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In addition, the chamber said, court procedures are complicated and all too often a judgment goes uncollected. The chamber urged each state to adopt a law mandating a system of small claims courts to be established and run by localities. Under the proposal, small claims courts would have branch offices. open evenings and Satur. WO , 1 ,....,,,,,,, , 1 PI claims 1 ,,,,, igtz, handles small 1 , n Any changes in Salt Lake City handling of small claims would re- 7:1, - !:iyg"tr'''''''':" ,F: it - ''14,. Jp1, SALE ITEMS GOOD AT ALL STORES! Ii f, ' I 'A K , , s,,,,,,,..-,,,,,.- ...... e.,',.,a, t - ' ? ; z, ',,i:...-;,,,- ,;:',; -- - ' : , , It ,, - t,. -- . , t ,,,,o. , ., - .: - -, - , '' ' ' i" -,- - . - ' '',:', ' wggfr ' V& - ":. ,,) - , 4 t '- "' ' ; , ,i:, i ' . ;''''''' , , - , , :s. , ; : FROM N, - 7:: ... ' UNDERVi0C)D - : ,:: ,..., .,- - . .., .. ' '.' .... .. ' ,i.', . , . b'' i . . 14 - ' : .' ",.: . 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He also noted that MN Sala VI tiniriiill 1 p, cases per week, and these must be filed on Friday, according to BM Holyoak, court claims PAIIASOKte 312 S P T L2 E CLUITTE ACBettery operated Built-i- n condenser microphone Auto-etotape counter W.8 :41 30 among the city judges by a calendar clerk who assigns them a week in advance, Morris said. It would cost Salt Lake City a great deal more to provide extended small I v V', The city accepts only 1 - teTIT, 01 1 614;o , r 1; quire legislation to change present laws, according to City Judge Melvin H. Morris. Under present Utah statutes. small claims are limited to 8200, be said. 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Forty states, for example, would have to raise the jurisdictional limits of the cowls to $1,000; 47 states would need to make changes to prohibit lawyers front participating as trial principals. The proposal calls for small claims courts to operate regular court boors, plus . at least one ;11"1.7711"!"17,r771777",4,1 rilM,Poltit4,117 Both individuals and companies would be allowed to use the choose. - How S.L. work. said. explaintrig that as it now stands, the COnSUITIer is told "you go find the person and collect." Call for Action volunteers recently worked with Ralph Nader's Center for Study o Law to measure the extent of consumer complaints about products. The report said that consumers "present only a minute fraction of their problems to small claims courts. consumer agencies and other third parties . . Businesses are virtually the sole complaint handlers and are free to apply whatever standards they days. They would handle cases involving amounts up to 61,000. Lawyers could not ad as trial principals although they could provide information and assistance if the court approves. 11 the defendant failed to pay a judgment, the court could issue an order for collection and fine the defendant for contempt. The chamber is distributing its "Model Consumer Justice Act" among its 60.000 members as part of what it calls "a major educational effort to encourage broad support in the business community for efficient and effective methods of resoh,tng consumer corrtplaints In a fair manner." Ellen Sulzberger Straus founder of Call for Action, Inc., a network of volunteers in 40 cities who handle telephoned consumer complaints oh a variety of subjects, is among those who have been critical of the existing small claims system. "The small claims court consaid Ms. cept is excellent," Straus. who prefers the Ms. designation. In practice, she said, it has several failings. She is particularly concerned over the large number of judgments which go uncollected. "That's what I hate most," she By Louise Cook the bearing, although, erfillItre;,"4--:-.7-------- ,,,, usual eirturreances, it 4 ItZvOtiktkig, delayed for up to If dr..; As soon as the judgment was Yee 141K241441 iMwtt .3, l',,,; issue& with both parties still , ,,,, ht ' under oath, the eourt would work, i ' , 14 defen4 li.7,' Mt a payment plan If the , dant failed to pay, the court would : :):' ultimately assume the responsi Witty for collection. courts, but company complaints could not take up more than SO percent of the courts time sitd could !lot be heard in the eveMngs or on Saturdays, The model law would require hearings to be held within 45 days of a complaint filing; the judge's decision would come at the end of k'..-t,.',- t titt4t4; 0 VolLisill ' - 7-- 1 7--0 ,, , 4 ,,,,,,,,,Asp, ii. ,., ,, , t" .. :,40I. ,,,, .,L. ;, .. , ,. . ...j , .,,.,,..,4,........ -, t; ri t'N t 1 |