UNIVERSAL CITY NISSAN v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B119380.

75 Cal.Rptr.2d 910 (1998)

65 Cal.App.4th 203

UNIVERSAL CITY NISSAN, INC., Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, Respondent; Alberto Magdamo et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

Review Denied August 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay S. Belshaw, Torrance, for Petitioner.

No appearance on behalf of Respondent.

No appearance on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.


EPSTEIN, Associate Justice.

The general rule is that a plaintiff or defendant who chooses small claims court foregoes the right to appeal his or her claim to superior court. Formerly, this meant the superior court lacked jurisdiction to grant affirmative relief on a small claims "appeal" of a plaintiffs claim or on a defendant's counterclaim.1 This rule was changed by the Legislature in...

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