nytimes.com - LOS ANGELES — A plaintiff shuffled onto a courtroom set at Sunset Bronson Studios here with a simple complaint. She had lent money to a shady guy who — shocker — turned out to be a total deadbeat.
Judge Judith Sheindlin, the irascible star of “Judge Judy,” would have swiftly deemed the woman too dumb to live and rendered an insta-verdict. But here on “Hot Bench,” no spat is too small for serious investigation. As the cameras rolled, a three-judge panel began to solemnly sort it out.
The concept sounds ridiculous: It takes three legal heavyweights — a former New York State Supreme Court justice, a Yale-educated litigator and a criminal defense lawyer — to adjudicate dog bites and fender benders?
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