Season 1 1996 - 1997

TV-G

• Case #1 - Plaintiff: Pamela Clark - Defendant: La Keisha Benson - La Keisha Benson needed a car, her aunt helped her out. Now, Lakisha has crashed the car and she's trying to stick her aunt, Pamela, with the bill. / - Case #2 - Plaintiff: Kellie Coleman - Defendants: Mary & Alex Goines - Once, they were friends; now, they are enemies. Sisters, Kellie and Mary, are fighting over a lot more than her husband's bicycle.

Showbiz animal trainer David McMillan is suing PETA for defamation after being accused of abusing his animals. Bea Arthur appears as a witness for PETA.

Case #1: Business deal goes bust - Plaintiffs: Mary Terry & Greg Pilcher, Defendant: Lonnie Krupsky - Did Mary Terry make Lonnie Krupsky a partner in her leather business or was he just a mooch? / Case#2: Racial slurs are scratched into a car - Plaintiff: Jamie Gerdon, Defendants: Nicole Pressley and Madelis Valdes - Jamie Gerdon claims Nicole Pressley and Madelis Valdes wrote bad things about her on her car, and she's got a witness.

Case #1: Woman sues son-in-law - Plaintiff: Barbara Patterson, Defendant: Keith Lowden - Barbara Patterson claims her son-in-law is bad to her grandchildren. Keith Lowden says his mother-in-law is trying to destroy him with 500 calls to children services. / Case #2: Absent plaintiff suing for court costs - Plaintiff: Tanisha Scott (absent), Defendant: Larry Lambert - Navy man, Larry Lambert, borrowed $60 from his friend and female sailor, Tanisha Scott. He was late paying her back so she's brought him to court.

• Case #1 - Plaintiff: Ryan Damm - Defendants: Steve & Jennifer Chasteen - Ryan Damm was driving around the corner when he startled a family out for a walk. The dad, Steve Chasteen, stopped him then bopped him in the nose. Now, Ryan wants the bopper to pay his bills. / - Case #2 - Plaintiff: Sharon Sharpe - Defendant: Abdul Kaliq - Abdul Kaliq was driving down the highway when he crashed into Sharon Sharpe's laundromat. She says Abdul tried to make a clean getaway without paying for the damages.

• Case #1 - Plaintiffs: Officer Frank Povero & Nanette McIllwain (witness) - Defendant: Linda Givhan - When officer Frank Povero was attempting to arrest Linda Givhan for fleeing the scene, he claims she took a bite out of him. She says she was in a big hurry to pick up her kid. / - Case #2 - Plaintiff: James Hughes - Defendant: Marcus Cline - James Hughes says he loaned Marcus Cline his car at two o'clock in the morning. It was found wrecked the next day, but Marcus doesn't recall driving it, much less crashing the car.

• Case #1 - Plaintiff: Lori Wallace - Defendants: Tawni Marincovich & Eric McDaniel - Lori Wallace paid for her friend Tawni's wedding dress. Now, Lori wants to be paid back, but Tawni vows she won't. / - Case #2 - Plaintiff: Susan Warden - Defendant: Elaine Castleberry - When Susan Warden's best friend, Elaine Castleberry, needed cash to get married, she loaned it. Susan says Elaine won't pay her back. Elaine says she did pay her back.

• Case #1 - Plaintiff: Roxanne Warner - Defendant: Jacquelynn Coates - Roxanne Warner babysat for her friend, Jackie Coates' kids, but when it came time to collect, Jackie said it was too much. She claims Roxanne put her children in jeopardy. / - Case #2 - Plaintiff: Pamela Godfry - Defendant: Maleka Walker - Pamela Godfry babysat for Maleka Walker's kid, but Pamela called it quits because Maleka's son was a problem. Now, Maleka says she won't pay since Pamela treated her baby badly.

Plaintiff: Rana Kennedy - Defendant: Janice Belson - Summary: Rana Kennedy teaches yoga but today she wants to teach Janice Belson a $600 lesson. She wants her money back for an apartment she never occupied.

• Case #1 - Plaintiff: Cindy Myers, Support: Rebecca Clark (defendant's ex-girlfriend) - Defendant: James Dawson - Summary: Cindy Myers found out she was just one of James Dawson's girlfriends. She thought she had it rough until she met Rebecca Clark. Cindy says he owes her $250; Rebecca says he cost her thousands. / - Case # 2 - Plaintiff: Brandy Gilbert - Defendant: Kywan Lee - Summary: Brandy Gilbert says she gave her boyfriend money for a car and half the cost of a romantic cruise that never was. Now, she wants him docked.