00:00Each of you claim that the other is responsible for an automobile accident that occurred.
00:04You were seriously injured, according to what I read.
00:08When did this accident take place?
00:10September 2018.
00:11What date in September?
00:13The 4th.
00:13What kind of car were you driving, Mr. Hassan?
00:16A Cadillac CTS 2003.
00:18Is the car registered in your name?
00:20Yes, it was.
00:20When had you purchased it?
00:22I purchased it just a few months before for my baseball coach.
00:25And was it insured?
00:26Yes.
00:26Was it insured on September, and can you establish to me that it was insured on September 4th, 2018?
00:34Yes, ma'am.
00:35May I see that?
00:38And what kind of a car were you driving?
00:40A 2004 Chevy Impala.
00:42Car registered in your name?
00:44Yes, ma'am.
00:45Was it insured on that date?
00:46No, ma'am.
00:47That's why you're going to lose.
00:48But it was an honest mistake, ma'am.
00:50It had expired.
00:52There's no honest mistake about a car not being insured.
00:54That doesn't mean that he's not at fault for the accident at all because of insurance?
01:00What I'm telling you is, in my judgment, anybody who drives a car without insurance is committing a crime.
01:09You're not supposed to drive a car without insurance.
01:13It had expired, ma'am.
01:14I don't care what the reason is.
01:16I'm 77 years old.
01:18You get a notice.
01:19You pay your insurance.
01:20Everybody always stands where you're standing and says, I didn't know, it went to the wrong address, I was going to pay it, whatever it was.
01:29May I say something?
01:30Sure.
01:30But he was still at fault.
01:32As soon as you got behind the wheel of your car, you were at fault.
01:36And he had to chase you down.
01:37No, he just got in contact with me first.
01:40That's what it was.
01:41No, no, no.
01:42Let me tell you something.
01:43You were injured.
01:44You claimed it was not your fault, that it was the plaintiff's fault.
01:48And you didn't go looking for him.
01:50I did, but he found me first.
01:52He was looking harder.
01:54This is somebody who wasn't injured.
01:55But that doesn't mean that he wasn't at fault.
01:57You've already said that to me four times.
01:59You haven't given me any new information.
02:01Were you in the car with her?
02:02Yes.
02:03Who was driving?
02:04She was driving.
02:04How did you find her and when?
02:06At first, I couldn't really find her because her Facebook name wasn't the same as what was on Facebook.
02:11But then looking through the Michael's, his Facebook, I looked through...
02:15Who's Michael?
02:15Or Mike, the guy over there.
02:18How did you get his name?
02:19Off the police report.
02:20So I looked him up on Facebook.
02:21Do you have the police report?
02:22Yes, I do.
02:23I'd like to see it.
02:23So the police report says that they spoke to you the night of the incident, that you were merging into his lane,
02:39and that as soon as you noticed him, she stopped merging.
02:43That's what you told the police.
02:44Driver of the vehicle advised that she is unsure what happened next.
02:48However, both vehicles began to spin out before coming to a rest on the shoulder.
02:54That's what you told the police on that date.
02:57Well, that's what the police wrote in the police report, if you matter.
02:59Totally incorrect.
03:00The police officer spoke to you, who initially advised that everything happened too fast,
03:04and he was unsure what had occurred.
03:07Later during the investigation, other participant one advised that vehicle one was traveling parallel to vehicle two.
03:15I assume that this is you that they spoke to.
03:17That vehicle two struck vehicle one, causing both vehicles to spin out of control.
03:23Driver one was transported to Methodist North Hospital for further treatment.
03:27Vehicle one sustained damage to the hood and front end.
03:31Vehicle two sustained damage to the front end, so that you both hit this barrier.
03:35I think when she hit me with her, like, the right-hand side, that's what caused the damage to her car.
03:40And then when I spun out, I hit the wall, and that's what caused damage to that front end.
03:44Incorrect.
03:45He hit us, your honor.
03:46You both told the police officers at the time of the incident, when your memory was fresh, I'm talking.
03:52I would just let you know.
03:53But he was there.
03:54He's a witness to what happened.
03:55I don't believe him.
03:57I'm not going to believe what he tells me.
03:59I know two things.
04:00He got a police report and tracked you down.
04:02You didn't get a police report.
04:04Why not?
04:04You've been out of the hospital two years.
04:06Why didn't you go to the police and get a police report like he did?
04:09He tracked you down through him.
04:11I got it online for $17.
04:13I didn't even have to go anywhere.
04:14How much did you pay for the car?
04:16$4,500.
04:17And you purchased the car two months before this incident?
04:20Yes, ma'am.
04:21And you had no insurance.
04:22Judgment for the plaintiff in the amount of $4,500.
04:24We're done.
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