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The Battalion
March 4, 1982 /Page 1B
Section B
Greeting after class
Let’s go play, Red seems to say to major from Bryan. Red greeted
his owner, Anita Demirs, a Demirs with a warm kiss when her
freshman mechanical engineering class dismissed from Bolton Hall.
How to pursue small claims
Taking a case to court
United Press International
LOS ANGELES — Someone
dent your car through their own
negligence and refuse to pay?
Did a lover break up with you
and keep the $1,200 waterbed
set you bought together?
Have you ever paid a huge
TV repair bill only to find the set
didn’t work right?
These incidents are
annoying, f rustrating and costly
enough to make a person want
justice.
Last year more than 1.5 mil
lion people took such grievances
to small claims court. Many of
them won, quickly, simply and
cheaply.
Small claims court is for the
so-called common person with
average income and limited
knowlege of judicial procedure.
James Morris, a small claims
court judge from Rochester,
N.Y., has written a book, “You
Can Win Big In Small Claims
Court.” It walks the reader
through small claims court proc
edure step by step with actual
cases and explanations for the
judge’s ruling.
“Not only is small claims
court cheap and efficient, but
what could take two days with a
jury trial can be done in 30 mi
nutes,” Morris said in an inter
view.
Claims can be filed up to $750
or $ 1,000 in most states. Califor
nia, among others, raised its
limit to $1,500 this year. Some
states, such as Texas and Geor
gia, allow only $200 or $300.
Others, such as Tennessee, New
Mexico and Virginia, put the
limit at $5,000.
It is not necessary to know
legal procedure to go to small
claims court. Lawyers usually
are not involved. Some states
don’t allow them in small claims
cases.
If there is a valid claim and
evidence to prove the case, look
up the number of the local small
claims court and contact the
clerk.
It will be necessary to show:
— The full legal name and
address of the person you’re
going to sue. If it’s a business,
you must know the name of the
corporation or the person doing
business under the store or ser
vice name.
— Documents, such as dam
age or repair estimates, receipts,
letters, contracts, promissory
notes, leases, canceled checks.
If the claim is a valid matter
for small claims court, filing
probably will cost between $2
and $ 10. Morris says the average
fee is $7.
State the name and address
of the person being sued, the
amount of money claimed, a
brief—about 25 words — expla
nation of why the money is
owed, your signature and the
date.
Morris warns that unless you
are quickly paid the owed
money in full, both parties
should appear in court and re
port the settlement agreement
to the judge.
Above all, he counsels, don’t
be afraid to use small claims
court.
“There are many ways to
make society more complex,” he
said. “Small claims court is a way
to make it simple.”
Paris newspaper says photo
cited by Haig four years old
United Press International
PARIS — The newspaper Le
Figaro says the photo used by
Secretary of State Alexander
Haig to show the Nicaraguan
government is massacring its In
dians was a 4-year-old picture of
Red Cross workers burning
casualties of the civil war.
In Washington, State Depart
ment spokesman Alan Romberg
said: “it is unfortunate the photo
was misidentified. Nonetheless,
our views on the Nicaraguan
treatment of the Miskito Indians
remains as it was, as stated by the
secretary of state.”
The photograph in the right-
wing publication carried a cap
tion that said, “the massacre of
fiercely anti-Castro Miskito In
dians by Nicaragua’s Socialist-
Marxist barbudos (Cuban advis
ers) last December. Two hun
dred Indians were cut to pieces
by grenades and automatic
arms.”
On Feb. 19, after meeting
with AFL-CIO officials about
Nicaragua, Haig said he “drew
their attention, for example, to
the photograph in Figaro this
week in Paris which showed the
most atrocious genocidal actions
that are being taken by the
Nicaraguan government against
their Indian populations along
the east coast.”
The French satirical weekly
Le Canard Enchaine revealed
the photo published in Le Figar
o’s weekend magazine in early
February actually was taken
four years ago.
The Gamma photo agency,
whose photographer took the
picture, said it bore the label,
“Nicaragua, September 1978,”
but Figaro magazine had not
asked for a caption.
Henri-Christian Giraud, edi
tor of Figaro magazine, said the
photograph was a mistake.
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