I've never looked into the law on this subject, but I've always thought that small claims court dealt with, well, small claims. It doesn't seem logical to me that they'd distinguish among different types of offenses. It's probably easy enough to find out. Certainly in any other kind of court you can sue anyone for anything at all.
The beauty of the idea, of course, is that it'd drive Mr Lobster and Mr T crazy trying to deal with small suits all over the country. And little by little it could end up costing them a bundle.
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