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What are the different types of civil cases?
What are the different types of unlimited civil cases?
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What is a civil case?
This guide will give you the general steps that apply to these types of civil cases. It also gives you some specific information about some of the more common reasons someone may go to civil court, like p roperty damage, c ontract disputes, p ersonal injury, and employment cases.
- What Happens If You're Sued
This is the typical process for what happens if you're sued...
- Breach of Contract
Venue and choice of law: The contract may say either side...
- Before You Sue Someone
Civil cases are hard to pursue without a lawyer. There are...
- Personal Injury Cases
For example, car crashes, slip and falls, or workplace...
- Research cases
In some cases, like a civil rights case, you may need to...
- Cases for Over $25,000
There are many types of unlimited civil cases. These include...
- What Happens If You're Sued
There are a lot of different kinds of cases in civil court: Small claims cases, which are lawsuits between individuals or companies for $10,000 or less, and where no one is allowed to have a lawyer. General civil cases, usually involving suing someone for money in disputes over things like contracts, damage to property, or someone getting hurt.
There are a lot of different kinds of cases in Civil Court. We have separate sections for the main kinds of civil cases: General Civil Cases: Cases about contracts, damage to property or someone getting hurt. See the Self-Help Civil Self-Help Lawsuits & Filing section of this website.
This guide should be useful for most types of civil motions, but the Law Library has prepared guides for many specific situations. Some popular ones are: Motion to Vacate or Set Aside (Relief from Default Judgment)