Quote Originally Posted by Paul65K View Post
Andrew,

I'll defer to Eli but I think the answer here is that you can sure for anything you want (up to $7,500 in SC Court) but you will only be awarded any real costs/losses you incur as there are no "Punitive" damages awarded in SC court.......and also somewhat limited in regular court unless there are some special circumstances.

On the OP's question, it won't take more than a morning or afternoon to do this and you'll get a hearing before a "Judge" (not really a judge in SC court but the same effect) and if nothing else you'll teach the guy a lesson and he might just pay up once he's been served......it's worth it IMHO
Yeah I knew about a max amount too. Just didn't know the number. My info is based on knowledge of what happened to lawsuits we have lost (the company I work for) over towing incidents. Folks that have sued us and won sued us for 3 times the original amount and was awarded the amount asked for. The number has never been over 5K from what I remember. I will also differ to a lawyer also but I believe the max is 3 times the amount up to the SC predetermined amount. Idk. Def not a lawyer and have very minimal court experience.

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