Wow she went to five places and all five wouldn't give her an estimate because it's a court case? You'd think by the fourth one she wouldn't tell them about the court case. Or she's lying.

Plaintiff looks like Pat Benatar back in the day.

I wouldnt stop to talk to doug hes always trying to bust someone chops 😂

She was rightfully angry, it’s likely that he minimized the work from the beginning just to pocket most of the insurance payout. And when he tried to shut her up by fixing the last couple of things, they did it quick and poorly. Never pays to be greedy.

It's really annoying to have services rendered and the work to be subpar. I'm surprised the insurance company didn't get involved since they are the one's who paid for the services.

Body shops frustrate me. The have all kinds of excuses why they can't complete the job correctly before it leaves. They say it needs weeks to cure then bring it back for the buff. They hope you will never come back. I don't want to see the vehicle until the job is done and the car is ready to drive as was requested.

We just went through getting estimates for repairs on my daughter's car. It is difficult. Some shops won't do it, some shops will. Some charge you a small fee for it. But you can get them.

Once again people in the comment section don’t seem to understand that the Judge has already seen the evidence, in this case the defendant’s photos, before the actual hearing starts. It’s called ‘Preparing’. Apparently she wasn’t under the impression that his photos would change or add anything, so she didn’t need to see them again.

I've learned SO much from JM, you always need proof--in text messages, contracts, emails, receipts...etc. It may be that the repair shop did shoddy work but the plaintiff needed estimates.

I love how Doug rushes the litigants to give their final speech. He's thinking, "Blah, blah, blah, now get the F out, right down that hallway." 😂

Plaintiff reminds me of Susan Sarandon… that’s all lol

WHY is the judge not looking at HIS pictures? That looks rather unfair.

She’s not always fair either. I have listened to many of her cases in some of them she has just downright just ignore it. Good evidence against the plaintiff!!

Seems like the plaintiff was trying to take a *civil case and turn it into a federal one* .

Why is Joan Jett's niece suing Jesse Ventura's nephew?

She be talking to people crazy asf sometimes sheesh

I don’t get it the defendant had pictures of when it left the shop and the judge didn’t even take a look at his pics

She got a lot, for so little evidence.

So irritating how she never gave him a chance to defend himself. When she said 5 places wouldn’t give her estimates I almost laughed

Router is not a autobody tool, lmao

Estimates are a joke. Most mechanics are shady, especially warrant/repair work from insurance.

hahahah. asking all those gals if they knew anything about car repairs. hahahah that was great, Harvey

Douglas has a workout this episode 😂😂😂

Shops giving you an estimate has nothing to do with court litigations

Again, these plaintiffs come to court without evidence. They want to be paid based on what comes out of their mouth. If I was the judge, written proof would have to be evident before hearing the case.

I had a MACCO paint job done on a Security Patrol car of mine. It turned out really nice. I only paid 1600 for a full two-tone paint job and body work. A few flaws but i got more than i paid. For this guy to do an insurance repair and have all of these defects shows this is a shop to avoid.

She went to the attorney general but didn’t get an estimate? Oh I’m sorry, she went to FIVE places to get estimates! lol 😂

THE DEFENDANT IS A LAZY LYING BUSINESSMAN HE SHOULDN'T HAVE GIVEN IT BK TO HER LIKE THAT. SHE LIED ABT THE ESTIMATE SMDH PAY THE LADY CROOK

JM: How many places did you go to get an estimate? Plaintiff: 5😶 JM: Now, I REALLY don't believe you. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

She probably couldn't get estimates that would go against another body shop. I worked with many body shops and most of them knew of one another. It's like one big family and they don't go against family. That gap is an indication that the job wasn't done right (misalignment). Overspray is sloppy, lazy work. I would have complained too!

I saw the thumbnail and thought Susan Sarandon was the plaintiff.

She had time to go to the attorney general, that too for such a small matter but could't go to any auto repair shop to even get an estimate for paint clean-up.

He should be ashamed of himself

to go to an attorney general is way over-reacting to what went on - they have super big class action level stuff to deal with - just be civil - talk it out and realize things are never perfect - so stop acting like the car will come back better than new ... sheesh

That guy says I always aim to please his quality of work doesn't match those words at all. And I agree with the judge that plaintiff is stupid.

I love Judge Milian but she didnt allow him to defend himself

100 agree Shawty work and then tries to make her feel like the bad guy. Good for her for standing up. I would have done the exact same thing but I would have had my proof. I would also asked for lost wages in time spent having to go to get those estimates. Somebody does Shawty work they need to pay for it

The bodyman is right. I know he is because I'm a body and refinishing expert myself with decades of experience. Read on for possibly useful info if you ever decide to have your vehicle painted. It's far from concise, but it'll clue you in on what you can expect to be done to your car if you should decide to have it painted, and appreciate the multitude of steps and phases it goes thru in just a few days...and maybe more importantly, whether or not it's even worth the investment in time and cash. ***Word of advice: make sure it's mechanically safe and sound before dealing with its looks. Remember - they all look the same crashed... So, when painting a car or anything else for that matter, the first thing you have to do is prep all surfaces to be painted (including even those that aren't to cut down dust - a painter's 2nd worst enemy), so they'll both hold the paint, and show as few defects as possible. This eventually requires masking everything off, but NEVER until AFTER taking any plates, and/or all other such obstructions off the vehicle. This is imperative, and required for a "clean" paint job (one free of things like dirt, debris, or problems with the paint such as 'orange peel' or 'fish eye.' This is the main reason the surfaces beneath items such as plates need to be removed - to free them of dust and debris and every painters arch enemy - silicon (from car wax, rim cleaner, etc.) which is the cause of fish eye for example, that would otherwise end up in the paint. This is done with compressed air, then all surfaces to be painted will be scuffed with fine sandpaper, blown off, primed, scuffed some more, primed some more, and maybe even sealed, and then cleaned with solvent again, and then tack rags right before final color is applied. Many of these tasks can and will be repeated several times during each phase of the job. As you can see from this cursory explanation, it's a process that proceeds in phases, and not taking plates off a bumper is not lazy - it's just plain stupid - since it can only cause headaches from extra work and/or loss of money, by completely ruining the entire paint job. I've seen it happen many times, to the best of us if one isn't very careful. You also need to understand we are artisans,l and not just mechanics. So, it's utterly ridiculous to think any body person worth half his salt would be "too lazy" to remove simple things like a license plate. (We're only talking 10 to 15 seconds - max - to remove the 2 screws we seen in those photos. That's a fact.) In fact, some people do indeed get too lazy, but they're the ones who look for any and everything that can easily be removed in order to save time and materials during the masking phase. And license plates specifically, are so super simple to remove - being fastened with just 2 screws - and is a job any 9-year-old could do. I know this for a fact - because I was one of those 9-year-olds.

I figured it’d be $1000

4:06 - telling us what he thinks of the whole thing.

It was so clear that the plastic license plate cover had been spray painted over.

That man and his dry mouth making noises was driving me nuts!

Whom ever worked on that car should not be working on cars. That is terrible work

That’s insurance work for ya. Insurance companies wanna scrimp and save so they really quote the minimum dollar amount they can. Then the shop tries to squeeze every penny so the shop makes gets more of that money. Body shops out painting cars in the parking lots. Replacing stuff with used parts instead of new or reman.

as for the license plate, the screws would have paint on them if they never took it off

No-one (on the program) saw that the top left-hand screw in the after photos was a Philips head and before it was a straight blade. This leads me to believe that the plate was at-least taken off and put back on. If you wanted to bitch about something, the mismatched screws would be it.

Get the car in and out as fast as possible the shop

That cover was painted. This job was bad and I would be very angry if this was my car.

I actually disagree with JM here. In the photo of the supposed overspray of the license plate cover, you’ll notice that the screws have zero paint. It is my opinion that she doctored the entire claim.

Defendant looks like that serial killer I watched yesterday. Damn I can't remember his name.

Wow, that defendant has no business fixing vehicles/running a bodyshop! That is some really subpar/sloppy/unprofessional work. That's the kind of work you get done on a hooptie with negligible value. 30 years in business and never a complaint? My but! Her vehicle has lost value because of that low quality work. Anyone that's not half blind would be able to tell it was in an accident and not fixed properly and will adjust what they would pay for it. Any dealer taking it in on trade will pay less for it because of the low grade of work done to it. A thousand dollars returned was not enough to compensate the plaintiff.

Those plastic license plate “protectors” are meant to obscure the plate from traffic light cameras and toll cameras. At certain angles the light reflects off of it and a picture of the plate can’t be taken.

Getting sick of judge.

I guarantee that he's been sued before or have had many problems with customers..overspray.. gaps.. scratches.. yeah definitely some shoddy work

The announcers voice is from a 1000 ways to die show. Good gig gift from vocal cords.

It's overspray.

A bit of paper and tape to cover the over spray and the defendant doesn't have a court case.

Damn, I thought she was at least gonna give her two(grand).

Damn the plantiff should have got a estimate… she would have definitely got more than a 1,000$

Is he wearing a Polyester coat suit? 1970's-80's?

Lazy work by the defendant

Does anyone notice the plaintiff looks like Susan Sarandon and the lady behind her kinda looks like Sandra Bullock 😳 Look closely.... right when plaintiff walks in...girl with long black hair

Plaintiff was a real Karen-she May have had some legitimate complaints, but it was evident they were never going to please her. And no estimates on what it would take to correct what she deemed was wrong?? Please!!

I don't know about this one I kind of think he should have given back all of it and if not all of it 75% those pictures alone were enough to prove that they did disgusting sloppy work! I'd rather not even have the work done then have them do that type of work to my car!

Good

Is that Susan Sarandon?

He ask the same questions, get some new material

Hes a hack as well

i THOUGHT SHE HAD A NICE REAR END

Is it going to take advantage of somebody they're going to take advantage of anybody it doesn't matter the gender

Come on defendant, your work is sloppy, messy!. I would certainly not use your company.

Sub-standard work will be costly for both litigants.

4:54 the plaintiff is either high on pills or half in the bag!

The defendant kinda looks like *Will Sasso!*

Can it fit a Triple G?

I know what she means.I had my car get body repair and you think a job that requires a person to be detailed & they aren't ,

Yo, she's high-maintenance and a little OCD.

Mackey Mouse could have done a better job.

Plaintiff shouldn't have gotten anything back. She lied under oath. This is why JJ is still around and Judge Millian is off the air now lol

9:48

another karen 😅😅😅

I absolutely don't believe that he's never been sued in 30 years in business with shotty workmanship like that 🤦🎯

Hard to deduce the problems from those pics but there are many reasons for sloppy work. A sub par technician, A tech paid on flat rate or commission who rushes, Cheaper insurance co's who refuse to pay what the body shop needs to do it right or making the shop use sub standard after market parts. (I've had to fight Ins agents especially when the economy is bad) As for the pic with the trunk open and filth all over the spare tire and jack that's from the prepper wet sanding the truck and not putting plastic to keep it clean as well as the car not being detailed after. Understand Ins co's don't pay that much for body labor last I worked it was $65 per hour $34 of which went to me while mechanic labor at the dealer was $150 that was 15 years ago at a specialized high end German car repair shop. every thing a tech deals with is bent, broken or simply doesn't want to fit right you have no idea the difficulties ot's not like a mechanic who unbolts a part and bolts on the new one take lining up a tail light you might have to pull it on and off 20 times before you get the fit right

"Brand new" car?, i highly doubt that was a brand new car lol Oh tell me why i have trouble believing people who come on this 😂