Walk It Through: The Small Claim Against the Mechanic
A bad repair, a claim under $5,000, a $35 filing fee, and a hearing without lawyers.
A mechanic charges for a transmission job that fails a week later and refuses to redo it.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A small claim in a city court with a small claims division. Parishes without one, appeals, and collecting the judgment are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.