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Lol!!

That is one ingenious judge! Great question! LOL

People are stupid. Lol

That's awesome 😅

Are you a teenager? 😂😂😂😂😂😂

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That is exactly what I said! 🤣

Worked for King Solomon...

Your right she shouldn't get jack shit back

I totally agree. I was gonna say the exact same thing.

I agree

Yeah wtf

Incredibly irresponsible! I would pull my kid out if that was my daycare. If she's willing to risk the kids safety in that van what else is a safety risk at that daycare? Daycare isn't cheap, I expect my kids to be kept safe.

Unless you're a church. They get away with everything.

@@thetruepatriot7733 I pay 1k a month 250 a week I'd be upset too

@@johnathancampbell1056 I have two kids in daycare part time and I pay $950 a month.... daycare prices are ridiculous.

"She didn't let me have a mechanic check it." Yeah. Right there, that's the end of this deal.

😂😂😂 ditto haha

Indeed! 👌🤣💕 I'll take a Lemondrop🍸Martini over a "leman"🤣any day!

😄I know all about that kind of buyer's remorse!

Had I been the judge, I would have asked her: "So you if she came to you for the keys but still refused to give you back the $2,000, would you really have given her the keys?" Of course not, she wouldn't have. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if she really did block the pole barn on purpose. It's too bad none of those two thought to take pictures at the time. Personally, whenever I take/return a rental car after hours, I always take a video and a copious amount of pictures. I don't want to be accused of causing damages, or parking at the wrong location, or of not returning the keys. I think the judge was wrong on this one, I wouldn't have given the plaintiff a dime in this case.

Exactly

Right the Judge was so wrong.

Even rodents can chew up wiring sufficiently to total a sedentary vehicle. It's a real and too common a situation. Some manufacturers went to wiring insulation that is soy based. Squirrels and mice will eat it. Spend $$$ for diagnosis and repair, then they will find more fresh wires to ruin again!

@@shotforshot5983 No doubt, I bought a car that was a couple of years old and very low miles. It had a strong fragrance smell and what I thought was new leather. After a while I could smell a heavy musk that I assumed had be from and animal living in it at one time. In Jerry Seinfeld fashion I traded it in on a new car after about a year. It was a droptop so I didn’t have to smell it all the time.

Yes, I learned that lesson too (but just make sure that your counter claim is reasonable, otherwise a judge could side against you if it's not). Also, record the sale through official channels right away. Keep copious records of everything on iCloud or Google Drive. Take a picture of the van blocking the doors to your pole barn. Keep the receipt of the dealer-approved locksmith coming to the van on your property to redo the lock (this can get super expensive). Etc.

I even wonder if she has recent cochlear implants or hearing aids. Maybe it's just a speech impediment. But she did give a different name. (That I didn't make out fully) Mistaken identity happens, it could be they got the wrong person.

I thought the same thing. Hard of hearing and crazy.

I’m proud of Mike for not playing FRENCH or DEAF: What actor said this in a movie: 👤🗯️ Does anybody want a peanut?! 🗣️ Lou Ferrigno

@@shotforshot5983 She said "that's not my name *anymore*" so it's the right person she just don't use the name any more, if she had a legal name change or not is another issue.

@@kosgoth I heard like that, but none of her testimony was intelligible enough to attest to.

Just the way she talks, I wouldn't have enrolled my kid after the initial meeting lol

Right she has no sense

I watched that one live and had the exact same thought as you.

I completely agree with you!! She bought it as is and then abandoned it!!

I don’t know the legal justification but I agree with you. Feels like Middleton is wrong here.

I agree and thought the same thing. A lot of passive aggressive behavior on both sides. I would have made the claim that she paid the 2K, defaulted on the rest of the payments, and then car was basically repossessed. It isn't uncommon for folks to return cars they can't pay for - I realize normally they don't, but it does happen. Based on the time frame, the person buying the car defaulted on an inferred loan. Judge Middleton basically just split the baby.

If the title had been properly transferred, I think you would be exactly right about abandonment. Since the title was never transferred, then I think as Mike said the sale was never fully consummated in the first place.

I thought she was deaf until she responded to questions. She may have some form of traumatic brain injury. I had an uncle who had scarlet fever as a baby back in the 1920s who talked similarly, and he was blind in one eye and partly paralyzed on the same side. Very sweet , lovely man, but he had the mental capacity of a 7 year old child.

@Lazy I Ranch Thank you, and I meant no disrespect. My mother in law was functionally deaf and was taught to speak at a young age. She's in heaven now so she hears just fine.

That is what I thought, or maybe had a cleft palate issue??

That's what I thought, as well.

Lol

"A bag of rust, *thank you very much.*"

Is it Pig Latin she speaks?

That's gucci but the "cool" kids haven't said awww snap for about a decade now

I supervised an employee who was from the Bayou. Almost, but not quite, a simalar way of speaikng. Very honest honerable human being. But, other workers from central Iowa, (NOT ALL) seemed as adults to make fun of this vet who talked different than others in the area. Interesting. Thank you for the video. :) Ivan. !!

And probably a cleft lip.

I totally agree with this comment. Right now I'm sleeping in my car. I can only afford to eat every couple of days. 10 dollars is a blessing right now let alone 1000. I'm betting that Mrs Overweg does not have 10 dollars either as her husband is sick with Cancer. I'm sure she is doing everything she can but I'm guessing he was the bread winner by the way she talked. That's also probably why she said she didn't have the money to pay back and why she got so upset when Mrs Cook called her a lier about her husband's health. I'm positive she's probably stressed to the max and this judgment is a huge deal to that poor family. I know that with all my health/life problems that a 1000 dollar judgment against me would hit hard.

@@jefflane7291 I hope things get better for you. Sending positive thoughts.

Apparently he had a traditional haircut until around COVID. He had trouble getting a haircut & decided that he could better relate to non-traditional litigants if he maintained an unusual haircut.

👌💕 exactly. What she said 😊

Way to go BIGEN for getting big enough for people to find Mike through him instead of the other way around ❗️

@@iamskippy They are both awesome, different perspective on each video! Good stuff.

Well it’s complicated the contract was never completed because the title wasn’t transferred.

@@LawTalkWithMike the contract was never completed because she never finished paying........on top of that if you give someone 2000 dollars drive a car for a week never transfer the title.....IT IS 100% THE BUYERS RESPONSIBILITY. Then abandoned the vehicle on said persons property how do they suddenly owe you money.... there's a loophole that you have to pay someone back if they commit a criminal offense by not transferring title and getting the car tagged and paying taxes. There is no complications about it Middleton was wrong all around. That woman abandoned her vehicle on that poor woman's property she should be paying for storage and she should be paying the rest of the contract.

A reasonable position to take but not the only one. If the contract is rescinded that throws us in to the real of equity or as we say in the profession (making shit up) both your analyses and judge’s analysis are perfectly acceptable in that scenario.

​@@jefflane7291 Michigan Vehicle Code 257.240 *literally* says it's the responsibility of the seller to make sure the transfer happens.

No he didn't........ what I hope he taught that women was to lawyer up and appeal. It is 100% your responsibility to transfer a title when you BUY(not sell) a vehicle. It's actually a criminal offense if you don't......I've gone to jail for failure to register a vehicle. That woman should have went to the DMV and released the vehicle I can't remember what it's called but you basically tell them that you no longer own it and it's not your responsibility anymore.

Right? Wtf was that

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Maybe not fair but procedurally accurate. You have to file a counter-claim when you are the one being sued if you want to seek your own damages. She didn’t.

That’s about 50 cents

Not only that but Mrs. Cook openly admitted to never finishing paying on the contract. She admitted she only payed 2000 dollars for the van in payments. She also admitted the van was being sold for 2800 dollars so she owed money for long enough for repossession of the vehicle anyway.

Yes it is a criminal offense to not register a vehicle. By criminal I mean you can get pulled over and taken to jail I've had it happen to me. It is not the sellers responsibility to hold the buyers hand through the process.

Nah m8, seller's fukt, Michigan law lays out what the seller has to do: (2) The owner of a motor vehicle, other than a licensed dealer, shall satisfy 1 of the following conditions: (a) Accompany the purchaser of the vehicle to a secretary of state branch office to assure that the title of the vehicle being sold is transferred. (b) Maintain a record of the sale for not less than 18 months. As used in this subdivision, "record of the sale" means either a photocopy of the reassigned title or a form or document that includes the name, address, driver license number, and signature of the person to whom the vehicle is sold and the purchase price and date of sale of the vehicle." Now, check this out: 3) A person who violates subsection (2) is responsible for a civil infraction and shall be ordered to pay a civil fine of $15.00. *(4) A person who violates subsection (2) is presumed to be the last titled owner* and to be liable for towing fees and daily storage fees for an abandoned motor vehicle.

@@Kerbtree a bill of sale (which she had) accomplishes (b).

@@Pawtism did the bill of sale accurately record the odometer and other stuff required by the law, too? If not, b) isn’t satisfied and we’re back to a, which Michigan‘s website strongly encourages and she didn’t do.

" Break a deal, face the wheel ! "