Litigation
May 3, 2013
At San Joaquin County Superior Court, justice delayed in small claims cases
San Joaquin County Superior Court hasn't set a trial date for the more than 800 small claims cases filed since September, and litigants there say they have lost faith in the courts.
In December, he filed a small claims complaint with the San Joaquin County Superior Court claiming a customer wrote him a bad check for $740. But five months after paying $30 to file his claim, Delnero, the owner of a charter boat fishing company, hasn't heard a word from the court - no hearing date, no notice of delay, no update on the court's operations. When ...
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