Oregonians file more than 77,000 small claims cases annually in the state's justice and circuit courts. That number is higher than all other civil cases combined and more than all criminal cases, with the exception of traffic court. That number means that thousands of unrepresented people — a number well beyond those we see struggling solo through family court — are braving the court system without much guidance about what to expect or what to do, as Janay Haas reports.
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