Probabilities of Small Claims Judgment Satisfaction and Factors Influencing Success

A claim adjudicated in small claims court is substantively not resolved until the judgement rendered has been received by the winning plaintiff. Using data from the Boone County, Missouri, Small Claims Court, this study found that one‐half of the winning claims were collected in full. Differences in...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of consumer affairs 1993-06, Vol.27 (1), p.66-86
Hauptverfasser:	BONNER, PATRICIA A., METZEN, EDWARD J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Attitude surveys Attorneys Civil procedure Civil proceedings Counties Court decisions Court hearings & proceedings Courts Data collection Debtors Defendants Directories Factors Interviews Judges & magistrates Laws Legal representation Legislators Litigants Litigation Mail Surveys Plaintiffs Predictions Probability Researchers Response rates Satisfaction of judgment Settlements & damages Small claims Small claims courts State court decisions Statistical analysis Trials
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Zusammenfassung:	A claim adjudicated in small claims court is substantively not resolved until the judgement rendered has been received by the winning plaintiff. Using data from the Boone County, Missouri, Small Claims Court, this study found that one‐half of the winning claims were collected in full. Differences in collection success were more closely related to the judgment amount and characteristics of the defendant than to characteristics of the plaintiff.
ISSN:	0022-0078 1745-6606
DOI:	10.1111/j.1745-6606.1993.tb00738.x