100% deserved it to.
There's no concrete that resist salt or calcium- milk will eat concrete- But this guy is a jerk, that's why he's going out of business!
He is right, though you can't put salt on concrete. NO CONCRETE....It will looK like this and no concrete company will fix it free, but usually the concrete contractor tells the homeowner absolutely no salt.
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No, going and doing are two things
....And he wonders why his business....went out of business.
8:48 Death by a thousand cuts sometimes ? LOL
I would have said there's 10 million ways to die *CHOOSE ONE !*
I can tell you that the defendant is lying through his teeth by just listening to the very first words he said, that he has a license or he had a license I don't think he ever had a license and I don't think he's a contractor I think he's a handyman
How was he SO busy if he went out of business? JM is right, anyone that could take advantage of a widower that has cancer is just a rotten human!
She is a widow...not a widower.
That concrete wasn't properly finished
I will say rock salt is absolutely terrible on concrete and that is exactly the damage that I'm seeing in the pictures there are other de-icers that will not do such damage
So he closed his business down because there was not enough work, but he was so busy that he couldn't make it back to her house for six months. Another poster said the guy might have depression, which actually could be the case. In any event I'm glad plaintiff got her money back. She was the innocent victim here.
he is right . he doesn’t make the concrete
His company is closing for not enough business but he is not saying the name of it for privacy? He doesn't have a license all of a sudden?
I immediately do not like the Defendant !!
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But I was gonna fix it…smh
He just stole the Lady money
Im not a pro concrete guy but it looks to me that the guy forgot to cure the concrete.
7:12 it seems they're upset he didn't give a more dramatic answer. There is no concrete that can handle rock salt. doesn't happen. Sounds like they wanted a dramatic scene, didn't get it and finished it themselves by having the judge scream & yell.
I could see right through his eyes, no soul. Or empathy for the lady.
I love how MM doesn’t hold back and calls a PoS a PoS.
I worked for a builder that did a large concrete job and we found out that there different additives to concrete and on one job after putting down new concrete about a month they brought in pea gravel put it on the new concrete and it left rust stain
This Guy is clueless, and an embarrassment to himself!
Sick hunter 10
Maybe this guy is GOING out of business because he doesn’t know what he is DOING.😊
JM sounds have made him punitive damages of at least half of what the plaintiff was asking for!
Glad the judge gave him a talking to ....he took advantage of a sick, elderly lady.