
Judge Greg Mathis is unlike most adjudicators you'd see in a courtroom. The former Detroit-area district court judge infuses his court sessions with a generous dose of humor as he listens to diverse litigants plead their small-claims cases in his TV courtroom. A regular segment, Ask Judge Mathis, features the judge answering viewer questions to advise people with legal situations that they face. Prior to entering the legal world, Mathis was involved with gangs and spent time in jail as a young man before turning his life around.
The plaintiff claims the defendant went to prison for attempting to rob a bank.
The plaintiff says that after her son was murdered in 2014, she learned that he may be the defendant's father, so she has petitioned the court for a DNA test to find out if he is her grandson.
A woman sues her former friend for taking her car without permission and wrecking it.
A woman sues her niece, whose husband died of a drug overdose, for repayment of a loan; the defendant says her aunt has a drinking problem, and insists the money was a gift.