What happens after you lose in Small Claims Court?
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The court does not collect judgments, that is up to the person who was awarded a judgment.\n\nThe court is finished with the matter.\n\nYour opponent is in the same category as all other debt collectors, and if you have nothing he can attach, he better be glad that you are willing to make payments, regardless how small, or how often.
478753
You have a very good chance of winning.  Take him to small claims court.  The landlord has to prove damage to the apartment was caused by you.  Not only that, he has to return your security deposit with interest for the amount of time he held it.
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Happens.\nAlso happens that a defendant was served, but did not know it.\nThe real question is:  What do you do about it?\n\nAssuming you are talking about a non-criminal case:\n\nAnswer:  Have a copy of the entire court file made.  \n\nGo through the copies.  There should be a proof of service in there.  That will show what the plaintiff said was done to serve you with the papers.  There will also be a judgment, see how much it is for, whether you have a defense to the case, and if you have insurance that might pay the judgment.  \n\nIf you have insurance, contact the insurance company and  request that they represent you.\n\nIf you do not have insurance, decide how much you can spend in legal fees to have the judgment overturned and the case tried.\n\nFind an attorney.  Give the attorney the copy of the entire file.  Tell the attorney why the proof of service in the file is incorrect, or why you didn't know you were served.  Give the attorney all the supporting documents you have.  \n\nAttorney will then file a motion under that state's civil procedure rules to have the default set aside and the judgment vacated.  \n\nPlease note, the time in which you have to file the motion varies from state to state, some states give you as little as six months from when the judgment was entered (not when you found out about it) while other states start the clock when you found out about the judgment (or sometimes, when you should have found out about it).   Not knowing which state the case is in, or the reason(s) you were not given notice, the only advice I can give is:  MOVE FAST.
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yes, sadly you can. Small claims courts is anything up to 2500 dollars, including court costs, attorneys fees, etc.
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`For small amounts of money, one of the disputants might just decide it isn't worth the cost of fight and settle.\n\nFor large amounts of money, they might decide to go to court.
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You will not know the outcome tomorrow. They will send you a letter in the mail. I did'nt have to have a hearing so I don't know what that will be like. since you have a lawyer I would'nt worry to much. Good luck.
663840
Familiarize yourself with how to sue someone in small claims court. Find yourself a Toronto lawyer.
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Hey icemike.  Sad but ramrod may be right.  I had to take a former co-worker/friend to small claims court.  First you have to go to the closest district court (probably to where the modeling agency is in this case or maybe to your house) and fill out some forms (need to explain the issue, need to know the address/phone number etc of the modeling agency,etc) and pay a filing fee (it may be around $70 and the defendant is forced to pay this back to you if you win the case).  My case was a couple of months after I filed and the defendant never showed up so I automatically won the case.  Tried having their wages garnished but they quickly quit their job.  Next I tried to have any bank savings seized but you needed to know where they banked (luckily I did but they didn't have any cash).  Then I went back to the court to seize any property (car/real estate/etc) that the person owned but the court could find nothing (car was leased, house was in exes name,etc.).  Each step I took was @$75 more and a year later I still haven't collected anything of the $3,000 verdict (the max in Michigan small claims-defendant actually owed $5,000 but I didn't want to bother with lawyers and a longer court process) plus the increased costs of each attempt to collect(technically the defendant will have to pay all these fees too). Basically, the defendant skipped town and it has become my responsibility to track defendant down (believe me the court has been absolutely no help); I have 20 years or more to collect (plus interest is supposedly accumulating on the amount owed) but right now I don't see that happening.  You may want to go file a complaint with a government agency like the Better Business Bureau instead.  Another thing is to look at the contract, it may not say any jobs are guaranteed and, in that case, your friend is probably screwed; I know recently a "modeling agency" notified me to come work for them as a "scout" where basically people paid you to register them as models but no work was ever guaranteed for these people; it sure sounded like the "agency" was scamming both the "models" and "scouts" because the agency took a good cut of the money and probably left the scout with all the legal liabilty.  The only other option I can suggest is to go to the modeling agency, if they actually have an office nearby, and tell them you are going to protest/picket(I'd check with the police or someone first to see how to do it legally) and or possibly put an ad in the paper(s) explaining your dealings with them to the public(I'd see a lawyer or someone before doing it though to make sure you can't be sued for slander).  Perhaps the possible negative press/scaring away of further "customers" will be enough for them to give you your money back. Good luck!
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yes. she has to list the damages, with photos and estimates to repair them. She has to do this in order to get the court order to appear for a small claims hearing. She had to show cause to the authority, be it a magistrate, or police officer, or whatever authority issued the paperwork.
197760
More info? Small claims, civil suit, jury involved...?
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you lose the case you go to jail probably
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Depends why you lost. The answer to every legal question is "it depends..."\n\nThe theoretical answer (IANAL, and I have no experience with Small Claims) is that in SCC the judge is supposed to help out - there is less standing on formality of the law, and more on the facts of the case. If the information was relevant, the other side isn't going to get it excluded by fancy legal tricks.\n\nHowever, the law is still the law. What may appear "right" or "Fair" is irrelevant. If you signed a contract, you owe. The rules for what is a valid contract, and what circumstances allow you to cancel one, are pretty explicit after 500 years of common law.\n\nUnless you can show an error in fact or interpretation, the judgement stands. Is there, say, an element of state consumer protection laws relevant to the case that was not taken into account? Was a fact stated by the other side incorrect? Has new evidence come to light (and prepare to explain why it wasn't at the first trial). \n\nI think I read about appeals courts, that they are not going to change the first judge's decisions of "fact". It's up to the original judge to listen to 2 contradictory stories and decide which one is "more correct". An appeal court will almost never change that part of the ruling, since they don't sit through all the evidence all over again. If that decision - "I think he's the one telling the truth" is what decided the case, then it ain't gonna change on appeal!\n\nIf you're going to appeal, get a real lawyer. If he tells you you're wasting your money, listen to him.\n\nOne thing a lot of judges HATE is when people act nasty or lie or cheat using the legal system. Look at the Anna Nicole Smith case - IMO the main reason she won in the Supreme Court was that they saw that the son had falsified information presented to earlier courts. They were teaching him a lesson. It's going to be an expensive one.
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In California\nYou can't appeal if you were the one who filed the claim. If someone else files a claim against you and you lose, you can appeal.
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I would send him a letter informing him that you have contacted a lawyer regarding the matter and the issue needs to be solved by such-and-such date. After that? Small claims court. Take it to Judge Judy!
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go to small claims court, I bet they would rule in your favor.
1003318
you can put what ever you want on your claim.  phone charges, loss of wage, whatever.  if you win, its up to the judge what is granted or not. he could grant a partial ammount of your claim. if i were to guess i would say, that he wouldn't grant you the loss of wages.  however, you may try and claim the filing fee.
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Go to the District Court Clerks office and file a Small Claims.  It cost you money up front but if you win your lawsuit the person you are suing will have to pay that to you along with the judgment if you win.  If you lose you are out just the money you used to file this case.  Bring anything you have as evidence and you will both be sworn in to tell the truth and the Judge will question you both.  My point is the truth comes out most of the time.  You do no need an attorney!  If the person you sue does not show up for court then the judgment is rendered against him, it's called a Default Judgment.