1 00:00:01,749 --> 00:00:02,749 Well, well. 2 00:00:02,810 --> 00:00:05,590 If that isn't an altacumulus undulatus that I see. 3 00:00:05,930 --> 00:00:09,330 Aaron. I'm referring to the clouds currently visible from your office 4 00:00:09,550 --> 00:00:12,630 Aaron, we have got to discuss whether or not you want to proceed to trial. 5 00:00:13,190 --> 00:00:15,110 Of course I want to proceed to trial. 6 00:00:15,530 --> 00:00:17,470 I was defrauded by these people. 7 00:00:17,670 --> 00:00:19,050 There's a settlement offer on the table. 8 00:00:19,450 --> 00:00:22,210 Ann, I want to be a television weatherman. 9 00:00:22,730 --> 00:00:25,150 I devoted myself to the study of meteorology. 10 00:00:25,410 --> 00:00:28,570 I'm possessed of the expertise. I had the job. I want the job back. 11 00:00:28,919 --> 00:00:31,920 Understand, though, that even if we prove that the station dealt with you in 12 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:35,740 faith, all we can get is money. We can't compel them to rehire you. If we win, 13 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,840 and I have every faith that we will, it may be too expensive for them not to 14 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:39,840 rehire me. 15 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:42,160 Oh, I'm sorry. 16 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:45,600 I've put Manny Hellman's file in my briefcase by mistake. I thought you 17 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:47,300 want to look at it. You were expecting precipitation? 18 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:50,620 Yeah, they said so on the 11 o 'clock news. Stuart, thanks for the file. 19 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:53,860 Did you happen to check the barometric pressure? 20 00:00:54,940 --> 00:00:56,640 No, actually, I didn't. The dew point? 21 00:00:57,340 --> 00:01:00,600 No. Either of those indicators would have told you all you needed to know. 22 00:01:00,980 --> 00:01:02,660 There was no lower atmosphere depression. 23 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,640 The air mass currently over Los Angeles is completely stable. 24 00:01:05,900 --> 00:01:08,220 Where exactly was the precipitation going to come from? 25 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:11,560 I don't know. I just listened to the weather report. Aaron, we've really got 26 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:14,220 get going. He just listened to the weather report. See, that's what most 27 00:01:14,220 --> 00:01:17,380 do. They just listen to the weather report. They don't analyze the data. 28 00:01:17,380 --> 00:01:20,140 don't corroborate the data by an empirical examination of atmospheric 29 00:01:20,140 --> 00:01:23,340 conditions. They don't stick their heads out the window. Aaron, we've got to go 30 00:01:23,340 --> 00:01:26,320 to court. Okay. Nice to have met you. Yes, nice to have met you. 31 00:01:31,350 --> 00:01:34,990 It never fails. You carry an umbrella, and it doesn't rain. You were expecting 32 00:01:34,990 --> 00:01:37,110 precipitation? Aaron, I've got to go. 33 00:01:37,330 --> 00:01:38,330 Okay. 34 00:03:47,299 --> 00:03:53,040 Boss versus KTLW and Kelsey. We represent Aaron Boss. He's suing the 35 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:57,260 of KTLW for dismissing him as their on -air weatherman. What was the cause of 36 00:03:57,260 --> 00:04:01,000 action? Fraud. He claims that when they hired him, they said they wanted a real 37 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,300 weatherman. Then they fired him and brought in a stand -up comedian. 38 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,560 No chance of settling this one, is there? I brought him the settlement 39 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:08,700 turned it down. All right. 40 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:13,040 Aguilar versus Larrabee. I've got a settlement conference rescheduled. If 41 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,200 doesn't do it, we go to trial. Wait a minute. Why would we go to trial over a 42 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:20,100 ,700 debt? That's how much our client is owed. Wait a minute. Why are we even 43 00:04:20,100 --> 00:04:22,220 talking about going to trial over $2 ,700? 44 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,580 Because we can't impose a settlement on a client, Douglas. That's what she's 45 00:04:25,580 --> 00:04:28,020 supposed to do. Not take the case to begin with, how about? 46 00:04:28,220 --> 00:04:29,220 Or take the case. 47 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,140 But let him know from the onset that you're not going to court over an 48 00:04:32,140 --> 00:04:34,860 insignificant amount of money. Did it ever occur to you that it might not be 49 00:04:34,860 --> 00:04:38,320 insignificant to our client? It's insignificant in terms of how much 50 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:39,119 will generate. 51 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:40,740 Consider it pro bono, Douglas. 52 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:42,640 We've got the case. Let it go at that. 53 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:46,320 If it's all right, I'd like to follow this one. You're welcome to. Great. 54 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,600 else? I mean, I think we should try and take as much of a loss in this case as 55 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,260 possible. Yeah, I'm certainly available if you need me, Daniel. Well, I have an 56 00:04:52,260 --> 00:04:55,760 idea. Why don't I just write a personal check for the full amount and be done 57 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:57,860 with it? My client wouldn't take it, that's why. 58 00:04:58,300 --> 00:04:59,300 I see. 59 00:04:59,820 --> 00:05:02,360 Okay. Move along, Douglas. I need to say something else. 60 00:05:02,620 --> 00:05:05,580 Every morning on my way to work, I drive past a lumber yard. 61 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:10,280 I see all these Latino men standing around, chomping at the bit to go to 62 00:05:10,280 --> 00:05:13,260 while back, I wanted to have my yard cleared out. I hired this one guy who I 63 00:05:13,260 --> 00:05:15,260 on that corner every morning to do it. 64 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:18,280 I got to like him. I got to trust him. 65 00:05:18,660 --> 00:05:21,320 When he told me what happened to him, I offered to represent him. 66 00:05:21,630 --> 00:05:25,530 $2 ,700 might seem like nothing to us, but to this man it means the difference 67 00:05:25,530 --> 00:05:28,750 between being able to feed his family and seeing them starve. 68 00:05:30,770 --> 00:05:33,170 I intend to see to it that he gets what he's owed. 69 00:05:35,310 --> 00:05:36,450 Shine versus Shine. 70 00:05:38,190 --> 00:05:39,190 That's mine. 71 00:05:39,210 --> 00:05:44,130 Mitchell Shine is an agent whose wife is divorcing him. The only issue is money. 72 00:05:44,370 --> 00:05:47,230 Well, that makes it simple, Arnie, doesn't it? Why would that make it 73 00:05:47,630 --> 00:05:48,630 Community property? 74 00:05:48,890 --> 00:05:52,710 Lit it down the middle? When they hire me, Melina, it's never simple. 75 00:05:52,950 --> 00:05:55,110 And even if it were, he'd never let them know that. 76 00:05:55,370 --> 00:05:57,210 See, that's what I call smart lawyering. 77 00:06:00,050 --> 00:06:03,290 Okay, we've prepared a cashier's check for $1 ,350. 78 00:06:04,050 --> 00:06:05,530 You owe me $2 ,700. 79 00:06:05,810 --> 00:06:07,830 I don't owe you anything. 80 00:06:08,090 --> 00:06:11,070 I'm willing to pay you something. He's actually willing to pay you quite a bit. 81 00:06:11,190 --> 00:06:12,310 Just to put this thing to rest. 82 00:06:12,550 --> 00:06:15,270 No. Does he understand what's going on here? He understands perfectly. 83 00:06:15,590 --> 00:06:16,590 I'm not sure that he does. 84 00:06:17,390 --> 00:06:20,230 Let me spell this out for you, Mr. Aguilar. 85 00:06:20,770 --> 00:06:22,010 I am an attorney. 86 00:06:22,250 --> 00:06:27,330 Mr. Greenhut here works in my law firm. I pay him a salary whether he handles 87 00:06:27,330 --> 00:06:32,630 his case or not. In other words, it doesn't cost me a thing to litigate 88 00:06:32,770 --> 00:06:37,690 You, on the other hand, lose money every day you spend sitting in a courtroom. 89 00:06:38,050 --> 00:06:40,530 Not to mention the $13 .50 you could have right now. 90 00:06:40,830 --> 00:06:43,810 I give you fair price my work. That's all I want. 91 00:06:44,490 --> 00:06:46,870 Not much of a business man, is he? Maybe not. 92 00:06:47,230 --> 00:06:49,650 On the other hand, maybe he just doesn't like your condescending tone of voice. 93 00:06:49,850 --> 00:06:51,370 I wasn't condescending, counselor. 94 00:06:51,710 --> 00:06:53,770 First you cheat him, then you talk down to him? 95 00:06:54,190 --> 00:06:57,810 You don't have a whole lot of goodwill to trade on in this room, Mr. Larrabee. 96 00:06:57,810 --> 00:06:59,370 find you offensive, Mr. Morales. 97 00:06:59,770 --> 00:07:01,010 Offensive and insulting. 98 00:07:01,350 --> 00:07:03,790 And I don't believe you're acting in your client's best interest. 99 00:07:04,630 --> 00:07:05,910 See you in court, my friend. 100 00:07:11,650 --> 00:07:15,070 What are we doing now? Trial step at 2 o 'clock. You want to go get some lunch? 101 00:07:15,870 --> 00:07:19,290 No, gracias. I bring something from home. I'll see you at 2 o 'clock? Bueno. 102 00:07:23,470 --> 00:07:24,690 What? Nothing. 103 00:07:25,310 --> 00:07:26,310 Nothing? 104 00:07:27,190 --> 00:07:30,610 I just think that there was a deal to be made here. If what? I've been a little 105 00:07:30,610 --> 00:07:31,610 more respectful? 106 00:07:31,630 --> 00:07:33,490 Is it really necessary to go on the attack? 107 00:07:33,730 --> 00:07:34,890 The guy is a racist, Gwen. 108 00:07:35,710 --> 00:07:38,830 Is it really that he's racist? Isn't it just that he's a jerk? He's a racist. 109 00:07:41,610 --> 00:07:44,910 I'd like for you to describe for us, if you will, what took place during your 110 00:07:44,910 --> 00:07:48,590 first meeting with Mr. Rex Schaefer. He asked me to do the weather, and I said I 111 00:07:48,590 --> 00:07:52,470 would consider the job if and only if the station were willing to commit 112 00:07:52,470 --> 00:07:55,970 to approaching weather forecasting with some seriousness of purpose. Did he 113 00:07:55,970 --> 00:07:57,270 appear willing to make that commitment? 114 00:07:57,590 --> 00:08:00,390 Yes, he did. Would you tell the court what you did as a result? 115 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:05,160 I left a teaching position at Cal State. I designed an entire array of graphics 116 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:09,320 to better explain meteorological phenomenon to a lay public, and I told 117 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:12,660 family and friends that I had finally found the job that I dreamed about 118 00:08:12,660 --> 00:08:14,340 since I was a little boy. How did it go? 119 00:08:14,540 --> 00:08:19,940 First week, it went very well. There were a number of interesting climatic 120 00:08:19,940 --> 00:08:24,720 events. There was a low -pressure center in the Rockies. There was a cluster of 121 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:28,900 thunderstorms over the Midwest, and I reported on them, and I reported on the 122 00:08:28,900 --> 00:08:29,900 local area. 123 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:31,620 And I was 100 % accurate in my forecast. 124 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:33,799 What happened on the second week? 125 00:08:34,100 --> 00:08:35,100 Everything changed. 126 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:39,059 I was given these ridiculous new clothes to wear. I was given different colored 127 00:08:39,059 --> 00:08:42,600 eyeglasses. I was given jokes to tell during the weather segment of the news. 128 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:43,840 And how did you respond? 129 00:08:44,020 --> 00:08:49,440 I went along. I tried to do my best. I tried to maintain as much dignity as the 130 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:52,100 new clothes and the new glasses and the new jokes would allow. 131 00:08:52,540 --> 00:08:53,800 How was week number three? 132 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:55,420 There was no week number three. 133 00:08:56,100 --> 00:08:58,900 I came in for work on Monday and Mr. Rex Schaefer told me that I had been 134 00:08:58,900 --> 00:09:00,720 replaced by somebody named Kyle Thunder. 135 00:09:00,980 --> 00:09:04,980 What reason was given, Mr. Voss? I was informed by Mr. Rex Schaefer that I 136 00:09:04,980 --> 00:09:05,980 didn't pop. 137 00:09:06,780 --> 00:09:09,400 Thank you, Mr. Voss. I have no further questions, Your Honor. 138 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:15,000 Did your contract with the station call for you to be put on the air more than 139 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:16,000 two weeks? 140 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:19,580 My conversations with Mel Rexhaver called for more than that. Oh, are you 141 00:09:19,580 --> 00:09:24,080 Mr. Rexhaver agreed to jeopardize the commercial viability of a major market 142 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:28,200 television station in order to fulfill a childhood fantasy of yours? Objection. 143 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:33,420 It was a fantasy, Mr. Voss. You don't look like a weatherman. You don't sound 144 00:09:33,420 --> 00:09:34,680 like a weatherman. 145 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:38,500 Objection, Your Honor. What a weatherman looks like. Mr. Voss. Not Kyle Thunder 146 00:09:38,500 --> 00:09:41,000 or Drizzle McManus or Cloud Stephens. Me. 147 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:42,360 Aaron Voss. 148 00:09:42,560 --> 00:09:44,940 Do you know what the weather's going to be like on Thursday? 149 00:09:45,450 --> 00:09:46,450 I do. 150 00:09:46,610 --> 00:09:50,210 There is a low -pressure center forming off the coast of Baja that's going to 151 00:09:50,210 --> 00:09:53,210 create a major thunderstorm by Friday morning. Your Honor, I would ask that 152 00:09:53,210 --> 00:09:56,590 witness's response in its entirety be stricken. So ordered. The witness's 153 00:09:56,590 --> 00:09:59,330 response is stricken. The jury will disregard it. 154 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:03,780 Why? Because your ability to forecast the weather has nothing whatever to do 155 00:10:03,780 --> 00:10:05,760 with this trial. Forgive me, Your Honor, but why? 156 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:10,560 Miss Kelsey, please advise your client as to both the issues of this trial and 157 00:10:10,560 --> 00:10:12,320 the proper protocol of this courtroom. 158 00:10:12,620 --> 00:10:15,860 Yes, Your Honor. Does Mr. McCafferty have any further questions for this 159 00:10:15,860 --> 00:10:20,100 witness? No, Your Honor. In that case, we'll take our noon recess. Court will 160 00:10:20,100 --> 00:10:21,760 reconvene at 2 p .m. 161 00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:28,700 I see you brought your umbrella. 162 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:31,700 Did Kyle Funder tell you it was going to rain? 163 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:33,080 Aaron. 164 00:10:37,300 --> 00:10:43,340 Mr. Aguilar, would you tell us, please, where you first met Andrew Larrabee? 165 00:10:43,580 --> 00:10:45,140 The corner of Peacock Hotel. 166 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:49,280 I'm looking for work. He drive up and hire me. What did he hire you to do? 167 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:52,600 He asked me if I could lay bricks. I said, yes, I could do this. 168 00:10:53,100 --> 00:10:55,460 He asked how much it cost to build a patio. 169 00:10:56,090 --> 00:10:58,750 I say I can do it for $2 ,000. 170 00:10:59,110 --> 00:11:00,510 Did he accept that offer? 171 00:11:00,930 --> 00:11:02,710 Yes. Tell us what happens next. 172 00:11:03,490 --> 00:11:07,890 I bought bricks. I showed them to Ms. Larabai. 173 00:11:08,250 --> 00:11:10,670 She said they're okay. I built the patio. 174 00:11:11,250 --> 00:11:12,250 Were you paid? 175 00:11:13,150 --> 00:11:18,910 No. When she saw it finished, Ms. Larabai said, bricks I use too orange. 176 00:11:18,910 --> 00:11:21,770 said, tear down what I do and start over. 177 00:11:22,230 --> 00:11:23,230 What did you say? 178 00:11:23,570 --> 00:11:25,150 I said you have to pay for that. 179 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:28,280 What price did you give them for the additional work? 180 00:11:29,060 --> 00:11:34,900 Price of bricks, need to pay helper, time to tear down patio, put in new one, 181 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:40,580 plus the $500 they owe me. I give them price $3 ,200. 182 00:11:41,260 --> 00:11:43,220 And how did Mrs. Larrabee respond? 183 00:11:43,660 --> 00:11:48,040 She said they're going to have a party. She wants it done by end of the month. 184 00:11:48,180 --> 00:11:50,080 Did you finish it by the end of the month? Yes. 185 00:11:50,340 --> 00:11:51,800 What happened at that point? 186 00:11:52,190 --> 00:11:56,510 Mr. Larabie give me $500 and six -pack beer. 187 00:11:57,010 --> 00:11:58,010 I have nothing further. 188 00:11:59,650 --> 00:12:03,750 Had Mrs. Larabie seen all the bricks at the time you claim she approved them? 189 00:12:03,950 --> 00:12:06,170 I have them piled. She see ones on top. 190 00:12:06,410 --> 00:12:07,530 So she hadn't seen them all? 191 00:12:08,050 --> 00:12:10,430 Why didn't she say she needed to see them all? 192 00:12:10,990 --> 00:12:14,790 Wasn't it incumbent upon you as the brick mason to inform her that she did 193 00:12:14,790 --> 00:12:15,790 to see them all? 194 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:19,140 Weren't you the only one in a position to know that the color wasn't uniform? 195 00:12:19,460 --> 00:12:21,160 Objection. Assuming facts not in evidence. 196 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:24,620 Sustained. They were bricks, sir. They looked like bricks. 197 00:12:24,900 --> 00:12:27,940 Isn't it the case, Mr. Aguilar, that you had this woman over a barrel? 198 00:12:28,420 --> 00:12:30,540 No. She wasn't privy to the original agreement. 199 00:12:30,780 --> 00:12:33,620 She wasn't happy with the work. She was desperate that the job be finished. 200 00:12:34,060 --> 00:12:36,840 You decided to take advantage of the situation, didn't you? You figured you'd 201 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:37,840 stick him for more money. 202 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:41,260 Objection. Counsel is badgering this man. I'm cross -examining him, Your 203 00:12:41,300 --> 00:12:42,159 That's all I'm doing. 204 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:45,660 That's not all you're doing, Mr. Greenhut. You are badgering him, and I'm 205 00:12:45,660 --> 00:12:46,660 instructing you to stop it. 206 00:12:47,260 --> 00:12:48,260 Objection sustained. 207 00:12:48,420 --> 00:12:54,600 Mr. Aguilar, you testified that Mr. Larrabee paid you $500 when you finished 208 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:55,600 job. 209 00:12:57,160 --> 00:12:58,160 Is this the check? 210 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:02,700 Yes. Ask that this be received into evidence and mark defense exhibit one. 211 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:05,280 So ordered. Is that your signature on the back? 212 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:07,000 Yeah. 213 00:13:07,140 --> 00:13:09,360 What does the notation on the front of the check read? 214 00:13:10,340 --> 00:13:12,160 Full final payment. 215 00:13:12,540 --> 00:13:17,220 So, in other words, by accepting this check, you agree that $500 was all that 216 00:13:17,220 --> 00:13:18,079 you were owed. 217 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:20,500 Sir, I take check because I need to make money. 218 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:25,540 I need to pay rent. I need to buy food. Mr. Aguilar, did Andrew Larrabee ever 219 00:13:25,540 --> 00:13:30,820 say that he would pay you a dime more than the price you initially agreed 220 00:13:33,030 --> 00:13:34,550 No. I have no further questions. 221 00:13:42,770 --> 00:13:46,710 Yes, but I understand you walked away with all the marbles in the McAnally 222 00:13:46,930 --> 00:13:50,410 We did very well in McAnally. Oh, you've got a lawyer that takes no prisoners, 223 00:13:50,550 --> 00:13:51,209 you know that? 224 00:13:51,210 --> 00:13:52,270 Why would you take prisoners? 225 00:13:52,830 --> 00:13:53,830 You gotta feed prisoners. 226 00:13:53,950 --> 00:13:56,830 You know, slouch yourself, Horty. You do remember the woman with the oxygen 227 00:13:56,830 --> 00:13:59,990 tank? Well, let's not get into that right now. She's cross -examining the 78 228 00:13:59,990 --> 00:14:03,310 -year -old woman with such bad emphysema she had an oxygen tank next to the 229 00:14:03,310 --> 00:14:04,109 witness stand. 230 00:14:04,110 --> 00:14:07,510 Well, by the time Horty got down with her, they took her out of the courtroom 231 00:14:07,510 --> 00:14:09,190 a stretcher. She was concealing assets. 232 00:14:09,510 --> 00:14:10,189 That she was. 233 00:14:10,190 --> 00:14:13,170 Hey, if physical infirmities gave us a license to steal, the richest people in 234 00:14:13,170 --> 00:14:16,130 the world would all be crippled. I am very uncomfortable with this discussion. 235 00:14:16,330 --> 00:14:17,830 Can we get back to our matter, please? 236 00:14:18,230 --> 00:14:21,960 Absolutely. The house in Pacific Palisades. So let them split the 237 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:24,380 Beautiful. The partnership interest in the agency. 238 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:27,800 What's the matter, Horty? There isn't enough to divide up here? You have to go 239 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,700 after the business, too? Gotta go after everything, Arnie. If I didn't, you'd 240 00:14:30,700 --> 00:14:31,700 take it as a sign of weakness. 241 00:14:31,980 --> 00:14:33,800 Oh, I'm gonna have a problem with this one, you know that? 242 00:14:34,580 --> 00:14:37,160 Let's put the agency interest aside for the time being. 243 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:38,319 All right. 244 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:41,360 Let's put it on the side. The house in Martha's Vineyard. He owned it before 245 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:44,540 they got married. It was his shack before they were married. When we moved 246 00:14:44,540 --> 00:14:46,080 together, you had a cedar hope chest. 247 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:47,259 That's it? 248 00:14:47,260 --> 00:14:48,860 Now all of a sudden you want a piece of everything? 249 00:14:49,340 --> 00:14:51,620 What have you been doing, Allison, taking greed injections? 250 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:55,200 I was married to you for 12 years, Mitchell. Right, during which time I was 251 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:58,140 breadwinner. I know you were the breadwinner. I know you were the world 252 00:14:58,260 --> 00:15:01,200 But I was the one who was desperately unhappy, and I think I should be 253 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:02,220 compensated for that. 254 00:15:02,980 --> 00:15:06,160 This is the Jonah factor at work, isn't it? Since you brought up the subject of 255 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:09,420 Jonah, there is one more thing I need from you. Oh, yeah? What's that? 256 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:10,720 A get. 257 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:12,979 What's a get? 258 00:15:12,980 --> 00:15:15,860 It's a document that makes the divorce official in the Jewish religion. 259 00:15:17,109 --> 00:15:19,290 What are you, reclaiming your faith, Allison? 260 00:15:19,610 --> 00:15:20,850 That's exactly what I'm doing. 261 00:15:21,170 --> 00:15:25,650 Jonah is a spiritual man. He's a devout Jew, and I intend to share his devotion. 262 00:15:25,990 --> 00:15:26,990 How nice. 263 00:15:27,290 --> 00:15:30,430 And what's this get going to cost me? It's not going to cost you anything. 264 00:15:31,170 --> 00:15:34,490 You just have to come with me to a rabbi and participate in his ceremony. 265 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:37,040 What, it's going to consume like an entire day? 266 00:15:37,260 --> 00:15:39,000 No, it's not going to consume an entire day. 267 00:15:39,220 --> 00:15:42,320 Can I suggest that we wrap this up for today, and both of us go back and figure 268 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:46,020 what we need in order to settle? All right, but I'm not letting Allison sign 269 00:15:46,020 --> 00:15:49,280 anything that doesn't represent a full split of all the marital property, and 270 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:50,280 all means all. 271 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:54,740 I'm so glad you're here. 272 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,000 Are you okay? 273 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:57,160 Call me tomorrow morning? 274 00:15:57,700 --> 00:15:58,700 Mitchell. 275 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:02,400 I'm Mitchell, Allison's husband. 276 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:04,640 You must be the Baal Shem Tov. 277 00:16:05,290 --> 00:16:06,290 How do you do? 278 00:16:06,630 --> 00:16:07,630 I'm curious. 279 00:16:08,010 --> 00:16:11,050 I wonder what the Talmud says about stealing another man's wife. 280 00:16:11,330 --> 00:16:14,590 Mitchell, don't do this. I met Allison long after the two of you had separated. 281 00:16:15,070 --> 00:16:18,370 We were still married at the time, were we not? She was still my wife, was she 282 00:16:18,370 --> 00:16:21,830 not? Yes, she was. Tony, you don't have to listen to this. I wonder what the big 283 00:16:21,830 --> 00:16:24,990 man's going to say, huh? Mitchell, come on. I don't know what the big man's 284 00:16:24,990 --> 00:16:25,990 going to say. 285 00:16:26,570 --> 00:16:28,570 I know that we all have to answer for what we do. 286 00:16:28,890 --> 00:16:31,450 That's right, my friend. And he's not going to cut you any slack because 287 00:16:31,450 --> 00:16:34,210 wearing a yarmulke. Mr. Shine, if I were in your position, I'd feel everything 288 00:16:34,210 --> 00:16:35,250 that you're feeling right now. 289 00:16:35,590 --> 00:16:37,770 I know that my presence here is hurtful to you. 290 00:16:38,070 --> 00:16:39,890 I came because Allison asked me to. 291 00:16:40,370 --> 00:16:42,010 And I'm not going to apologize for that. 292 00:16:42,490 --> 00:16:46,170 I need all the emotional support I can get. Can we go, folks? It was nice to 293 00:16:46,170 --> 00:16:47,170 have met you. 294 00:16:51,030 --> 00:16:52,030 Mrs. Larrabee. 295 00:16:52,250 --> 00:16:52,969 Did Mr. 296 00:16:52,970 --> 00:16:55,830 Aguilar show you the bricks before he built the patio? 297 00:16:56,210 --> 00:16:59,350 He showed me some of the bricks. He didn't show me all of the bricks. 298 00:16:59,610 --> 00:17:01,170 Did you ask to see all of the bricks? 299 00:17:01,470 --> 00:17:06,450 No, I didn't, but only because I assumed that Mr. Aguilar would be as sensitive 300 00:17:06,450 --> 00:17:11,490 to uniformity and color as I was. I assumed that he was more of an artisan 301 00:17:11,490 --> 00:17:12,149 he was. 302 00:17:12,150 --> 00:17:13,810 What did you say to Mr. 303 00:17:14,010 --> 00:17:15,930 Aguilar when you saw the finished patio? 304 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:21,640 I said I was unhappy. I said the color of the brick was garish. That rather 305 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:27,960 evoking the stately, somewhat worn quality, such as you're apt to see in 306 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:33,680 Virginia or Massachusetts, that this called to mind the worst, most parvenu 307 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:35,240 sections of New Jersey. 308 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:40,020 I couldn't live with it. I didn't care what it entailed. I wanted it replaced. 309 00:17:40,500 --> 00:17:42,180 You said that to Mr. Aguilar? 310 00:17:42,700 --> 00:17:45,400 Well, not exactly in those words, obviously. 311 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:49,940 But I told him that I wanted it done over. 312 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:51,860 Did he tell you how much that would cost? 313 00:17:52,260 --> 00:17:53,239 Yes, he did. 314 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:54,480 And did you agree to pay that amount? 315 00:17:54,940 --> 00:17:58,000 What I agreed to was that I would take it up with my husband. 316 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:02,420 That's all I agreed to. But you did tell him, did you not, to start work? 317 00:18:02,700 --> 00:18:06,320 I asked him to get started because I needed to get it done. 318 00:18:06,580 --> 00:18:10,580 But by telling him to get started, weren't you tacitly agreeing to the 319 00:18:10,580 --> 00:18:12,160 terms Mr. Aguilar presented? 320 00:18:12,670 --> 00:18:13,670 Well, not at all. 321 00:18:14,010 --> 00:18:15,790 I told him that we'd be fair. 322 00:18:16,090 --> 00:18:17,090 Were you fair? 323 00:18:17,710 --> 00:18:18,910 I think we were. 324 00:18:20,010 --> 00:18:21,790 How long was he working at your house? 325 00:18:22,190 --> 00:18:28,010 Six weeks, which, by the way, I endured without complaining. You endured? 326 00:18:28,310 --> 00:18:29,310 Yes, I endured. 327 00:18:30,230 --> 00:18:33,770 It's not easy having workmen at your house six days a week. 328 00:18:34,650 --> 00:18:38,290 Do you know how much Mr. Aguilar's wages ended up being for this job, ma 'am? 329 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:42,700 All I know is that we made four payments of $500 each. 330 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:45,960 Would it surprise you to learn that after deducting the cost of materials 331 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:52,080 helper, he would be making just under $26 a day for a 10 -hour day that comes 332 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:54,360 out to $2 .60 an hour? 333 00:18:54,580 --> 00:18:57,720 Well, I never really thought about what his hourly wage was. 334 00:18:58,100 --> 00:18:59,100 I'm sure you didn't. 335 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:05,180 God, I can't believe I'm being put through this. You know, Andrew, it isn't 336 00:19:05,180 --> 00:19:07,380 worth it. It just isn't worth it. 337 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:14,680 What's your occupation, Mr. Thunder? I'm the guy who tells you whether or not 338 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:16,800 you can afford to let your smile be your umbrella. 339 00:19:18,180 --> 00:19:19,920 I'm the weatherman at KTLW. 340 00:19:20,140 --> 00:19:23,240 And, by the way, is today a beautiful day or what? 341 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:26,520 Would you tell the court how you came to be the weatherman on KTLW? 342 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:31,240 I was appearing at the comedy store right here in West Hollywood, and one 343 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:34,620 Mel Rexhaver approached me and asked me to screen test. When he saw the results, 344 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:35,760 he offered me the job. 345 00:19:35,980 --> 00:19:36,980 And what was your response? 346 00:19:37,210 --> 00:19:40,110 My response was yes, as in definitely, as in where do I sign? 347 00:19:40,470 --> 00:19:41,790 Were you able to start immediately? 348 00:19:42,290 --> 00:19:46,510 Actually, no. No, I was booked on a cruise ship, and we couldn't get out of 349 00:19:46,530 --> 00:19:48,510 so we agreed that I would start as soon as I got back. 350 00:19:48,730 --> 00:19:52,050 To the best of your knowledge, who did Mr. Rex Schaefer hire in the interim? 351 00:19:52,290 --> 00:19:56,190 I guess he hired Mr. Voss. What did Mr. Rex Schaefer indicate to you were the 352 00:19:56,190 --> 00:19:57,730 requirements for a weatherman? 353 00:19:58,030 --> 00:20:00,670 Timing, personality, the right look. 354 00:20:01,260 --> 00:20:02,600 You know, that certain bubbing. 355 00:20:02,820 --> 00:20:04,680 Did you know anything about meteorology? 356 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:08,020 I know that if you see a guy named Noah with a tape measure and a skill saw, a 357 00:20:08,020 --> 00:20:09,060 pretty good chance it's going to rain. 358 00:20:10,060 --> 00:20:14,520 This is the way he does his weather reports. That's enough, Mr. Vosch. Uh, 359 00:20:14,580 --> 00:20:17,580 Thunder, did you have any science background of any kind? 360 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:19,420 I have no science background. 361 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:22,220 Did Mr. Ruckshaver ever express any concern about that? 362 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:26,200 No, we didn't. I told him I was a quick study. I told him that I would pick up 363 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:29,880 the ins and outs of forecasting as we went along, and that seemed to satisfy 364 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:33,640 just fine. Have you managed to do that? Mr. Voss, I've been at it for a year. 365 00:20:33,660 --> 00:20:36,380 You must have it down pat by now. Mr. Voss, that's enough. 366 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:37,720 Wow, are we bitter. 367 00:20:37,940 --> 00:20:41,980 Tell us, was Kyle Thunder your name at the time that Mr. Rexhaver first 368 00:20:41,980 --> 00:20:42,980 approached you? 369 00:20:43,140 --> 00:20:45,980 No. What was your name? Bobby Rappaport. 370 00:20:46,360 --> 00:20:51,020 So, Kyle Thunder was, in effect, a creation of Mr. Rexhaver, wasn't he? No, 371 00:20:51,020 --> 00:20:54,850 wasn't. Mr. Rexhaver and I sat down together in a room and came up with who 372 00:20:54,850 --> 00:20:55,709 Thunder would be. 373 00:20:55,710 --> 00:20:57,290 When was it that the two of you did that? 374 00:20:57,670 --> 00:20:59,170 Right before I went on the cruise. 375 00:20:59,490 --> 00:21:03,690 In other words, before Aaron Voss was ever approached to do the weather, you 376 00:21:03,690 --> 00:21:06,330 Mel Rexhaver had already worked out who the weatherman would be. 377 00:21:06,530 --> 00:21:09,610 You know, I never wanted to get dragged into this, okay? I have nothing against 378 00:21:09,610 --> 00:21:14,230 Mr. Voss. I bring my own brand of high energy and happiness to a world that's 379 00:21:14,230 --> 00:21:15,330 woefully in need of both. 380 00:21:15,590 --> 00:21:16,790 I make people laugh. 381 00:21:17,370 --> 00:21:18,450 What is wrong with that? 382 00:21:18,670 --> 00:21:22,170 What's wrong is you're not supposed to make people laugh. Weather isn't funny. 383 00:21:22,310 --> 00:21:26,410 Weather is serious. Mr. Voss, I'm going to hold you in contempt if you can't 384 00:21:26,410 --> 00:21:27,590 manage to control yourself. 385 00:21:27,870 --> 00:21:29,150 Your Honor, I have no further questions. 386 00:21:30,450 --> 00:21:31,710 You may step down. 387 00:21:32,350 --> 00:21:34,850 Aaron, the sunny side of the street. 388 00:21:35,350 --> 00:21:38,330 Life can be so sweet on the sunny side of the street. 389 00:21:40,030 --> 00:21:41,650 It's never painless, Mitchell. 390 00:21:42,270 --> 00:21:43,690 It's never painless. 391 00:21:44,140 --> 00:21:49,560 I have to tell you that legally she can claim a piece of his agency share as a 392 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:50,560 marital asset. 393 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,680 Which doesn't mean I've agreed to give it to her. 394 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:54,140 Just means we've got a problem. 395 00:21:54,360 --> 00:21:55,360 A potential problem. 396 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:59,300 Now, we could all tell her what we think it's worth, make her an offer. 397 00:21:59,500 --> 00:22:03,740 Maybe she'll accept it. But the likelihood is that she won't. 398 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:08,200 In which case, you want to examine our books and make her own appraisal of what 399 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:09,500 Mitchell's shares are worth. 400 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:10,820 Evan's been through this. 401 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:12,580 Did your wife ever ask to see the books? 402 00:22:12,970 --> 00:22:13,970 Oh, yes, she did. 403 00:22:14,730 --> 00:22:15,770 Fortunately, I had leverage. 404 00:22:16,190 --> 00:22:17,190 What kind of leverage? 405 00:22:17,490 --> 00:22:19,530 I threatened to sue for custody of the children. 406 00:22:19,950 --> 00:22:23,210 Given that she'd just come out of the Betty Ford Center, she had a little 407 00:22:23,210 --> 00:22:24,550 exposure on that flank. 408 00:22:24,930 --> 00:22:28,770 Wow. Well, Dordam, just to keep the agency out of it, I just can't guarantee 409 00:22:28,770 --> 00:22:29,950 that we'll be successful. 410 00:22:32,310 --> 00:22:34,590 Permit me to share an anecdote with you, Mitchell. 411 00:22:34,790 --> 00:22:37,570 Some years ago, there was a very significant agency. 412 00:22:37,990 --> 00:22:41,990 And at that agency, there was a very significant young agent. 413 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:44,220 He was bringing in lots of commissions. 414 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:46,660 He was attracting a lot of attention. 415 00:22:46,900 --> 00:22:53,080 He was showing every indication of being a major player in the industry. Then he 416 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:54,080 got divorced. 417 00:22:54,500 --> 00:22:57,040 He allowed that to intrude on his work. 418 00:22:58,180 --> 00:23:03,660 He allowed his wife access to areas of the business that by their very nature 419 00:23:03,660 --> 00:23:05,700 require confidentiality. 420 00:23:06,100 --> 00:23:07,240 Depositions were conducted. 421 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:08,880 Bank records were examined. 422 00:23:09,700 --> 00:23:11,900 Clients... felt compromised. 423 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:14,100 They felt ill -used. 424 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:19,740 They felt the agent could have handled it in a better way than he did. 425 00:23:20,940 --> 00:23:24,400 As a result, a great many of the clients left them. 426 00:23:25,340 --> 00:23:26,340 Momentum was lost. 427 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,200 Perception was lost. 428 00:23:32,420 --> 00:23:37,200 That young agent never became major, and he's no longer young. 429 00:23:37,790 --> 00:23:40,990 He is now working in an office in Van Nuys. 430 00:23:41,810 --> 00:23:46,510 And all the people that he represents are below the line. 431 00:23:51,630 --> 00:23:52,770 Think about it. 432 00:24:11,370 --> 00:24:13,850 You did hire Aaron Voss, did you not? 433 00:24:14,130 --> 00:24:16,390 Yes, I did. What were you thinking at the time? 434 00:24:16,650 --> 00:24:22,070 I needed a weatherman, and I thought going in a somewhat offbeat direction 435 00:24:22,070 --> 00:24:22,989 actually work. 436 00:24:22,990 --> 00:24:26,890 Mr. Rex Shaper, would you tell us why it is that you fired him? 437 00:24:27,130 --> 00:24:30,390 Because it became obvious that I had made a mistake. 438 00:24:30,690 --> 00:24:35,070 His physical appearance wasn't right. His delivery was stiff. 439 00:24:35,290 --> 00:24:37,190 He lacked communication skills. 440 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:43,160 The fact that he knows about weather doesn't make him a weatherman. TV needs 441 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:48,580 personalities, and whatever else Aaron Voss might be, he ain't that. I made a 442 00:24:48,580 --> 00:24:52,760 mistake when I hired him, and as soon as I recognized it as such, I took steps 443 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:54,800 to correct it. I have nothing further. 444 00:24:55,880 --> 00:25:00,340 You said that Aaron Voss lacked communication skills. What exactly does 445 00:25:00,340 --> 00:25:04,060 mean? It's an intangible quality. It's very hard to describe. 446 00:25:04,360 --> 00:25:08,260 Did you ever encounter any difficulty understanding him yourself? The issue 447 00:25:08,260 --> 00:25:10,040 isn't whether or not he was coherent. 448 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:13,100 It's whether or not he was right for my newscast. 449 00:25:13,460 --> 00:25:17,080 I thought that going with a weatherman who actually understood what he was 450 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:19,580 talking about would make an interesting departure. 451 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:24,220 I was wrong. Come on, Mr. Rechhaver. You knew who you wanted for your weatherman 452 00:25:24,220 --> 00:25:27,800 before you ever even approached Aaron Voss. You wanted Kyle Thunder. That's 453 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:31,280 true. You needed somebody to fill the spot until Kyle Thunder became 454 00:25:31,580 --> 00:25:35,140 You found someone desperate for the job. Someone who could be summarily 455 00:25:35,140 --> 00:25:38,240 dismissed just as soon as it became convenient for you to... Objection. Mr. 456 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:41,580 Thane, plaintiff's counsel will refrain from making speeches. 457 00:25:42,020 --> 00:25:47,290 Look. I run a television show. I got all kinds of people wanting all kinds of 458 00:25:47,290 --> 00:25:52,010 things. I got a 60 -year -old guy with a bad rug that wants to keep doing the 459 00:25:52,010 --> 00:25:56,670 news till he's 90. I got a secretary that wants to be a producer, a producer 460 00:25:56,670 --> 00:26:01,130 wants to be a director, a director who wants to be Francis Ford Coppola, and I, 461 00:26:01,190 --> 00:26:04,830 I want to go to Palm Springs and sit on my ass for the next two years. 462 00:26:05,110 --> 00:26:07,390 This guy wants to be a weatherman. 463 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:11,620 I gave him a shot. That's more than anyone else would have done. And now you 464 00:26:11,620 --> 00:26:14,820 can't understand why it is he's not grateful, right? 465 00:26:15,140 --> 00:26:16,140 That's right. 466 00:26:17,420 --> 00:26:19,100 I have nothing further for this witness. 467 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:29,300 All right, here's what we're offering. Half the sale of the proceeds from the 468 00:26:29,300 --> 00:26:33,060 sale of the house in Pacific Palisades, half the savings, half the stock 469 00:26:33,060 --> 00:26:35,220 portfolio. She keeps her jewelry. 470 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:39,640 We value her share of Martha's Vineyard at $100 ,000. 471 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:42,240 And? And she gets a Jewish divorce. 472 00:26:42,620 --> 00:26:43,820 And what about his share of the agency? 473 00:26:44,220 --> 00:26:47,580 Off the table. How is it off the table? It just is. It's something you don't 474 00:26:47,580 --> 00:26:51,000 get. All right, let me get this straight. On the House and Pacific 475 00:26:51,060 --> 00:26:53,960 the savings account and the stock, what you're offering us is what we're 476 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:54,960 entitled to by law. 477 00:26:55,260 --> 00:26:58,680 On the House and Martha's Vineyard, what you're offering us is probably 20 % of 478 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:01,460 what we're entitled to by law. And on the agency's share, what you're offering 479 00:27:01,460 --> 00:27:02,460 us is nothing. 480 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,260 Now, why should we accept an offer like that? 481 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:07,020 Because we're agreeing to a Jewish divorce. 482 00:27:07,260 --> 00:27:09,180 You're making that part of this negotiation? 483 00:27:09,660 --> 00:27:10,660 Yes, I am. 484 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:11,960 Does that offend you? 485 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:13,160 It offends me. 486 00:27:13,340 --> 00:27:16,180 The fact remains, no one can force a husband to give his wife a get, and 487 00:27:16,180 --> 00:27:19,540 according to Jewish law, she can't marry without one. That shouldn't enter into 488 00:27:19,540 --> 00:27:21,680 this discussion, Arnie. It's not a financial issue. 489 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:23,040 Leverage is leverage, my dear. 490 00:27:23,360 --> 00:27:26,560 Allison, at this point, I think we should pack up our things and leave. No 491 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,340 in the state would allow him to deny you a piece of his interest in the agency. 492 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:31,680 No court in the state is going to grant her a Jewish divorce. 493 00:27:31,980 --> 00:27:33,460 I'm not going to let him use that against her. 494 00:27:33,660 --> 00:27:37,640 I'm going to let him. Allison, I'm not going to drag this out. I love Jonah, 495 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:41,040 I want to marry him. And however much I feel entitled to the things we're asking 496 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:44,220 for, I'm not going to let them stand in the way. Allison, this is a colossally 497 00:27:44,220 --> 00:27:45,220 bad deal. 498 00:27:45,460 --> 00:27:47,680 You can't understand what I see in him, can you, Mitchell? 499 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:51,120 Well, I never quite pictured you with a guy that drives a Taurus. 500 00:27:51,770 --> 00:27:53,510 But other than that, he seems like a nice guy. 501 00:27:54,590 --> 00:27:55,810 I accept your offer. 502 00:27:56,210 --> 00:27:59,390 I expect to see you in the rabbi's office tomorrow morning at ten. 503 00:27:59,750 --> 00:28:00,750 I'll be there. 504 00:28:01,030 --> 00:28:02,450 You should be ashamed of yourself. 505 00:28:04,410 --> 00:28:08,990 Like Robert Duvall said, Arnie, I love the smell of napalm in the morning. 506 00:28:09,870 --> 00:28:13,630 This case asks a very simple question. 507 00:28:14,090 --> 00:28:17,450 At what point do we hold someone accountable for lying? 508 00:28:18,990 --> 00:28:21,230 There can be little doubt that Mel Rexhafer lied. 509 00:28:22,370 --> 00:28:27,810 As a result, Aaron Voss changed his life, only to find himself unemployed 510 00:28:27,810 --> 00:28:30,010 humiliated some scant two weeks later. 511 00:28:30,590 --> 00:28:33,510 Now, if the defendant hadn't lied, none of that would have happened. 512 00:28:34,130 --> 00:28:37,610 If he had told the truth, he would have said that he didn't want a real 513 00:28:37,610 --> 00:28:40,450 weatherman for the job. He would have said that he wanted a stand -up 514 00:28:40,810 --> 00:28:44,010 He would have said not only that he wanted a stand -up comedian, but that 515 00:28:44,010 --> 00:28:45,790 already taken steps toward getting one. 516 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:50,340 He would have told Mr. Voss that the job would never be his, that the best he 517 00:28:50,340 --> 00:28:54,640 could hope for would be to fill in temporarily until someone handsome and 518 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:56,520 someone who popped, came along. 519 00:28:57,420 --> 00:29:01,580 He would have told him that, and then Aaron Voss would have acted accordingly. 520 00:29:02,940 --> 00:29:04,000 But he didn't do that. 521 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,540 As a result, Aaron Voss was lied to. 522 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:10,400 He was used. 523 00:29:11,380 --> 00:29:12,980 And in the end, he was dismissed. 524 00:29:13,660 --> 00:29:16,020 At what point do we hold someone accountable for lying? 525 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:18,740 At the point that someone else is hurt. 526 00:29:19,500 --> 00:29:22,780 Accordingly, I ask you to award Aaron Voss the sum of $1 million. 527 00:29:28,060 --> 00:29:34,820 One thing I'm sure of after sitting through this trial, I wouldn't want Mel 528 00:29:34,820 --> 00:29:35,900 Reckchafer's job. 529 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:41,400 I wouldn't want to have to be in a position to guarantee that every 530 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:43,100 made... was a right decision. 531 00:29:44,260 --> 00:29:48,320 I wouldn't want to have to think that once I hired someone, I was foreclosed 532 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:49,340 from firing them. 533 00:29:49,900 --> 00:29:53,280 I wouldn't want to have to factor into the way that I did my job whether or not 534 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:56,760 someone would be sufficiently disappointed to sue me. 535 00:29:57,420 --> 00:30:01,300 Mel Rexshafer's job is to be a news director for a TV station. 536 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:06,380 L .A. is a very competitive market. Everybody lives or dies by ratings. 537 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:08,840 Part of what he does is to experiment. 538 00:30:09,450 --> 00:30:10,690 He tries things. 539 00:30:10,890 --> 00:30:15,790 Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. The fact that he hired Aaron Voss 540 00:30:15,790 --> 00:30:17,910 signifies that he was willing to take a chance. 541 00:30:18,190 --> 00:30:20,810 In his best judgment, it proved to be a mistake. 542 00:30:21,210 --> 00:30:24,930 Now, that's a subjective call. There are those of us who would differ with it, 543 00:30:24,950 --> 00:30:27,910 but no one can deny that it was his call to make. 544 00:30:28,410 --> 00:30:32,790 Mel Rex Schaefer was well within his rights to fire Aaron Voss. There was no 545 00:30:32,790 --> 00:30:37,110 written agreement to forbid it. There was no guarantee in any way that it 546 00:30:37,110 --> 00:30:38,110 wouldn't happen. 547 00:30:38,270 --> 00:30:44,910 The fact that Aaron Voss was disappointed doesn't allow him to punish 548 00:30:44,910 --> 00:30:47,210 for doing his job. 549 00:30:52,590 --> 00:30:55,190 Did you 550 00:30:55,190 --> 00:31:02,130 advise Mr. Aguilar as to your 551 00:31:02,130 --> 00:31:03,210 wife's involvement with the job? 552 00:31:03,470 --> 00:31:06,130 Yes, I did, and I was as clear as I could be. 553 00:31:06,830 --> 00:31:08,370 on the subject of his getting her approval. 554 00:31:08,570 --> 00:31:11,930 The fact that he didn't do that was nobody's fault but his own. Did he ever 555 00:31:11,930 --> 00:31:14,810 indicate to you that the monetary terms of your agreement weren't acceptable to 556 00:31:14,810 --> 00:31:15,870 him? No, he did not. 557 00:31:16,090 --> 00:31:19,410 Did you ever have a discussion with him regarding payment for additional work? 558 00:31:19,670 --> 00:31:20,670 There's nothing to discuss. 559 00:31:21,110 --> 00:31:23,110 I did exactly what I said I would do. 560 00:31:23,390 --> 00:31:25,030 I paid him what I owed him. 561 00:31:25,810 --> 00:31:26,810 I have nothing further. 562 00:31:29,310 --> 00:31:32,230 How is the patio you ended up with, Mr. Larrabee? Is it satisfactory? 563 00:31:33,910 --> 00:31:34,910 It's just fine. 564 00:31:35,210 --> 00:31:36,210 You're happy with it? 565 00:31:36,540 --> 00:31:39,540 Your friends come over and sit on it? You have dinner on it once in a while? 566 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:41,080 Well, as I said, it's just fine. 567 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:45,300 And according to you, the fact that it took six weeks to build rather than two 568 00:31:45,300 --> 00:31:47,260 weeks should have no bearing on the cost. 569 00:31:47,540 --> 00:31:49,500 It wasn't my fault that it took six weeks. 570 00:31:49,700 --> 00:31:53,720 Is it common practice in the building industry for a client to examine each 571 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:55,520 every brick prior to giving their approval? 572 00:31:55,780 --> 00:32:00,140 I don't know whether it is or it isn't. You did know that brick color was an 573 00:32:00,140 --> 00:32:03,460 issue of enormous importance to your wife, though, didn't you? Yes, I did, 574 00:32:03,460 --> 00:32:04,580 told that to Mr. Aguilar. 575 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:08,840 Did your wife ever communicate to you how much Mr. Aguilar expected to be 576 00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:11,240 To be honest, I really don't remember. 577 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:14,720 Now, if she said something about somebody wanting more money, it's 578 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:18,980 possible that I didn't hear it. She sometimes says that I'm selectively 579 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:23,440 And does she ever say that you're selectively dishonest? 580 00:32:25,140 --> 00:32:26,240 No, she does not. 581 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:29,760 In other words, you didn't stiff Mr. Aguilar because he stands on a street 582 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:32,000 corner. You stiffed him because it's what you do. 583 00:32:32,340 --> 00:32:33,340 Objection! Larry! 584 00:32:33,690 --> 00:32:34,690 Sit down. 585 00:32:35,130 --> 00:32:36,930 I want to answer this question. 586 00:32:37,590 --> 00:32:41,650 I go down to that street corner for two reasons. One is I've had my fill of high 587 00:32:41,650 --> 00:32:45,070 -priced contractors, and two, I want to put people to work. 588 00:32:45,630 --> 00:32:46,630 Your people. 589 00:32:46,850 --> 00:32:50,610 I will not sit here and be abused by you because I do that. 590 00:32:50,930 --> 00:32:53,790 And who exactly are my people? 591 00:32:54,150 --> 00:33:00,070 I am a fifth -generation Californian, Mr. Morales, and my family has always 592 00:33:00,070 --> 00:33:02,530 out of its way to help the poor and the underprivileged. 593 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:08,720 I go down to Pico and Sautel, and I hire Mexican workers. 594 00:33:09,580 --> 00:33:12,500 I have them in my house. I have them in my yard. 595 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:14,740 But there's one thing I won't do. 596 00:33:15,220 --> 00:33:18,940 I will not let them take advantage of me. 597 00:33:20,300 --> 00:33:22,340 I have nothing further for this witness. 598 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:25,060 You may step down, Mr. Larrabee. 599 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:37,240 That guy's in there writing the whole thing with a quill pen. 600 00:33:37,500 --> 00:33:41,100 You know, I've been thinking, we may be missing a big opportunity here. What do 601 00:33:41,100 --> 00:33:41,949 you mean? 602 00:33:41,950 --> 00:33:45,690 When we leaned on her vis -a -vis the agency share, she folded like a deck 603 00:33:45,690 --> 00:33:47,210 chair, so I would participate in this ceremony. 604 00:33:47,470 --> 00:33:50,850 Why are we not seeking to better our end of the deal yet again? Mitchell, the 605 00:33:50,850 --> 00:33:53,670 deal is already in place. The structure of the deal is in place. The specifics 606 00:33:53,670 --> 00:33:55,990 of the deal remain, I think, somewhat fluid. 607 00:33:56,210 --> 00:33:57,210 What are you doing, Mitchell? 608 00:33:57,270 --> 00:34:00,490 I think we need to find out just what a Jewish divorce is worth to her. She's 609 00:34:00,490 --> 00:34:03,050 already agreed to everything you've asked for. Which is exactly when the 610 00:34:03,050 --> 00:34:04,050 negotiating begins. 611 00:34:04,170 --> 00:34:06,530 Look, driving a hard bargain is one thing. Going back on your word is 612 00:34:06,530 --> 00:34:09,270 else. Again, I've never done it before. I'm not going to do it now. Hey, hey, 613 00:34:09,270 --> 00:34:10,270 hey, hey. Relax. 614 00:34:10,409 --> 00:34:11,409 The meter's running. 615 00:34:11,580 --> 00:34:12,980 All you got to do is just sit there. 616 00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:21,480 Will the husband and wife who seek to part please draw near? 617 00:34:23,219 --> 00:34:30,120 Moshe Ben Avram, Aviva Baschana. The sofa has prepared the get the witnesses 618 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:30,998 have signed. 619 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,840 Moshe Ben Avram, you give this get of your own free will? 620 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:36,940 Rabbi, Rabbi, Rabbi. 621 00:34:37,580 --> 00:34:40,380 You know, I really don't. 622 00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:42,639 You son of a bitch. 623 00:34:44,620 --> 00:34:47,560 What is it that burdens you, Moshe Ben Avram? 624 00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:48,760 It's a lot of things. 625 00:34:48,860 --> 00:34:49,860 Like what? 626 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:51,780 Like feeling abandoned, Aviva Badkhana. 627 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:53,159 Like feeling betrayed. 628 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:56,540 Like feeling another man comes along, you turn your back on me. What is that? 629 00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:57,960 You drove me away, Mitchell. 630 00:34:58,180 --> 00:35:02,360 How? By working too hard? Mitchell. Excuse me for providing you with a 631 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:06,620 home. Excuse me for buying you a Mercedes 500 SL. 632 00:35:06,820 --> 00:35:08,060 Did you not want me to do that? 633 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:10,300 Sorry. I must have been mistaken. 634 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:11,578 What do you want, Mitchell? 635 00:35:11,580 --> 00:35:13,040 The house. The house? That's right. 636 00:35:13,260 --> 00:35:14,660 I can't believe you want the house. 637 00:35:14,940 --> 00:35:16,780 Woody, I knew nothing about this, I promise you. 638 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:20,400 Withholding a gift for a material gate is a shanda. You know this. 639 00:35:20,620 --> 00:35:24,020 It's a shanda. I can live with it being a shanda. Permit me to tell you a story. 640 00:35:24,340 --> 00:35:25,400 There were two brothers. 641 00:35:25,700 --> 00:35:27,840 One day a stranger offered them food. 642 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:34,380 Before the younger one could eat, the older one took his food away from him 643 00:35:34,380 --> 00:35:35,380 ate both portions. 644 00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:36,680 Uh -huh. 645 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:39,120 The story doesn't have a happy ending, Moshe. 646 00:35:39,700 --> 00:35:41,900 Tafasta marubah lo tafasta. 647 00:35:42,140 --> 00:35:47,520 Rabbi. If you grab too much, you'll wind up with nothing. 648 00:35:48,100 --> 00:35:51,660 Rabbi, with all due respect, spare me the mumbo -jumbo. You work your side of 649 00:35:51,660 --> 00:35:52,660 the street, I'll work mine. 650 00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:55,440 You want the house, Mitchell? Yes, sweetheart, I want the house. You want 651 00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:56,540 house? You can have the house. 652 00:35:56,800 --> 00:36:01,380 Viva Baskana. You should not be coerced like this. Mitchell doesn't care about 653 00:36:01,380 --> 00:36:05,780 the Almighty, Rabbi. I pity you, Mitchell. If you want the house, you can 654 00:36:05,780 --> 00:36:06,780 it. 655 00:36:07,090 --> 00:36:08,330 Sounds to me like we've got a deal. 656 00:36:08,650 --> 00:36:09,870 Come on, Rabbi, let's do it. 657 00:36:10,890 --> 00:36:16,230 Please, remove all jewelry from your hands, and you'll repeat after me, 658 00:36:16,950 --> 00:36:18,270 This be your get. 659 00:36:18,650 --> 00:36:21,670 This be your get. And with it, be you divorced. 660 00:36:22,010 --> 00:36:24,450 And with it, be you divorced. From this time forth. 661 00:36:24,690 --> 00:36:25,710 From this time forth. 662 00:36:26,350 --> 00:36:30,930 Mr. Aguilar's mistake in all of this, Your Honor, wasn't one of workmanship or 663 00:36:30,930 --> 00:36:31,930 business acumen. 664 00:36:32,070 --> 00:36:36,090 It was in assuming that when Miss Larrabee said his compensation would be 665 00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:40,260 She meant paying him a wage commensured with the additional work she was asking 666 00:36:40,260 --> 00:36:44,360 him to do. He didn't realize that in the Larrabee's world, fairness is an 667 00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:49,260 adjustable concept, that it fluctuates based on a person's skin color, his 668 00:36:49,260 --> 00:36:51,680 nationality, and his degree of powerlessness. 669 00:36:52,580 --> 00:36:57,300 He didn't realize he was bargaining with people who believe the haves should 670 00:36:57,300 --> 00:37:00,220 have, and the have -nots are lucky to get anything. 671 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:05,060 He didn't understand that part of the deal was he be passive and 672 00:37:05,100 --> 00:37:06,180 grateful even. 673 00:37:06,430 --> 00:37:08,290 that his very presence was endured. 674 00:37:08,750 --> 00:37:11,670 This is a case, Your Honor, of quantum merit. 675 00:37:12,030 --> 00:37:16,570 When Ms. Larrabee asked Mr. Aguilar to relay the patio, his original contract 676 00:37:16,570 --> 00:37:18,270 with Mr. Larrabee became invalid. 677 00:37:18,610 --> 00:37:22,570 Without a contract, his compensation should be based on the value of his 678 00:37:22,930 --> 00:37:25,770 $2 ,700 for four extra weeks' labor. 679 00:37:26,170 --> 00:37:30,210 That's why we're here, Your Honor. To ask you to tell the Larrabies to hold up 680 00:37:30,210 --> 00:37:31,710 their end of the bargain and be fair. 681 00:37:32,650 --> 00:37:35,570 Pay this man what they owe him. 682 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:44,120 This is not a civil rights case, Your Honor. It is a contract dispute, pure 683 00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:47,920 simple. Mr. Aguilar was hired to build a patio to the Larrabee specifications 684 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:49,500 and satisfaction. 685 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:54,000 Mr. Aguilar said that he could accomplish that in two weeks, and the 686 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:55,000 agreed to a price. 687 00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:59,440 That it ultimately took Mr. Aguilar three times longer to complete the patio 688 00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:02,380 my client's satisfaction is unfortunate for both parties. 689 00:38:02,660 --> 00:38:07,440 It does not, however, represent a breach of contract on the part of my client. 690 00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:12,980 Mrs. Larrabee did not change her mind about the patio. She simply insisted 691 00:38:12,980 --> 00:38:14,200 it be done as originally agreed. 692 00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:19,400 We ask this court to uphold the basic tenets of contract law and fine for the 693 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:20,400 defendants. 694 00:38:22,620 --> 00:38:26,540 The issues in this case seem clear -cut to me, so I'm going to render my 695 00:38:26,540 --> 00:38:27,540 decision now. 696 00:38:29,580 --> 00:38:34,280 Well, I admire your passion and sympathize with your concerns, Mr. 697 00:38:34,780 --> 00:38:39,660 I believe that Mr. Greenhut is right in saying that legally what we have here is 698 00:38:39,660 --> 00:38:44,920 a simple contract dispute, notwithstanding the ethnic prejudice of 699 00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:49,260 and notwithstanding my revulsion at hearing that expressed. 700 00:38:50,220 --> 00:38:56,480 I find there was a pre -existing contract between Mr. Aguilar and Mr. 701 00:38:56,480 --> 00:39:00,400 and that Mrs. Larrabee's demands did nothing to invalidate or change that. 702 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:04,000 Consequently, regardless of my personal feeling... 703 00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:10,020 about Mr. Larrabee's conduct legally, I must find for the defendant. 704 00:39:10,500 --> 00:39:11,500 Case dismissed. 705 00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:14,040 Congratulations. 706 00:39:15,180 --> 00:39:16,180 You win? 707 00:39:16,260 --> 00:39:17,038 I'm sorry. 708 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:18,400 He won't pay me for my work? 709 00:39:18,620 --> 00:39:19,620 We gotta go. 710 00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:27,660 As the jury reached 711 00:39:27,660 --> 00:39:28,578 the verdict. 712 00:39:28,580 --> 00:39:29,660 We have, Your Honor. 713 00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:31,080 What say you? 714 00:39:31,340 --> 00:39:33,620 We find for the plaintiff, Aaron Vaughn. 715 00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:40,220 We award compensatory damages in the sum of $100 ,000 and punitive damages in 716 00:39:40,220 --> 00:39:42,000 the sum of $500 ,000. 717 00:39:42,220 --> 00:39:45,140 The jury is dismissed with the thanks of the court. 718 00:39:45,460 --> 00:39:47,080 We stand adjourned. 719 00:39:52,850 --> 00:39:56,330 Mr. Rex Schaefer. What do you want, Aaron? I have a proposition to make to 720 00:39:56,330 --> 00:39:58,650 and I want you to hear it. Aaron, why don't you and I talk first, and then we 721 00:39:58,650 --> 00:39:59,650 can schedule a conference? 722 00:39:59,690 --> 00:40:01,610 I want to do this now, Ann. What's the proposition? 723 00:40:01,910 --> 00:40:05,890 Keep Kyle as your regular weatherman. On rare occasions when climatic conditions 724 00:40:05,890 --> 00:40:09,430 in Los Angeles are extreme, bring me in. What's extreme? 725 00:40:10,250 --> 00:40:14,310 The highest recorded temperature in September is 108 degrees. If it goes to 726 00:40:14,490 --> 00:40:18,250 I come in. If rainfall exceeds more than three -tenths of an inch in an hour... 727 00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:22,800 I come in. If the barometric pressure drops below 28 inches, I come in. Whoa, 728 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:24,860 whoa, whoa. In other words, you want to play to a full house. 729 00:40:25,100 --> 00:40:28,560 You come in when the weather leads the news, right? I come in when the full 730 00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:32,360 forces of nature have been unleashed and snappy patter is simply inadequate to 731 00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:35,940 explain to people exactly what's going on. I hate that. I will forego the 732 00:40:35,940 --> 00:40:39,280 judgment in its entirety if you will put me back on the air. Aaron, you're 733 00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:42,040 talking about a lot of money. I don't care about the money, Ann. 734 00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:45,880 Not if I get to be a weatherman again. Let me be as clear and succinct about 735 00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:47,100 this as possible, Aaron. 736 00:40:47,790 --> 00:40:52,210 Let me also say, with all the trouble of scheduling another meeting, there could 737 00:40:52,210 --> 00:40:54,410 be tornadoes in downtown Los Angeles. 738 00:40:54,630 --> 00:40:59,110 There could be complete darkness in the middle of the afternoon, and I still 739 00:40:59,110 --> 00:41:01,490 wouldn't put you on the evening news. 740 00:41:02,110 --> 00:41:04,130 Brandon, Kyle, let's go. 741 00:41:04,350 --> 00:41:07,990 Is Kyle Thunder going to be able to expound on the conditions we can expect 742 00:41:07,990 --> 00:41:11,710 in the next two days? Four to six inches of rainfall, massive flooding, 743 00:41:11,850 --> 00:41:15,830 mudslides, homes washed away. Is he going to have any comprehension of the 744 00:41:15,830 --> 00:41:17,270 magnitude of the storm that's coming? 745 00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:18,600 What storm? 746 00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:31,080 Yeah. Daniel. Yeah. 747 00:41:31,580 --> 00:41:32,499 Francisco's here. 748 00:41:32,500 --> 00:41:33,860 Oh, bring him in. 749 00:41:35,740 --> 00:41:36,740 Francisco. 750 00:41:39,060 --> 00:41:43,640 I have some tremendous news for you. Mrs. Larrabee called me. She felt badly 751 00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:45,100 about what happened today in court. 752 00:41:45,460 --> 00:41:46,820 Why? Why does she feel bad? She win. 753 00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:49,580 She must have discovered she has a conscience. 754 00:41:50,020 --> 00:41:52,360 She sent over your whole $2 ,700. 755 00:41:53,860 --> 00:41:54,940 No. Yeah. 756 00:41:55,900 --> 00:41:58,960 But she says she's not going to tell her husband about it, so don't say 757 00:41:58,960 --> 00:41:59,960 anything, okay? 758 00:42:00,300 --> 00:42:01,300 Okay. 759 00:42:01,420 --> 00:42:04,120 Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. 760 00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:08,360 Amigo siempre? 761 00:42:08,820 --> 00:42:10,440 Gracias, Morales. Gracias. 762 00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:12,680 Thank you. 763 00:42:14,380 --> 00:42:16,960 So, Mrs. Larrabee felt badly. 764 00:42:17,500 --> 00:42:18,500 Yeah, she did. 765 00:42:20,180 --> 00:42:22,360 You know, you didn't have to give him the money, Daniel. 766 00:42:22,980 --> 00:42:24,620 Mrs. Larrabee gave him the money. 767 00:42:28,060 --> 00:42:30,740 How did you get to be such a good man, Morales? 768 00:42:31,060 --> 00:42:32,200 What are you talking about? 769 00:42:36,330 --> 00:42:37,410 What are you doing for dinner? 770 00:42:38,890 --> 00:42:40,130 As a matter of fact, I'm free. 771 00:42:40,570 --> 00:42:41,730 I'll pick you up at seven. 772 00:42:42,170 --> 00:42:43,170 Hey. 773 00:42:44,290 --> 00:42:49,310 Um, and, uh, since you're out almost three grand, I'm buying. 774 00:42:56,250 --> 00:42:57,250 This is ridiculous. 775 00:42:57,750 --> 00:42:59,310 What the hell is going on out there? 776 00:42:59,950 --> 00:43:04,570 Wow. Arnie, I have to tell you this is absolutely unconscionable. Hey, hey, 777 00:43:04,570 --> 00:43:07,070 nobody put a gun to her head. She could have gone without a Jewish divorce. 778 00:43:07,630 --> 00:43:10,290 She could have taken her chances invoking the wrath of the Almighty. 779 00:43:11,190 --> 00:43:13,590 Enough, Mitchell. Don't make this any worse than it is. 780 00:43:14,090 --> 00:43:15,090 Well, what is it? 781 00:43:15,270 --> 00:43:18,790 Am I not sufficiently humble? Are we offended because I've been heard to mock 782 00:43:18,790 --> 00:43:19,970 the tenets of someone's faith? 783 00:43:20,190 --> 00:43:21,490 Am I in trouble with the man upstairs? 784 00:43:21,730 --> 00:43:22,730 What? 785 00:43:23,510 --> 00:43:25,270 Arnie, turn on the news. Channel 3. 786 00:43:31,020 --> 00:43:34,760 Now, with a live update on some of the havoc the storm is causing here in the 787 00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:37,520 Southland, our weatherman, Kyle Thunder. 788 00:43:37,820 --> 00:43:42,820 Hi, honey, I'm home. What's for dinner? Hey, not much if you live here, folks. 789 00:43:43,300 --> 00:43:48,380 Torrential rains have swept through Los Angeles, causing mucho tie -up on area 790 00:43:48,380 --> 00:43:54,300 freeways and a major headache for Mitchell and Allison Shine, whose home 791 00:43:54,300 --> 00:43:59,440 El Yunque Drive in the ultra -ripsy Pacific Palisades was utterly destroyed 792 00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:03,480 mudslides. Fortunately, theirs was the only home to have suffered major damage. 793 00:44:03,720 --> 00:44:07,840 So far, the crews on the site have recovered a cedar hope chest, and that's 794 00:44:07,840 --> 00:44:08,840 about all. 795 00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:11,300 Kyle Thunder, KTLW News. 796 00:44:11,660 --> 00:44:14,740 Thank you, Kyle. And goodness sakes, get in and out of the rain. 797 00:44:15,180 --> 00:44:17,440 The Southland was also experiencing weather.