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Walk It Through: The Small Claim for a Repair

A bad repair, two years to sue for the damage, and a small claim up to $10,000.

A shop's repair damaged a car's engine, and the shop will not pay.

Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.

A dispute with a repair shop over a car. A personal injury, a claim assigned to a collector, and an appeal from a small claims judgment are left out.

A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.

Words this turns on

Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.