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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Last month, Ray Palena boarded a plane from New Jersey to California to appear in court. He found himself engaged in a legal dispute against one of the largest corporations in the world, and ...

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 ...