Civil Law & Litigation for Paralegals 1st Edition by Neal Bevans

Exercise 9

Last week, Mrs. Rivera's neighbor, Kurt, smashed her back windshield with a tire iron. It caused $920 in damages, and Mrs. Rivera wants to sue Kurt for the damages. Kurt is in high school and has had trouble with the law before. Mrs. Rivera knows, for instance, that Kurt spent time in a youth detention facility last year. What jurisdictional and other issues does this case raise