36 DO NOT JOIN A CLASS ACTION SUIT - FILE SMALL CLAIMS SUITS LIKE AN ARMY OF FROGS!!! THEY CANNOT DEFEAT A SWARM!!! (media.patriots.win) posted 78 days ago by Brooklyn_Patriot_76 78 days ago by Brooklyn_Patriot_76 +36 / -0 5 comments share 5 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (5) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 2 ▼ – ramennov 2 points 78 days ago +2 / -0 It might drag it out, but wouldn't a decision against one claim just be used as precedent for a decision against another? permalink save report block reply ▲ 1 ▼ – ClimbsAndCuts 1 point 78 days ago +1 / -0 No. Small claims decisions generally have no precedential effect. (In most of Indiana, none at all). I doubt even that non-mutual defensive collateral estoppel (based on a single court in a single state’s judgment) would be effective. permalink parent save report block reply
It might drag it out, but wouldn't a decision against one claim just be used as precedent for a decision against another?
No. Small claims decisions generally have no precedential effect. (In most of Indiana, none at all). I doubt even that non-mutual defensive collateral estoppel (based on a single court in a single state’s judgment) would be effective.