SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- For many, small claims court acts as the go-to service for resolving a dispute when nothing else seems to work. However, that process can be quite frustrating, as it was for one ...

If someone owes you money, and you've already tried to collect payment by contacting the individual by phone, email or mail a number of times, you may benefit from filing a case against that person in ...

Q: Someone owes me $4,700, and I think I will need to sue to recover the money. I spoke with an attorney who said he could not help me because the claim was so small. How do I go about getting what I ...

Q: We have a lot of questions because we are filing a small claims court case, and the other party (a contractor) says he is going to counter sue. So, how do we go about filing, serving, dealing with ...

Roughly 60,000 people file small claims lawsuits in LA County every year. But some think that number would be even higher, if people weren't intimidated by the process. But there's a new service that ...

Marion County's small-claims courts could get a thorough makeover after a report released Tuesday detailed "significant and widespread problems" with how they're run. The courts, which are in each of ...

Being owed money can be downright annoying, especially when the person who owes the debt is ignoring you. Or worse yet, refuses to pay you back. Take a deep breath — you have legal recourse. And you ...

Q. I did some work as an independent contractor for a company. I did the work and submitted my invoice, but I haven’t been paid yet. Now the company isn’t responding to my calls or emails. The company ...