March 11 (Reuters) - During a recent small claims court hearing in San Francisco, a baseball cap-wearing handyman accused a property owner of throwing out his tools worth $2,000. In another case, a ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

Small-claims courts work and usually result in a fair and just result, even when one side presents itself without benefit of counsel. Doug Deaver’s May 7 letter “Arbitration or Not, Small Suits Are ...

District Court Judge Michelle Comeau joins producer/host Coralie Chun Matayoshi to discuss what types of cases are heard in Small Claims Court, filing costs and procedures, notice to defendant, what ...

(Reuters) - In a case that has important implications for companies facing mass arbitration demands from their customers, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Terry Green ruled last week that Intuit must ...