1 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:02,760 Well, well. 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,600 If that isn't an altacumulus undulatus that I see. 3 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:09,340 Aaron. I'm referring to the clouds currently visible from your office 4 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:12,640 Aaron, we have got to discuss whether or not you want to proceed to trial. 5 00:00:13,180 --> 00:00:15,060 Of course I want to proceed to trial. 6 00:00:15,540 --> 00:00:17,500 I was defrauded by these people. 7 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:19,080 There's a settlement offer on the table. 8 00:00:19,460 --> 00:00:22,220 Ann, I want to be a television weatherman. 9 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,160 I've devoted myself to the study of meteorology. 10 00:00:25,420 --> 00:00:28,600 I'm possessed of the expertise. I had the job. I want the job back. 11 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,940 Understand, though, that even if we prove that the station dealt with you in 12 00:00:31,940 --> 00:00:35,800 faith, all we can get is money. We can't compel them to rehire you. If we win, 13 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:38,880 and I have every faith that we will, it may be too expensive for them not to 14 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:39,880 rehire me. 15 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:42,180 Oh, I'm sorry. 16 00:00:42,460 --> 00:00:45,640 I've put Manny Hellman's file in my briefcase by mistake. I thought you 17 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:47,320 want to look at it. You were expecting precipitation? 18 00:00:47,900 --> 00:00:50,660 Yeah, they said so in the 11 o 'clock news. Stuart, thanks for the file. 19 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:53,900 Did you happen to check the barometric pressure? 20 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:56,660 No, actually, I didn't. The dew point? 21 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:00,620 No. Either of those indicators would have told you all you needed to know. 22 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:02,680 There was no lower atmosphere depression. 23 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:05,680 The air mass currently over Los Angeles is completely stable. 24 00:01:05,940 --> 00:01:08,260 Where exactly was the precipitation going to come from? 25 00:01:08,660 --> 00:01:11,580 I don't know. I just listened to the weather report. Aaron, we've really got 26 00:01:11,580 --> 00:01:14,240 get going. He just listened to the weather report. See, that's what most 27 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,400 do. They just listen to the weather report. They don't analyze the data. 28 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:20,160 don't corroborate the data by an empirical examination of atmospheric 29 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,180 conditions. They don't stick their heads out the window and... Aaron, we've got 30 00:01:23,180 --> 00:01:26,340 to go to court. Okay. Nice to have met you. Yes, nice to have met you. 31 00:01:30,990 --> 00:01:34,710 You know, it never fails. You carry an umbrella, and it doesn't rain. You were 32 00:01:34,710 --> 00:01:35,710 expecting precipitation? 33 00:01:35,850 --> 00:01:37,730 Aaron, gotta go. Okay. 34 00:03:11,150 --> 00:03:12,150 Bye. 35 00:03:47,310 --> 00:03:53,070 Boss versus KTLW and Kelsey. We represent Aaron Boss. He's suing the 36 00:03:53,070 --> 00:03:57,270 of KTLW for dismissing him as their on -air weatherman. What was the cause of 37 00:03:57,270 --> 00:04:01,030 action? Fraud. He claims that when they hired him, they said they wanted a real 38 00:04:01,030 --> 00:04:04,310 weatherman. Then they fired him and brought in a stand -up comedian. 39 00:04:04,650 --> 00:04:07,630 No chance of settling this one, is there? I brought him the settlement 40 00:04:07,630 --> 00:04:08,730 turned it down. All right. 41 00:04:09,570 --> 00:04:10,790 Aguila versus Larrabee. 42 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:13,760 I've got a settlement conference rescheduled. If that doesn't do it, we 43 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:17,660 trial. Wait a minute. Why would we go to trial over a $2 ,700 debt? That's how 44 00:04:17,660 --> 00:04:21,120 much our client is owed. Wait a minute. Why are we even talking about going to 45 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:22,260 trial over $2 ,700? 46 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:25,960 Because we can't impose a settlement on a client, Douglas. What's he supposed to 47 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:29,200 do? Not take the case to begin with, how about? Or take the case. 48 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,180 But let him know from the onset that you're not going to court over an 49 00:04:32,180 --> 00:04:34,900 insignificant amount of money. Did it ever occur to you that it might not be 50 00:04:34,900 --> 00:04:38,360 insignificant to our client? It's insignificant in terms of how much 51 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:39,159 will generate. 52 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:40,760 Consider it pro bono, Douglas. 53 00:04:41,020 --> 00:04:42,660 We've got the case. Let it go at that. 54 00:04:42,940 --> 00:04:45,340 If it's all right, I'd like to follow this one. You're welcome to. 55 00:04:45,540 --> 00:04:49,060 Great. Anyone else? I mean, I think we should try and take as much of a loss in 56 00:04:49,060 --> 00:04:51,800 this case as possible. Yeah, I'm certainly available if you need me, 57 00:04:51,900 --> 00:04:52,839 Well, I have an idea. 58 00:04:52,840 --> 00:04:56,120 Why don't I just write a personal check for the full amount and be done with it? 59 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:57,900 My client wouldn't take it, that's why. 60 00:04:58,330 --> 00:04:59,330 I see. 61 00:04:59,850 --> 00:05:02,370 Okay. Move along, Douglas. I need to say something else. 62 00:05:02,650 --> 00:05:05,610 Every morning on my way to work, I drive past a lumber yard. 63 00:05:06,010 --> 00:05:10,290 I see all these Latino men standing around chomping at the bit to go to 64 00:05:10,290 --> 00:05:13,290 while back, I wanted to have my yard cleared out. I hired this one guy who I 65 00:05:13,290 --> 00:05:15,290 on that corner every morning to do it. 66 00:05:16,210 --> 00:05:18,310 I got to like him. I got to trust him. 67 00:05:18,690 --> 00:05:21,350 When he told me what happened to him, I offered to represent him. 68 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:25,560 $2 ,700 might seem like nothing to us, but to this man, it means the difference 69 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,800 between being able to feed his family and seeing them starve. 70 00:05:30,840 --> 00:05:33,200 I intend to see to it that he gets what he's owed. 71 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:36,460 Shine versus shine. 72 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:39,240 That's mine. 73 00:05:39,260 --> 00:05:43,380 Mitchell, shine is an agent whose wife is divorcing him. The only issue is 74 00:05:43,380 --> 00:05:47,020 money. Well, that makes it simple, Arnie, doesn't it? Why would that make 75 00:05:47,020 --> 00:05:48,560 simple? Community property? 76 00:05:48,900 --> 00:05:52,700 Lit it down the middle? When they hire me, Melina, it's never simple. 77 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:55,140 And even if it were, he'd never let them know that. 78 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:57,220 See, that's what I call smart lawyering. 79 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,320 Okay, we've prepared a cashier's check for $1 ,350. 80 00:06:04,100 --> 00:06:05,560 You owe me $2 ,700. 81 00:06:05,860 --> 00:06:07,860 I don't owe you anything. 82 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,080 I'm willing to pay you something. He's actually willing to pay you quite a bit. 83 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:12,300 Just to put this thing to rest. 84 00:06:12,580 --> 00:06:15,340 No. Does he understand what's going on here? He understands perfectly. 85 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:16,600 I'm not sure that he does. 86 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:20,260 Let me spell this out for you, Mr. Aguilar. 87 00:06:20,780 --> 00:06:22,040 I am an attorney. 88 00:06:22,260 --> 00:06:27,340 Mr. Greenhut here works in my law firm. I pay him a salary whether he handles 89 00:06:27,340 --> 00:06:32,640 his case or not. In other words, it doesn't cost me a thing to litigate 90 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:37,660 You, on the other hand, lose money every day you spend sitting in a courtroom. 91 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:40,540 Not to mention the $13 .50 you can have right now. 92 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:43,820 I give you fair price my work. That's all I want. 93 00:06:44,500 --> 00:06:46,880 Not much of a businessman, is he? Maybe not. 94 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,660 On the other hand, maybe he just doesn't like your condescending tone of voice. 95 00:06:49,860 --> 00:06:53,620 I wasn't condescending, Counselor. First you cheat him, then you talk down to 96 00:06:53,620 --> 00:06:57,080 him? You don't have a whole lot of goodwill to trade on in this room, Mr. 97 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,380 Larrabee. I find you offensive, Mr. Morales. 98 00:06:59,740 --> 00:07:01,040 Offensive and insulting. 99 00:07:01,340 --> 00:07:03,880 And I don't believe you're acting in your client's best interest. 100 00:07:04,620 --> 00:07:05,900 See you in court, my friend. 101 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:13,880 What do we do now? Trial step at 2 o 'clock. 102 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:15,120 Want to go get some lunch? 103 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:19,280 No, gracias. I bring something from home. I'll see you at 2 o 'clock? When? 104 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:24,720 What? Nothing. 105 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:26,360 Nothing? 106 00:07:27,260 --> 00:07:30,640 I just think that there was a deal to be made there. If what? I've been a little 107 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:31,639 more respectful? 108 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:33,520 Is it really necessary to go on the attack? 109 00:07:33,780 --> 00:07:34,920 The guy is a racist, Gwen. 110 00:07:35,740 --> 00:07:38,840 Is it really that he's racist? Isn't it just that he's a jerk? He's a racist. 111 00:07:41,580 --> 00:07:44,940 I'd like for you to describe for us, if you will, what took place during your 112 00:07:44,940 --> 00:07:48,620 first meeting with Mr. Rex Schaefer. He asked me to do the weather, and I said I 113 00:07:48,620 --> 00:07:52,500 would consider the job if and only if the station were willing to commit 114 00:07:52,500 --> 00:07:55,340 to approaching weather forecasting with some seriousness of purpose. 115 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:57,300 Did he appear willing to make that commitment? 116 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,420 Yes, he did. Would you tell the court what you did as a result? 117 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:05,200 I left a teaching position at Cal State. I designed an entire array of graphics 118 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:09,360 to better explain meteorological phenomenon to a lay public, and I told 119 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:12,480 family and friends that I had finally found the job that I had dreamed about 120 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:13,520 having since I was a little boy. 121 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:17,220 How did it go? First week, it went very well. 122 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,240 There were a number of interesting climatic events. 123 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:24,760 There was a low -pressure center in the Rockies. There was a cluster of 124 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:28,940 thunderstorms over the Midwest, and I reported on them, and I reported on the 125 00:08:28,940 --> 00:08:29,940 local area. 126 00:08:29,950 --> 00:08:31,650 And I was 100 % accurate in my forecast. 127 00:08:31,970 --> 00:08:33,830 What happened on the second week? 128 00:08:34,090 --> 00:08:35,090 Everything changed. 129 00:08:35,289 --> 00:08:39,090 I was given these ridiculous new clothes to wear. I was given different colored 130 00:08:39,090 --> 00:08:42,610 eyeglasses. I was given jokes to tell during the weather segment of the news. 131 00:08:42,890 --> 00:08:43,890 And how did you respond? 132 00:08:44,030 --> 00:08:49,470 I went along. I tried to do my best. I tried to maintain as much dignity as the 133 00:08:49,470 --> 00:08:52,110 new clothes and the new glasses and the new jokes would allow. 134 00:08:52,570 --> 00:08:53,850 How was week number three? 135 00:08:54,190 --> 00:08:55,450 There was no week number three. 136 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:58,920 I came in for work on Monday and Mr. Rex Schaefer told me that I had been 137 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:03,300 replaced by somebody named Kyle Funder. What reason was given, Mr. Voss? I was 138 00:09:03,300 --> 00:09:05,480 informed by Mr. Rex Schaefer that I didn't pop. 139 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,420 Thank you, Mr. Voss. I have no further questions, Your Honor. 140 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:15,040 Did your contract with the station call for you to be put on the air more than 141 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:16,040 two weeks? 142 00:09:16,220 --> 00:09:19,600 My conversations with Mel Rexhaver called for more than that. Oh, are you 143 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:24,100 Mr. Rexhaver agreed to jeopardize the commercial viability of a major market 144 00:09:24,100 --> 00:09:28,160 television station in order to fulfill a childhood fantasy of yours? Objection. 145 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:33,460 It was a fantasy, Mr. Voss. You don't look like a weatherman. You don't sound 146 00:09:33,460 --> 00:09:34,700 like a weatherman. 147 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:38,520 Objection, Your Honor. What a weatherman looks like. Mr. Voss. Not Kyle Thunder 148 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:41,000 or Drizzle McManus or Cloud Stevens. Me. 149 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:44,980 Aaron Voss. Do you know what the weather's going to be like on Thursday? 150 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:46,480 I do. 151 00:09:46,620 --> 00:09:50,240 There is a low -pressure center forming off the coast of Baja that's going to 152 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:53,240 create a major thunderstorm by Friday morning. Your Honor, I would ask that 153 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:56,600 witness's response in its entirety be stricken. So ordered. The witness's 154 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:59,360 response is stricken. The jury will disregard it. 155 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:03,820 Why? Because your ability to forecast the weather has nothing whatever to do 156 00:10:03,820 --> 00:10:05,780 with this trial. Forgive me, Your Honor, but why? 157 00:10:06,140 --> 00:10:10,600 Miss Kelsey, please advise your client as to both the issues of this trial and 158 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:12,340 the proper protocol of this courtroom. 159 00:10:12,680 --> 00:10:15,880 Yes, Your Honor. Does Mr. McCafferty have any further questions for this 160 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:20,140 witness? No, Your Honor. In that case, we'll take our noon recess. Court will 161 00:10:20,140 --> 00:10:21,780 reconvene at 2 p .m. 162 00:10:27,339 --> 00:10:28,720 I see you brought your umbrella. 163 00:10:29,680 --> 00:10:31,720 Did Kyle Thunder tell you it was going to rain? 164 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:33,120 Aaron? 165 00:10:37,300 --> 00:10:43,360 Mr. Aguilar, would you tell us, please, where you first met Andrew Larrabee? 166 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:45,200 The corner of Pico and Sotel. 167 00:10:45,500 --> 00:10:49,820 I'm looking for work. He drive up and hire me. What did he hire you to do? He 168 00:10:49,820 --> 00:10:52,600 asked me if I could lay bricks. I said, yes, I could do this. 169 00:10:53,100 --> 00:10:55,480 He asked how much it cost to build a patio. 170 00:10:56,090 --> 00:10:58,770 I say I can do for $2 ,000. 171 00:10:59,050 --> 00:11:00,530 Did he accept that offer? 172 00:11:00,950 --> 00:11:02,750 Yes. Tell us what happens next. 173 00:11:03,550 --> 00:11:05,130 I bought bricks. 174 00:11:05,330 --> 00:11:07,190 I showed them to Ms. 175 00:11:07,430 --> 00:11:10,690 Larabai. She said they're okay. I built the patio. 176 00:11:11,270 --> 00:11:12,270 Were you paid? 177 00:11:13,170 --> 00:11:19,270 No. When she saw it finished, Ms. Larabai say bricks I use too orange. She 178 00:11:19,270 --> 00:11:21,790 tear down what I do and start over. 179 00:11:22,250 --> 00:11:23,250 What did you say? 180 00:11:23,590 --> 00:11:25,190 I say you have to pay for that. 181 00:11:25,530 --> 00:11:28,310 What price did you give them for the additional work? 182 00:11:29,150 --> 00:11:34,910 Price of bricks, need to pay helper, time to tear down patio, put in new one, 183 00:11:35,010 --> 00:11:37,290 plus the $500 they owe me. 184 00:11:37,490 --> 00:11:40,590 I give them price $3 ,200. 185 00:11:41,310 --> 00:11:43,230 And how did Mrs. Larrabee respond? 186 00:11:43,670 --> 00:11:48,050 She said they're going to have a party. She wants it done by end of the month. 187 00:11:48,150 --> 00:11:50,110 Did you finish it by the end of the month? Yes. 188 00:11:50,330 --> 00:11:51,810 What happened at that point? 189 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:56,520 Mr. Larbi gave me $500 and six -pack beer. 190 00:11:56,980 --> 00:11:58,040 I have nothing further. 191 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:03,760 Had Mrs. Larbi seen all the bricks at the time you claim she approved them? 192 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:06,180 I have them piled. She see ones on top. 193 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:07,560 So she hadn't seen them all? 194 00:12:08,060 --> 00:12:10,440 Why didn't she say she needed to see them all? 195 00:12:11,050 --> 00:12:14,810 Wasn't it incumbent upon you as the brick mason to inform her that she did 196 00:12:14,810 --> 00:12:15,810 to see them all? 197 00:12:15,830 --> 00:12:19,170 Weren't you the only one in a position to know that the color wasn't uniform? 198 00:12:19,530 --> 00:12:21,170 Objection. Assuming facts not in evidence. 199 00:12:21,470 --> 00:12:23,370 Sustained. They were bricks, sir. 200 00:12:23,590 --> 00:12:24,650 They looked like bricks. 201 00:12:24,970 --> 00:12:27,970 Isn't it the case, Mr. Aguilar, that you had this woman over a barrel? 202 00:12:28,490 --> 00:12:30,590 No. She wasn't privy to the original agreement. 203 00:12:30,810 --> 00:12:33,650 She wasn't happy with the work. She was desperate that the job be finished. 204 00:12:34,090 --> 00:12:36,850 You decided to take advantage of the situation, didn't you? You figured you'd 205 00:12:36,850 --> 00:12:37,850 stick him for more money. 206 00:12:38,050 --> 00:12:41,270 Objection. Counsel is badgering this man. I'm cross -examining him, Your 207 00:12:41,330 --> 00:12:42,189 That's all I'm doing. 208 00:12:42,190 --> 00:12:45,630 That's not all you're doing, Mr. Greenhut. You are badgering him, and I'm 209 00:12:45,630 --> 00:12:46,670 instructing you to stop it. 210 00:12:47,290 --> 00:12:48,290 Objection sustained. 211 00:12:48,450 --> 00:12:54,630 Mr. Aguilar, you testified that Mr. Larrabee paid you $500 when you finished 212 00:12:54,630 --> 00:12:55,630 job. 213 00:12:57,190 --> 00:12:58,190 Is this the check? 214 00:12:58,870 --> 00:13:02,710 Yes. Asked that this be received into evidence and marked Defense Exhibit 1. 215 00:13:03,230 --> 00:13:05,290 So ordered. Is that your signature on the back? 216 00:13:06,030 --> 00:13:09,390 Yes. What does the notation on the front of the check read? 217 00:13:10,290 --> 00:13:12,190 Full final payment. 218 00:13:12,570 --> 00:13:17,250 So, in other words, by accepting this check, you agree that $500 was all that 219 00:13:17,250 --> 00:13:18,069 you were owed. 220 00:13:18,070 --> 00:13:20,510 Sir, I take check because I need to make money. 221 00:13:20,710 --> 00:13:25,570 I need to pay rent. I need to buy food. Mr. Aguilar, did Andrew Larrabee ever 222 00:13:25,570 --> 00:13:30,850 say that he would pay you a dime more than the price you initially agreed 223 00:13:33,140 --> 00:13:34,580 No. I have no further questions. 224 00:13:42,820 --> 00:13:46,720 Yes, but I understand you walked away with all the marbles in the McAnally 225 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:50,460 We did very well in McAnally. Oh, you've got a lawyer that takes no prisoners, 226 00:13:50,560 --> 00:13:51,279 you know that? 227 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:52,280 Why would you take prisoners? 228 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:53,840 You gotta feed prisoners. 229 00:13:53,940 --> 00:13:56,860 You know, slouch yourself, Horty. You do remember the woman with the oxygen 230 00:13:56,860 --> 00:14:00,260 tank? Oh, let's not get into that right now. She's cross -examining the 78 -year 231 00:14:00,260 --> 00:14:03,540 -old woman with such bad emphysema she had an oxygen tank next to the witness 232 00:14:03,540 --> 00:14:06,540 stand. Oh, by the time Horty got down with her, they took her out of the 233 00:14:06,540 --> 00:14:09,200 courtroom on a stretcher. She was concealing assets. 234 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:10,219 That she was. 235 00:14:10,220 --> 00:14:13,180 Hey, if physical infirmities gave us a license to steal, the richest people in 236 00:14:13,180 --> 00:14:16,160 the world would all be crippled. I am very uncomfortable with this discussion. 237 00:14:16,340 --> 00:14:17,840 Can we get back to our matter, please? 238 00:14:18,260 --> 00:14:21,980 Absolutely. The house in Pacific Palisades. Sell it and split the 239 00:14:22,300 --> 00:14:24,380 Beautiful. The partnership interest in the agency. 240 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:27,820 What's the matter, Horty? There isn't enough to divide up here? You have to go 241 00:14:27,820 --> 00:14:30,720 after the business, too? Gotta go after everything, Arnie. If I didn't, you'd 242 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:31,720 take it as a sign of weakness. 243 00:14:31,940 --> 00:14:33,820 Oh, I'm gonna have a problem with this one, you know that? 244 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:37,200 Let's put the agency interest aside for the time being. 245 00:14:37,580 --> 00:14:38,359 All right. 246 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:41,380 Let's put it on the side. The house in Martha's Vineyard. He owned it before 247 00:14:41,380 --> 00:14:44,560 they got married. It was his shack before they were married. When we moved 248 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:46,100 together, you had a cedar hope chest. 249 00:14:46,570 --> 00:14:47,289 That's it? 250 00:14:47,290 --> 00:14:48,870 Now all of a sudden you want a piece of everything? 251 00:14:49,370 --> 00:14:52,650 What have you been doing, Allison, taking greed injections? I was married 252 00:14:52,650 --> 00:14:53,670 for 12 years, Mitchell. 253 00:14:53,870 --> 00:14:56,750 Right, during which time I was the breadwinner. I know you were the 254 00:14:56,830 --> 00:14:59,750 I know you were the world -beater. But I was the one who was desperately 255 00:14:59,750 --> 00:15:02,250 unhappy, and I think I should be compensated for that. 256 00:15:03,010 --> 00:15:06,170 This is the Jonah factor at work, isn't it? Since you brought up the subject of 257 00:15:06,170 --> 00:15:09,430 Jonah, there is one more thing I need from you. Oh, yeah? What's that? 258 00:15:09,690 --> 00:15:10,690 A get. 259 00:15:12,170 --> 00:15:12,969 What's a get? 260 00:15:12,970 --> 00:15:15,890 It's a document that makes the divorce official in the Jewish religion. 261 00:15:17,140 --> 00:15:19,300 What are you, reclaiming your faith, Allison? 262 00:15:19,620 --> 00:15:20,860 That's exactly what I'm doing. 263 00:15:21,180 --> 00:15:25,700 Jonah is a spiritual man. He's a devout Jew, and I intend to share his devotion. 264 00:15:26,020 --> 00:15:27,020 How nice. 265 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:30,460 And what's this get going to cost me? It's not going to cost you anything. 266 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:34,520 You just have to come with me to a rabbi and participate in his ceremony. 267 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:37,060 What, it's going to consume like an entire day? 268 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:40,460 No, it's not going to consume an entire day. Can I suggest that we wrap this up 269 00:15:40,460 --> 00:15:44,120 for today? Both of us go back and figure what we need in order to settle. All 270 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:47,540 right. But I'm not letting Allison sign anything that doesn't represent a full 271 00:15:47,540 --> 00:15:50,060 split of all the marital property. And all means all. 272 00:15:53,580 --> 00:15:54,760 I'm so glad you're here. 273 00:15:55,060 --> 00:15:56,060 Are you okay? 274 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:57,240 Call me tomorrow morning? 275 00:15:57,780 --> 00:15:58,780 Mitchell. 276 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:02,440 I'm Mitchell, Allison's husband. 277 00:16:03,060 --> 00:16:04,880 You must be the Baal Shem Tov. 278 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:06,240 How do you do? 279 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:07,640 I'm curious. 280 00:16:08,020 --> 00:16:11,080 I wonder what the Talmud says about stealing another man's wife. 281 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:14,600 Mitchell, don't do this. I met Allison long after the two of you had separated. 282 00:16:15,100 --> 00:16:18,400 We were still married at the time, were we not? She was still my wife, was she 283 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:21,840 not? Yes, she was. Tony, you don't have to listen to this. I wonder what the big 284 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:25,020 man's going to say, huh? Mitchell, come on. I don't know what the big man's 285 00:16:25,020 --> 00:16:26,020 going to say. 286 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:28,580 I know that we all have to answer for what we do. 287 00:16:28,910 --> 00:16:31,490 That's right, my friend. And he's not going to cut you any slack because 288 00:16:31,490 --> 00:16:34,230 wearing a yarmulke. Mr. Shine, if I were in your position, I'd feel everything 289 00:16:34,230 --> 00:16:35,270 that you're feeling right now. 290 00:16:35,610 --> 00:16:37,810 I know that my presence here is hurtful to you. 291 00:16:38,090 --> 00:16:39,930 I came because Allison asked me to. 292 00:16:40,390 --> 00:16:42,030 And I'm not going to apologize for that. 293 00:16:42,530 --> 00:16:46,210 I need all the emotional support I can get. Can we go, folks? It was nice to 294 00:16:46,210 --> 00:16:47,210 have met you. 295 00:16:51,070 --> 00:16:52,750 Mrs. Larrabee, did Mr. 296 00:16:53,070 --> 00:16:55,850 Aguilar show you the bricks before he built the patio? 297 00:16:56,330 --> 00:16:59,370 He showed me some of the bricks. He didn't show me all of the bricks. 298 00:16:59,610 --> 00:17:01,210 Did you ask to see all of the bricks? 299 00:17:01,530 --> 00:17:06,470 No, I didn't, but only because I assumed that Mr. Aguilar would be as sensitive 300 00:17:06,470 --> 00:17:11,530 to uniformity and color as I was. I assumed that he was more of an artisan 301 00:17:11,530 --> 00:17:12,169 he was. 302 00:17:12,170 --> 00:17:13,829 What did you say to Mr. 303 00:17:14,050 --> 00:17:15,970 Aguilar when you saw the finished patio? 304 00:17:16,510 --> 00:17:21,670 I said I was unhappy. I said the color of the brick was garish. That rather 305 00:17:21,670 --> 00:17:27,970 evoking the stately, somewhat worn quality, such as you're apt to see in 306 00:17:27,970 --> 00:17:33,690 Virginia or Massachusetts, that this called to mind the worst, most parvenu 307 00:17:33,690 --> 00:17:35,230 sections of New Jersey. 308 00:17:35,570 --> 00:17:40,030 I couldn't live with it. I didn't care what it entailed. I wanted it replaced. 309 00:17:40,510 --> 00:17:42,210 You said that to Mr. Aguilar? 310 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:45,420 Well, not exactly in those words, obviously. 311 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:49,980 But I told him that I wanted it done over. 312 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:51,880 Did he tell you how much that would cost? 313 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:53,239 Yes, he did. 314 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:54,500 And did you agree to pay that amount? 315 00:17:54,980 --> 00:17:58,040 What I agreed to was that I would take it up with my husband. 316 00:17:58,420 --> 00:18:02,460 That's all I agreed to. But you did tell him, did you not, to start work? 317 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:06,340 I asked him to get started because I needed to get it done. 318 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:10,600 But by telling him to get started, weren't you tacitly agreeing to the 319 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:12,200 terms Mr. Aguilar presented? 320 00:18:12,700 --> 00:18:13,700 Well, not at all. 321 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:15,820 I told him that we'd be fair. 322 00:18:16,100 --> 00:18:17,100 Were you fair? 323 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:18,920 I think we were. 324 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:21,820 How long was he working at your house? 325 00:18:22,220 --> 00:18:28,040 Six weeks, which, by the way, I endured without complaining. You endured? 326 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:29,320 Yes, I endured. 327 00:18:30,260 --> 00:18:33,800 It's not easy having workmen at your house six days a week. 328 00:18:34,660 --> 00:18:38,320 Do you know how much Mr. Aguilar's wages ended up being for this job, ma 'am? 329 00:18:38,910 --> 00:18:42,710 All I know is that we made four payments of $500 each. 330 00:18:42,950 --> 00:18:45,970 Would it surprise you to learn that after deducting the cost of materials 331 00:18:45,970 --> 00:18:52,090 helper, he would be making just under $26 a day for a 10 -hour day that comes 332 00:18:52,090 --> 00:18:54,370 out to $2 .60 an hour? 333 00:18:54,590 --> 00:18:57,750 Well, I never really thought about what his hourly wage was. 334 00:18:58,130 --> 00:18:59,130 I'm sure you didn't. 335 00:18:59,250 --> 00:19:05,190 God, I can't believe I'm being put through this. You know, Andrew, it isn't 336 00:19:05,190 --> 00:19:07,410 worth it. It just isn't worth it. 337 00:19:11,590 --> 00:19:14,710 What's your occupation, Mr. Thunder? I'm the guy who tells you whether or not 338 00:19:14,710 --> 00:19:16,830 you can afford to let your smile be your umbrella. 339 00:19:18,210 --> 00:19:19,950 I'm the weatherman at KTLW. 340 00:19:20,150 --> 00:19:23,270 And, by the way, is today a beautiful day or what? 341 00:19:23,670 --> 00:19:27,250 Would you tell the court how you came to be the weatherman on KTLW? I was 342 00:19:27,250 --> 00:19:31,450 appearing at the comedy store right here in West Hollywood, and one night Mel 343 00:19:31,450 --> 00:19:34,950 Rexhaver approached me and asked me to screen test. When he saw the results, he 344 00:19:34,950 --> 00:19:35,950 offered me the job. 345 00:19:36,010 --> 00:19:37,010 And what was your response? 346 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:40,140 My response was yes, as in definitely, as in where do I sign? 347 00:19:40,460 --> 00:19:41,820 Were you able to start immediately? 348 00:19:42,300 --> 00:19:46,520 Actually, no. No, I was booked on a cruise ship, and we couldn't get out of 349 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:48,520 so we agreed that I would start as soon as I got back. 350 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:52,060 To the best of your knowledge, who did Mr. Rex Schaefer hire in the interim? 351 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:56,220 I guess he hired Mr. Voss. What did Mr. Rex Schaefer indicate to you were the 352 00:19:56,220 --> 00:19:57,760 requirements for a weatherman? 353 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:00,700 Timing, personality, the right look. 354 00:20:01,310 --> 00:20:02,630 You know, that certain bubbing. 355 00:20:02,850 --> 00:20:06,430 Did you know anything about meteorology? I know that if you see a guy named Noah 356 00:20:06,430 --> 00:20:09,090 with a tape measure and a skill saw, a pretty good chance it's going to rain. 357 00:20:09,850 --> 00:20:13,470 This is the way he does his weather reports. That's enough, Mr. Voss. 358 00:20:13,690 --> 00:20:17,590 Uh, Mr. Thunder, did you have any science background of any kind? 359 00:20:17,830 --> 00:20:19,450 I have no science background. 360 00:20:19,730 --> 00:20:22,250 Did Mr. Ruckshaver ever express any concern about that? 361 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:26,060 No, he didn't. I told him that was a quick study. I told him that I would 362 00:20:26,060 --> 00:20:29,720 up the ins and outs of forecasting as we went along, and that seemed to satisfy 363 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:30,479 him just fine. 364 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:34,120 Have you managed to do that? Mr. Voss, I've been at it for a year. You must 365 00:20:34,120 --> 00:20:36,400 it down pat by now. Mr. Voss, that's enough. 366 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:37,760 Wow, are we bitter. 367 00:20:37,980 --> 00:20:42,000 Tell us, was Kyle Thunder your name at the time that Mr. Rexhaver first 368 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:43,000 approached you? 369 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:46,020 No. What was your name? Bobby Rappaport. 370 00:20:46,420 --> 00:20:51,060 So, Kyle Thunder was, in effect, a creation of Mr. Rexhaver, wasn't he? No, 371 00:20:51,060 --> 00:20:54,890 wasn't. Mr. Rexhaver and I sat down together in a room and came up with who 372 00:20:54,890 --> 00:20:55,729 Thunder would be. 373 00:20:55,730 --> 00:20:57,310 When was it that the two of you did that? 374 00:20:57,690 --> 00:20:59,190 Right before I went on the cruise. 375 00:20:59,510 --> 00:21:03,710 In other words, before Aaron Voss was ever approached to do the weather, you 376 00:21:03,710 --> 00:21:06,330 Mel Rexhaver had already worked out who the weatherman would be. 377 00:21:06,590 --> 00:21:09,630 You know, I never wanted to get dragged into this, okay? I have nothing against 378 00:21:09,630 --> 00:21:10,469 Mr. Voss. 379 00:21:10,470 --> 00:21:14,850 I bring my own brand of high energy and happiness to a world that's woefully in 380 00:21:14,850 --> 00:21:15,609 need of both. 381 00:21:15,610 --> 00:21:16,810 I make people laugh. 382 00:21:17,390 --> 00:21:18,490 What is wrong with that? 383 00:21:18,710 --> 00:21:22,190 What's wrong is you're not supposed to make people laugh. Weather isn't funny. 384 00:21:22,330 --> 00:21:26,430 Weather is serious. Mr. Voss, I'm going to hold you in contempt if you can't 385 00:21:26,430 --> 00:21:27,630 manage to control yourself. 386 00:21:27,890 --> 00:21:29,170 Your Honor, I have no further questions. 387 00:21:30,530 --> 00:21:31,730 You may step down. 388 00:21:32,450 --> 00:21:34,890 Aaron, the sunny side of the street. 389 00:21:35,410 --> 00:21:38,350 Life can be so sweet on the sunny side of the street. 390 00:21:40,090 --> 00:21:41,670 It's never painless, Mitchell. 391 00:21:42,410 --> 00:21:43,730 It's never painless. 392 00:21:44,170 --> 00:21:49,570 I have to tell you that legally she can claim a piece of his agency share as a 393 00:21:49,570 --> 00:21:50,570 marital asset. 394 00:21:50,630 --> 00:21:52,730 Which doesn't mean I've agreed to give it to her. 395 00:21:52,970 --> 00:21:55,310 Just means we've got a problem. A potential problem. 396 00:21:55,550 --> 00:21:59,330 Now, we could all tell her what we think it's worth, make her an offer. 397 00:21:59,530 --> 00:22:03,890 Maybe she'll accept it. But the likelihood is that she won't. 398 00:22:04,230 --> 00:22:08,050 In which case, she'll want to examine our books and make her own appraisal of 399 00:22:08,050 --> 00:22:09,530 what Mitchell's shares are worth. 400 00:22:09,790 --> 00:22:10,870 Evan's been through this. 401 00:22:11,170 --> 00:22:12,610 Did your wife ever ask to see the books? 402 00:22:12,990 --> 00:22:13,990 Oh, yes, she did. 403 00:22:14,750 --> 00:22:15,810 Fortunately, I had leverage. 404 00:22:16,230 --> 00:22:17,230 What kind of leverage? 405 00:22:17,530 --> 00:22:19,570 I threatened to sue for custody of the children. 406 00:22:19,970 --> 00:22:23,250 Given that she'd just come out of the Betty Ford Center, she had a little 407 00:22:23,250 --> 00:22:24,570 exposure on that flank. 408 00:22:25,010 --> 00:22:28,790 Wow. Well, Dordam, just to keep the agency out of it, I just can't guarantee 409 00:22:28,790 --> 00:22:29,970 that we'll be successful. 410 00:22:32,350 --> 00:22:34,610 Permit me to share an anecdote with you, Mitchell. 411 00:22:34,830 --> 00:22:37,630 Some years ago, there was a very significant agency. 412 00:22:38,010 --> 00:22:42,010 And at that agency, there was a very significant young agent. 413 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:44,240 He was bringing in lots of commissions. 414 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:46,680 He was attracting a lot of attention. 415 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:53,100 He was showing every indication of being a major player in the industry. Then he 416 00:22:53,100 --> 00:22:54,100 got divorced. 417 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,080 He allowed that to intrude on his work. 418 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:03,680 He allowed his wife access to areas of the business that by their very nature 419 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:05,720 require confidentiality. 420 00:23:06,140 --> 00:23:07,260 Depositions were conducted. 421 00:23:07,460 --> 00:23:08,920 Bank records were examined. 422 00:23:09,700 --> 00:23:11,920 Clients... felt compromised. 423 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:14,140 They felt ill -used. 424 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:19,780 They felt the agent could have handled it in a better way than he did. 425 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,440 As a result, a great many of the clients left them. 426 00:23:25,380 --> 00:23:26,380 Momentum was lost. 427 00:23:27,780 --> 00:23:30,220 Perception was lost. 428 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:37,240 That young agent never became major, and he's no longer young. 429 00:23:37,820 --> 00:23:40,940 He is now working in an office in Van Nuys. 430 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:46,540 And all the people that he represents are below the line. 431 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:52,780 Think about it. 432 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,880 You did hire Aaron Voss, did you not? 433 00:24:14,140 --> 00:24:14,939 Yes, I did. 434 00:24:14,940 --> 00:24:16,420 What were you thinking at the time? 435 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:22,080 I needed a weatherman, and I thought going in a somewhat offbeat direction 436 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:22,999 actually work. 437 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,920 Mr. Rex Schaefer, would you tell us why it is that you fired him? 438 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:30,420 Because it became obvious that I had made a mistake. 439 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:33,020 His physical appearance wasn't right. 440 00:24:33,260 --> 00:24:35,100 His delivery was stiff. 441 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,200 He lacked communication skills. 442 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:41,340 The fact that he knows about weather doesn't make him a weatherman. 443 00:24:41,540 --> 00:24:47,680 TV needs TV personalities, and whatever else Aaron Voss might be, he ain't that. 444 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:52,260 I made a mistake when I hired him, and as soon as I recognized it as such, I 445 00:24:52,260 --> 00:24:54,800 took steps to correct it. I have nothing further. 446 00:24:55,920 --> 00:25:00,360 You said that Aaron Voss lacked communication skills. What exactly does 447 00:25:00,360 --> 00:25:04,100 mean? It's an intangible quality. It's very hard to describe. 448 00:25:04,420 --> 00:25:07,460 Did you ever encounter any difficulty understanding him yourself? 449 00:25:07,700 --> 00:25:10,060 The issue isn't whether or not he was coherent. 450 00:25:10,300 --> 00:25:13,140 It's whether or not he was right for my newscast. 451 00:25:13,500 --> 00:25:17,100 I thought that going with a weatherman who actually understood what he was 452 00:25:17,100 --> 00:25:19,600 talking about would make an interesting departure. 453 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:23,860 I was wrong. Come on, Mr. Reckshaver. You knew who you wanted for your 454 00:25:23,860 --> 00:25:27,320 weatherman before you ever even approached Aaron Voss. You wanted Kyle 455 00:25:27,340 --> 00:25:30,900 That's not true. You needed somebody to fill the spot until Kyle Thunder became 456 00:25:30,900 --> 00:25:34,700 available. You found someone desperate for the job. Someone who could be 457 00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:37,580 summarily dismissed just as soon as it became convenient for you to leave. 458 00:25:37,580 --> 00:25:41,620 Objection. Mr. Stann, plaintiff's counsel will refrain from making 459 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:47,310 Look. I run a television show. I got all kinds of people wanting all kinds of 460 00:25:47,310 --> 00:25:52,050 things. I got a 60 -year -old guy with a bad rug that wants to keep doing the 461 00:25:52,050 --> 00:25:56,710 news till he's 90. I got a secretary that wants to be a producer, a producer 462 00:25:56,710 --> 00:26:01,170 wants to be a director, a director who wants to be Francis Ford Coppola, and I, 463 00:26:01,230 --> 00:26:04,870 I want to go to Palm Springs and sit on my ass for the next two years. 464 00:26:05,150 --> 00:26:07,410 This guy wants to be a weatherman. 465 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:08,760 I gave him a shot. 466 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:12,840 That's more than anyone else would have done. And now you can't understand why 467 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:14,860 it is he's not grateful, right? 468 00:26:15,180 --> 00:26:16,180 That's right. 469 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,140 I have nothing further for this witness. 470 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:29,340 All right, here's what we're offering. Half the sale of the proceeds from the 471 00:26:29,340 --> 00:26:33,080 sale of the house in Pacific Palisades, half the savings, half the stock 472 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:35,360 portfolio. She keeps her jewelry. 473 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:39,680 We value her share of Martha's Vineyard at $100 ,000. 474 00:26:40,120 --> 00:26:42,280 And? And she gets a Jewish divorce. 475 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:43,860 And what about his share of the agency? 476 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:47,620 Off the table. How is it off the table? It just is. It's something you don't 477 00:26:47,620 --> 00:26:49,220 get. All right, let me get this straight. 478 00:26:49,420 --> 00:26:52,860 On the house in Pacific Palisades, the savings account and the stock, what 479 00:26:52,860 --> 00:26:54,800 you're offering us is what we're entitled to by law. 480 00:26:55,360 --> 00:26:58,720 On the house in Martha's Vineyard, what you're offering us is probably 20 % of 481 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,660 what we're entitled to by law, and on the agency share, what you're offering 482 00:27:01,660 --> 00:27:02,660 is nothing. 483 00:27:02,780 --> 00:27:05,300 Now, why should we accept an offer like that? 484 00:27:05,500 --> 00:27:07,000 Because we're agreeing to a Jewish divorce. 485 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:09,200 You're making that part of this negotiation? 486 00:27:09,660 --> 00:27:10,660 Yes, I am. 487 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:11,980 Does that offend you? 488 00:27:12,180 --> 00:27:13,180 It offends me. 489 00:27:13,360 --> 00:27:16,220 The fact remains, no one can force a husband to give his wife a get, and 490 00:27:16,220 --> 00:27:18,360 according to Jewish law, she can't marry without one. 491 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:21,700 That shouldn't enter into this discussion, Arnie. It's not a financial 492 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:23,060 Leverage is leverage, my dear. 493 00:27:23,370 --> 00:27:26,570 Allison, at this point, I think we should pack up our things and leave. No 494 00:27:26,570 --> 00:27:29,350 in the state would allow him to deny you a piece of his interest in the agency. 495 00:27:29,630 --> 00:27:31,690 No court in the state is going to grant her a Jewish divorce. 496 00:27:32,010 --> 00:27:33,470 I'm not going to let him use that against her. 497 00:27:33,670 --> 00:27:37,170 I'm going to let him. Allison, please. I'm not going to drag this out. I love 498 00:27:37,170 --> 00:27:40,590 Jonah, and I want to marry him. And however much I feel entitled to the 499 00:27:40,590 --> 00:27:43,690 we're asking for, I'm not going to let them stand in the way. Allison, this is 500 00:27:43,690 --> 00:27:44,810 colossally bad deal. 501 00:27:45,470 --> 00:27:47,690 You can't understand what I see in him, can you, Mitchell? 502 00:27:48,430 --> 00:27:51,150 Well, I never quite pictured you with a guy that drives a Taurus. 503 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:53,540 But other than that, he seems like a nice guy. 504 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:55,840 I accept your offer. 505 00:27:56,220 --> 00:27:59,400 I expect to see you in the rabbi's office tomorrow morning at ten. 506 00:27:59,780 --> 00:28:00,780 I'll be there. 507 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:02,480 You should be ashamed of yourself. 508 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:06,480 It's like Robert Duvall said, Arnie. 509 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:09,020 I love the smell of napalm in the morning. 510 00:28:09,860 --> 00:28:13,660 This case asks a very simple question. 511 00:28:14,120 --> 00:28:17,480 At what point do we hold someone accountable for lying? 512 00:28:19,020 --> 00:28:21,300 There can be little doubt that Mel Reckchafer lied. 513 00:28:22,380 --> 00:28:27,820 As a result, Aaron Voss changed his life, only to find himself unemployed 514 00:28:27,820 --> 00:28:30,040 humiliated some scant two weeks later. 515 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:33,540 Now, if the defendant hadn't lied, none of that would have happened. 516 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:37,640 If he had told the truth, he would have said that he didn't want a real 517 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:40,460 weatherman for the job. He would have said that he wanted a stand -up 518 00:28:40,820 --> 00:28:44,040 He would have said not only that he wanted a stand -up comedian, but that 519 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:45,820 already taken steps toward getting one. 520 00:28:46,419 --> 00:28:50,360 He would have told Mr. Voss that the job would never be his, that the best he 521 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:54,660 could hope for would be to fill in temporarily until someone handsome and 522 00:28:54,820 --> 00:28:56,540 someone who popped, came along. 523 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:01,600 He would have told him that, and then Aaron Voss would have acted accordingly. 524 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:04,020 But he didn't do that. 525 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:08,560 As a result, Aaron Voss was lied to. 526 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:10,440 He was used. 527 00:29:11,420 --> 00:29:13,000 And in the end, he was dismissed. 528 00:29:13,690 --> 00:29:16,050 At what point do we hold someone accountable for lying? 529 00:29:16,290 --> 00:29:18,770 At the point that someone else is hurt. 530 00:29:19,510 --> 00:29:22,810 Accordingly, I ask you to award Aaron Voss the sum of $1 million. 531 00:29:28,070 --> 00:29:34,830 One thing I'm sure of after sitting through this trial, I wouldn't want Mel 532 00:29:34,830 --> 00:29:35,950 Reckchafer's job. 533 00:29:36,850 --> 00:29:41,410 I wouldn't want to have to be in a position to guarantee that every 534 00:29:41,410 --> 00:29:43,110 made... It was a right decision. 535 00:29:44,330 --> 00:29:48,330 I wouldn't want to have to think that once I hired someone, I was foreclosed 536 00:29:48,330 --> 00:29:49,370 from firing them. 537 00:29:49,950 --> 00:29:53,310 I wouldn't want to have to factor into the way that I did my job whether or not 538 00:29:53,310 --> 00:29:56,790 someone would be sufficiently disappointed to sue me. 539 00:29:57,430 --> 00:30:01,330 Mel Rexshafer's job is to be a news director for a TV station. 540 00:30:01,670 --> 00:30:06,390 L .A. is a very competitive market. Everybody lives or dies by ratings. 541 00:30:06,690 --> 00:30:08,870 Part of what he does is to experiment. 542 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:10,720 He tries things. 543 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:15,800 Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. The fact that he hired Aaron Voss 544 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:17,940 signifies that he was willing to take a chance. 545 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:20,840 In his best judgment, it proved to be a mistake. 546 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:25,260 That's a subjective call. There are those of us who would differ with it, 547 00:30:25,260 --> 00:30:27,920 one can deny that it was his call to make. 548 00:30:28,500 --> 00:30:32,780 Mel Rex Schaefer was well within his rights to fire Aaron Voss. There was no 549 00:30:32,780 --> 00:30:37,120 written agreement to forbid it. There was no guarantee in any way that it 550 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:38,120 wouldn't happen. 551 00:30:38,300 --> 00:30:44,940 The fact that Aaron Voss was disappointed doesn't allow him to punish 552 00:30:44,940 --> 00:30:47,240 for doing his job. 553 00:30:51,860 --> 00:30:54,220 Did you 554 00:30:54,220 --> 00:31:01,060 advise 555 00:31:01,060 --> 00:31:03,200 Mr. Aguilar as to your wife's involvement with the job? 556 00:31:03,500 --> 00:31:06,140 Yes, I did, and I was as clear as I could be. 557 00:31:06,830 --> 00:31:10,110 On the subject of his getting her approval. The fact that he didn't do 558 00:31:10,110 --> 00:31:13,430 nobody's fault but his own. Did he ever indicate to you that the monetary terms 559 00:31:13,430 --> 00:31:14,990 of your agreement weren't acceptable to him? 560 00:31:15,210 --> 00:31:18,810 No, he did not. Did you ever have a discussion with him regarding payment 561 00:31:18,810 --> 00:31:19,689 additional work? 562 00:31:19,690 --> 00:31:20,690 There's nothing to discuss. 563 00:31:21,130 --> 00:31:23,130 I did exactly what I said I would do. 564 00:31:23,410 --> 00:31:25,050 I paid him what I owed him. 565 00:31:25,830 --> 00:31:26,830 I have nothing further. 566 00:31:29,330 --> 00:31:32,390 How is the patio you ended up with, Mr. Larrabee? Is it satisfactory? 567 00:31:33,950 --> 00:31:34,950 It's just fine. 568 00:31:35,330 --> 00:31:36,330 You're happy with it? 569 00:31:36,570 --> 00:31:39,570 Your friends come over and sit on it? You have dinner on it once in a while? 570 00:31:39,850 --> 00:31:43,770 Well, as I said, it's just fine. And according to you, the fact that it took 571 00:31:43,770 --> 00:31:47,290 weeks to build rather than two weeks should have no bearing on the cost. 572 00:31:47,550 --> 00:31:49,550 It wasn't my fault that it took six weeks. 573 00:31:49,750 --> 00:31:53,750 Is it common practice in the building industry for a client to examine each 574 00:31:53,750 --> 00:31:55,530 every brick prior to giving their approval? 575 00:31:55,790 --> 00:32:00,170 I don't know whether it is or it isn't. You did know that brick color was an 576 00:32:00,170 --> 00:32:03,470 issue of enormous importance to your wife, though, didn't you? Yes, I did, 577 00:32:03,470 --> 00:32:04,590 told that to Mr. Aguilar. 578 00:32:04,890 --> 00:32:08,870 Did your wife ever communicate to you how much Mr. Aguilar expected to be 579 00:32:09,310 --> 00:32:11,250 To be honest, I really don't remember. 580 00:32:11,550 --> 00:32:14,750 Now, if she said something about somebody wanting more money, it's 581 00:32:14,750 --> 00:32:19,010 possible that I didn't hear it. She sometimes says that I'm selectively 582 00:32:19,770 --> 00:32:23,530 And does she ever say that you're selectively dishonest? 583 00:32:25,190 --> 00:32:29,390 No, she does not. In other words, you didn't stiff Mr. Aguilar because he 584 00:32:29,390 --> 00:32:30,229 on a street corner. 585 00:32:30,230 --> 00:32:32,030 You stiffed him because it's what you do. 586 00:32:32,410 --> 00:32:33,410 Objection! Larry! 587 00:32:33,770 --> 00:32:34,770 Sit down. 588 00:32:35,210 --> 00:32:36,970 I want to answer this question. 589 00:32:37,670 --> 00:32:41,670 I go down to that street corner for two reasons. One is I've had my fill of high 590 00:32:41,670 --> 00:32:45,090 -priced contractors, and two, I want to put people to work. 591 00:32:45,670 --> 00:32:46,670 Your people. 592 00:32:46,910 --> 00:32:50,630 I will not sit here and be abused by you because I do that. 593 00:32:50,990 --> 00:32:53,830 And who exactly are my people? 594 00:32:54,130 --> 00:33:00,090 I am a fifth -generation Californian, Mr. Morales, and my family has always 595 00:33:00,090 --> 00:33:02,550 out of its way to help the poor and the underprivileged. 596 00:33:02,890 --> 00:33:08,770 I go down to Pico and Sautel, and I hire Mexican workers. 597 00:33:09,550 --> 00:33:12,510 I have them in my house. I have them in my yard. 598 00:33:12,750 --> 00:33:14,770 But there's one thing I won't do. 599 00:33:15,210 --> 00:33:18,970 I will not let them take advantage of me. 600 00:33:20,270 --> 00:33:22,350 I have nothing further for this witness. 601 00:33:23,290 --> 00:33:25,090 You may step down, Mr. Larrabee. 602 00:33:35,210 --> 00:33:37,970 That guy's in there writing the whole thing with a quilt, Ben. You know, I've 603 00:33:37,970 --> 00:33:41,270 been thinking, we may be missing a big opportunity here. What do you mean? 604 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:45,900 When we leaned on her vis -a -vis the agency share, she folded like a deck 605 00:33:45,900 --> 00:33:47,240 so I would participate in this ceremony. 606 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:50,880 Why are we not seeking to better our end of the deal yet again? Mitchell, the 607 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:53,700 deal is already in place. The structure of the deal is in place. The specifics 608 00:33:53,700 --> 00:33:57,620 of the deal remain, I think, somewhat fluid. What are you doing, Mitchell? I 609 00:33:57,620 --> 00:34:00,500 think we need to find out just what a Jewish divorce is worth to her. She's 610 00:34:00,500 --> 00:34:03,080 already agreed to everything you've asked for. Which is exactly when the 611 00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:04,080 negotiating begins. 612 00:34:04,220 --> 00:34:06,560 Look, driving a hard bargain is one thing. Going back on your word is 613 00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:09,260 else. Again, I've never done it before. I'm not going to do it now. Hey, hey, 614 00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:10,280 hey, hey. Relax. 615 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:11,440 The meter's running. 616 00:34:11,580 --> 00:34:13,000 All you got to do is just sit there. 617 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:21,520 Will the husband and wife who seek to part please draw near? 618 00:34:23,260 --> 00:34:30,159 Moshe Ben Avram, Aviva Baschana. The sofa has prepared the get the witnesses 619 00:34:30,159 --> 00:34:30,998 have signed. 620 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,860 Moshe Ben Avram, you give this get of your own free will? 621 00:34:35,060 --> 00:34:36,960 Rabbi, Rabbi, Rabbi. 622 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:40,360 You know, I really don't. 623 00:34:41,389 --> 00:34:42,670 You son of a bitch. 624 00:34:44,650 --> 00:34:48,530 What is it that burdens you, Moshe Ben Avram? It's a lot of things. 625 00:34:48,889 --> 00:34:49,889 Like what? 626 00:34:49,929 --> 00:34:51,810 Like feeling abandoned, Aviva Badkhana. 627 00:34:52,030 --> 00:34:53,190 Like feeling betrayed. 628 00:34:53,550 --> 00:34:56,550 Like feeling another man comes along, you turn your back on me. What is that? 629 00:34:56,790 --> 00:34:57,970 You drove me away, Mitchell. 630 00:34:58,210 --> 00:35:02,390 How? By working too hard? Mitchell. Excuse me for providing you with a 631 00:35:02,390 --> 00:35:07,950 home. Excuse me for buying you a Mercedes 500 SL. Did you not want me to 632 00:35:07,950 --> 00:35:10,310 that? Sorry. I must have been mistaken. 633 00:35:10,710 --> 00:35:11,589 What do you want, Mitchell? 634 00:35:11,590 --> 00:35:12,249 The house. 635 00:35:12,250 --> 00:35:14,690 The house? That's right. I can't believe you want the house. 636 00:35:14,950 --> 00:35:16,810 Woody, I knew nothing about this, I promise you. 637 00:35:17,210 --> 00:35:20,430 Withholding a gift for a material gate is a shanda. You know this. 638 00:35:20,650 --> 00:35:24,050 It's a shanda. I can live with it being a shanda. Permit me to tell you a story. 639 00:35:24,350 --> 00:35:25,430 There were two brothers. 640 00:35:25,710 --> 00:35:27,870 One day a stranger offered them food. 641 00:35:28,310 --> 00:35:34,430 Before the younger one could eat, the older one took his food away from him 642 00:35:34,430 --> 00:35:35,430 ate both portions. 643 00:35:35,770 --> 00:35:36,609 Uh -huh. 644 00:35:36,610 --> 00:35:39,130 The story doesn't have a happy ending, Moshe. 645 00:35:39,690 --> 00:35:41,910 Tafasta marubah lo tafasta. 646 00:35:42,190 --> 00:35:47,550 Rabbi. If you grab too much, you'll wind up with nothing. 647 00:35:48,070 --> 00:35:51,690 Rabbi, with all due respect, spare me the mumbo -jumbo. You work your side of 648 00:35:51,690 --> 00:35:52,690 the street, I'll work mine. 649 00:35:52,830 --> 00:35:55,450 You want the house, Mitchell? Yes, sweetheart, I want the house. You want 650 00:35:55,450 --> 00:35:56,590 house? You can have the house. 651 00:35:56,850 --> 00:36:01,390 Viva Vashana. You should not be coerced like this. Mitchell doesn't care about 652 00:36:01,390 --> 00:36:04,690 the Almighty, Rabbi. I pity you, Mitchell, if you want the house. 653 00:36:05,230 --> 00:36:06,230 You can have it. 654 00:36:07,130 --> 00:36:08,350 Sounds to me like we've got a deal. 655 00:36:08,670 --> 00:36:09,910 Come on, Rabbi, let's do it. 656 00:36:10,910 --> 00:36:16,290 Please, remove all jewelry from your hands, and you'll repeat after me, 657 00:36:17,010 --> 00:36:18,310 This be your get. 658 00:36:18,670 --> 00:36:21,710 This be your get. And with it, be you divorced. 659 00:36:22,050 --> 00:36:23,270 And with it, be you divorced. 660 00:36:23,530 --> 00:36:24,530 From this time forth. 661 00:36:24,710 --> 00:36:25,710 From this time forth. 662 00:36:26,370 --> 00:36:30,950 Mr. Aguilar's mistake in all of this, Your Honor, wasn't one of workmanship or 663 00:36:30,950 --> 00:36:31,950 business acumen. 664 00:36:32,380 --> 00:36:36,100 It was in assuming that when Ms. Larrabee said his compensation would be 665 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:40,260 she meant paying him a wage commensured with the additional work she was asking 666 00:36:40,260 --> 00:36:44,380 him to do. He didn't realize that in the Larrabee's world, fairness is an 667 00:36:44,380 --> 00:36:49,280 adjustable concept, that it fluctuates based on a person's skin color, his 668 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,740 nationality, and his degree of powerlessness. 669 00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:57,320 He didn't realize he was bargaining with people who believe the haves should 670 00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:00,240 have, and the have -nots are lucky to get anything. 671 00:37:00,780 --> 00:37:05,080 He didn't understand that part of the deal was he be passive and 672 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:08,320 Grateful, even, that his very presence was endured. 673 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:11,700 This is a case, Your Honor, of quantum merit. 674 00:37:12,060 --> 00:37:16,580 When Ms. Larrabee asked Mr. Aguilar to relay the patio, his original contract 675 00:37:16,580 --> 00:37:18,280 with Mr. Larrabee became invalid. 676 00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:22,600 Without a contract, his compensation should be based on the value of his 677 00:37:22,900 --> 00:37:25,800 $2 ,700 for four extra weeks' labor. 678 00:37:26,180 --> 00:37:27,460 That's why we're here, Your Honor. 679 00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:31,720 to ask you to tell the Larabies to hold up their end of the bargain and be fair. 680 00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:35,600 Pay this man what they owe him. 681 00:37:39,300 --> 00:37:44,140 This is not a civil rights case, Your Honor. It is a contract dispute, pure 682 00:37:44,140 --> 00:37:48,220 simple. Mr. Aguilar was hired to build a patio to the Larabies' specifications 683 00:37:48,220 --> 00:37:49,520 and satisfaction. 684 00:37:50,020 --> 00:37:54,020 Mr. Aguilar said that he could accomplish that in two weeks, and the 685 00:37:54,020 --> 00:37:55,020 agreed to a prize. 686 00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:59,480 That it ultimately took Mr. Aguilar three times longer to complete the patio 687 00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:04,080 my client's satisfaction is unfortunate for both parties. It does not, however, 688 00:38:04,240 --> 00:38:07,480 represent a breach of contract on the part of my client. 689 00:38:07,720 --> 00:38:13,000 Mrs. Larrabee did not change her mind about the patio. She simply insisted 690 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:14,220 it be done as originally agreed. 691 00:38:14,580 --> 00:38:19,420 We ask this court to uphold the basic tenets of contract law and fine for the 692 00:38:19,420 --> 00:38:20,420 defendants. 693 00:38:22,830 --> 00:38:26,570 The issues in this case seem clear -cut to me, so I'm going to render my 694 00:38:26,570 --> 00:38:27,570 decision now. 695 00:38:29,590 --> 00:38:34,250 Well, I admire your passion and sympathize with your concerns, Mr. 696 00:38:34,610 --> 00:38:36,090 I believe that Mr. 697 00:38:36,330 --> 00:38:40,630 Greenhut is right in saying that legally what we have here is a simple contract 698 00:38:40,630 --> 00:38:46,010 dispute, notwithstanding the ethnic prejudice of the defendant and 699 00:38:46,010 --> 00:38:49,290 notwithstanding my revulsion at hearing that expressed. 700 00:38:50,350 --> 00:38:51,550 I find... 701 00:38:51,980 --> 00:38:56,780 There was a pre -existing contract between Mr. Aguilar and Mr. Larrabee, 702 00:38:56,780 --> 00:39:00,420 that Mrs. Larrabee's demands did nothing to invalidate or change that. 703 00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:05,940 Consequently, regardless of my personal feelings about Mr. Larrabee's conduct, 704 00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:10,040 legally, I must find for the defendant. 705 00:39:10,420 --> 00:39:11,420 Case dismissed. 706 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:13,920 Congratulations. 707 00:39:15,100 --> 00:39:16,860 He win? I'm sorry. 708 00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:19,380 He won't pay me for my work? We gotta go. 709 00:39:26,500 --> 00:39:28,100 Has the jury reached the verdict? 710 00:39:28,540 --> 00:39:29,680 We have, Your Honor. 711 00:39:30,100 --> 00:39:31,100 What say you? 712 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:36,600 We find for the plaintiff, Aaron Voss, we award compensatory damages in the sum 713 00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:42,020 of $100 ,000 and punitive damages in the sum of $500 ,000. 714 00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:45,180 The jury is dismissed with the thanks of the court. 715 00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:47,060 We stand adjourned. 716 00:39:53,100 --> 00:39:56,340 Mr. Retschafer. What do you want, Aaron? I have a proposition to make to you, 717 00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:58,680 and I want you to hear it. Aaron, why don't you and I talk first, and then we 718 00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:01,620 can schedule a conference? I want to do this now, Ann. What's the proposition? 719 00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:05,880 Keep Kyle as your regular weatherman. On rare occasions when climatic conditions 720 00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:09,460 in Los Angeles are extreme, bring me in. What's extreme? 721 00:40:10,260 --> 00:40:14,340 The highest recorded temperature in September is 108 degrees. If it goes to 722 00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:15,448 I come in. 723 00:40:15,450 --> 00:40:19,230 If rainfall exceeds more than three -tenths of an inch in an hour, I come 724 00:40:19,230 --> 00:40:23,250 the barometric pressure drops below 28 inches, I come in. Whoa, whoa, whoa. In 725 00:40:23,250 --> 00:40:24,910 other words, you want to play to a full house. 726 00:40:25,110 --> 00:40:28,590 You come in when the weather leads the news, right? I come in when the full 727 00:40:28,590 --> 00:40:32,390 forces of nature have been unleashed and snappy patter is simply inadequate to 728 00:40:32,390 --> 00:40:35,950 explain to people exactly what's going on. I hate that. I will forego the 729 00:40:35,950 --> 00:40:39,310 judgment in its entirety if you will put me back on the air. Aaron, you're 730 00:40:39,310 --> 00:40:42,050 talking about a lot of money. I don't care about the money, Ann. 731 00:40:42,540 --> 00:40:45,900 Not if I get to be a weatherman again. Let me be as clear and succinct about 732 00:40:45,900 --> 00:40:47,120 this as possible, Aaron. 733 00:40:47,780 --> 00:40:51,240 Let me also save us all the trouble of scheduling another meeting. 734 00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:55,800 There could be tornadoes in downtown Los Angeles. There could be complete 735 00:40:55,800 --> 00:41:00,640 darkness in the middle of the afternoon. And I still wouldn't put you on the 736 00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:01,640 evening news. 737 00:41:02,180 --> 00:41:06,820 Brandon, Kyle, let's go. Is Kyle Thunder going to be able to expound on the 738 00:41:06,820 --> 00:41:10,160 conditions we can expect here in the next two days? Four to six inches of 739 00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:13,330 rainfall. Massive flooding, mudflats, homes washed away. 740 00:41:13,530 --> 00:41:17,070 Is he going to have any comprehension of the magnitude of the storm that's 741 00:41:17,070 --> 00:41:18,110 coming? What storm? 742 00:41:20,610 --> 00:41:21,150 That's... 743 00:41:21,150 --> 00:41:29,570 Yeah? 744 00:41:30,190 --> 00:41:31,190 Daniel? Yeah? 745 00:41:31,550 --> 00:41:32,488 Francisco's here. 746 00:41:32,490 --> 00:41:33,870 Oh, uh, bring him in. 747 00:41:35,690 --> 00:41:36,690 Francisco. 748 00:41:39,109 --> 00:41:43,670 I have some tremendous news for you. Mrs. Larrabee called me. She felt badly 749 00:41:43,670 --> 00:41:45,130 about what happened today in court. 750 00:41:45,490 --> 00:41:46,850 Why? Why does she feel bad? She win. 751 00:41:47,690 --> 00:41:49,610 She must have discovered she has a conscience. 752 00:41:50,050 --> 00:41:52,370 She sent over your whole $2 ,700. 753 00:41:53,930 --> 00:41:54,950 No. Yeah. 754 00:41:55,950 --> 00:41:58,990 But she says she's not going to tell her husband about it, so don't say 755 00:41:58,990 --> 00:41:59,990 anything, okay? 756 00:42:00,310 --> 00:42:01,310 Okay. 757 00:42:01,470 --> 00:42:04,130 Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. 758 00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:08,400 Amigo siempre. 759 00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:10,540 Gracias, Morales. Gracias. 760 00:42:11,700 --> 00:42:12,700 Thank you. 761 00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:17,020 So, Mrs. Larrabee felt badly. 762 00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:18,520 Yeah, she did. 763 00:42:20,240 --> 00:42:22,440 You know, you didn't have to give him the money, Daniel. 764 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:24,640 Mrs. Larrabee gave him the money. 765 00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:30,780 How did you get to be such a good man, Morales? 766 00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:32,220 What are you talking about? 767 00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:37,420 What are you doing for dinner? 768 00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:40,160 As a matter of fact, I'm free. 769 00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:41,740 I'll pick you up at seven. 770 00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:43,200 Hey. 771 00:42:44,300 --> 00:42:49,340 Um, and, uh, since you're out almost three grand, I'm buying. 772 00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:57,240 This is ridiculous. 773 00:42:57,780 --> 00:42:59,320 What the hell is going on out there? 774 00:42:59,940 --> 00:43:04,460 Wow. Arnie, I have to tell you, this is absolutely unconscionable. Hey, hey, 775 00:43:04,460 --> 00:43:07,080 hey, nobody put a gun to her head. She could have gone without a Jewish 776 00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:10,300 She could have taken her chances invoking the wrath of the Almighty. 777 00:43:11,180 --> 00:43:13,620 Enough, Mitchell. Don't make this any worse than it is. 778 00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:15,120 Well, what is it? 779 00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:18,800 Am I not sufficiently humble? Are we offended because I've been heard to mock 780 00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:21,520 the tenets of someone's faith? Am I in trouble with the man upstairs? 781 00:43:21,740 --> 00:43:22,740 Why? 782 00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:25,300 Arnie, turn on the news. Channel 3. 783 00:43:31,050 --> 00:43:34,790 Now, with a live update on some of the havoc the storm is causing here in the 784 00:43:34,790 --> 00:43:37,550 Southland, our weatherman, Kyle Thunder. 785 00:43:37,830 --> 00:43:38,990 Hi, honey, I'm home. 786 00:43:39,190 --> 00:43:42,890 What's for dinner? Hey, not much if you live here, folks. 787 00:43:43,310 --> 00:43:48,390 Torrential rains have swept through Los Angeles, causing mucho tie -up on area 788 00:43:48,390 --> 00:43:54,350 freeways and a major headache for Mitchell and Allison Shine, whose home 789 00:43:54,350 --> 00:43:59,470 El Yunque Drive in the ultra -ritzy Pacific Palisades was utterly destroyed 790 00:43:59,470 --> 00:44:03,470 mudslides. Fortunately, theirs was the only home to have suffered major damage. 791 00:44:03,790 --> 00:44:07,850 So far, the crews on the site have recovered a cedar hope chest, and that's 792 00:44:07,850 --> 00:44:08,850 about all. 793 00:44:08,970 --> 00:44:11,310 Kyle Thunder, KTLW News. 794 00:44:11,730 --> 00:44:14,750 Thank you, Kyle. And for goodness sakes, get in and out of the rain.