Civil Litigation,
Law Practice
May 18, 2018
Time to raise the max amount in controversy in limited civil cases?
It is increasingly difficult for California attorneys to propose a limited civil action as a viable option for any case falling at or near the current jurisdictional limit of $25,000.
Assume a former customer owes your corporate client $40,000 in unpaid invoices. The debt is too large to write off but too small to justify litigating in unlimited civil. A small claims action would avoid the expense and keep you, the attorney, out of the courtroom. It would also leave $35,000 of the debt unsatisfied if your client prevailed (and the balance waived forever).
The third option is filing a limited civil action. Your cl...
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