State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Avery

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• rejecting preclusion because Washington small claims proceeding involving less than $250 in controversy cannot be appealed
• “The small claims court’s limited jurisdiction does not preclude [a party] from asserting issue preclusion as a defense.”
• “Most jurisdictions follow this rale.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).