Hello. Yes, the first step is to file a response to the complaint within 30 days of service of the complaint/Summons on you (but you can also ask...

If the civil claims made against you were truly baseless, i.e. no factual support, you may be able to file a malicious prosecution case against...

If the tenant has violated a specific term of the rental agreement/lease, like threatening violence if the lease has a term providing the right to...

As Mr. Wolf said, the standard for a successful medical malpractice case is whether the provider departed from the accepted standard of care in the...

I'm sorry to hear of your situation. Reach out to experienced landlord-tenant/personal injury attorneys right away for a free consultation and to...

Hello. There should be some lawyers on this forum willing to take on such work for your case, including myself. Reach out to one of us to discuss...

From what you describe, it sounds like the neighbor was permitted to cut the trees as they did. In CA, tree branches that hang over a property line...

The Statute of Limitations in California for a property damage or conversion claim is 3 years, which includes small claims cases.

In CA, landlords are not permitted to take "self-help" eviction actions such as you describe. Reach out to an experienced landlord-tenant attorney...

Yes, on the day of the trial, the commissioner should ask if anyone there objects to a commissioner hearing your case, and at that point you speak...