QUESTION
do I need a lawyer for small claims court??
Asked on Nov 13th, 2013 on Civil Litigation - Pennsylvania
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I'm suing a small business for damaging my transmission by overfilling it with to much trans fluid, there is plenty of proof on the Internet of what this can do and I had to have a used one put in after it totally burned out $1,400.00 later but what I'm concerned about is it was a hand shake because these people had done prior work on my SUV and I did think this so called mech. didn't know how to measure and check a dip stick on a simple transmission fluid and filter change, it was over a qt. overfilled, the ironic part is all I wanted was the gasket changed and the original fluid put back because it had less than 10,000miles on it, but he refused to do that so I bought the fluid and filter as he asked and now I have to eat it because of his negligence and I was just notified he obtained a lawyer so I'm asking you do I need one and is it worth it should I obtain one.........Al
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I would certainly recommend hiring an attorney to represent your interest in this case, especially if the defendant has already obtained an attorney. There are many procedural missteps you can make that the other attorney will almost certainly use to their advantage. While magisterial district courts are slightly less formal than courts of common pleas, the magisterial district rules are seemingly designed for attorneys to prevail over unrepresented parties.
Answered on Nov 13th, 2013 at 4:29 PM