Small Claims

In medical malpractice suits, I know that an expert witness must be provided by the plaintiff with proper notification of his/her credentials within a certain time before trial. However, in small claims court in Texas, does this requirement pertain? In other words, I have filed a case in small claims court - does the requirement for hiring and presenting an expert witness exist in small claims courts?

We won a judgment in Small Claims Court for the return of our live dog. The Defendant has now appealed the decision, which now goes to the Civil Courts Of Superior Court in Indiana. Can you tell us what forms we will need to file with the court? It states as follows 'The Plaintiffs must file an entirely new document repeating the allegations from the notice of claim in small claims court and serve the defendant with the document.'

What is involved in issuing a subpoena for an out of state witness in a Small Claims action?

I retired from the University of California (01/01/09) and a lump sum pay off ($71000) was sent to Fidelity Investments to go in my 401k. 01/16/09.I had contacted a Fidelity Retirement Counselor in November, 2008, and told her I did not want my new money to go in the any of the default mutual funds that the account had which I had chosen as investments months before.I made clear my desire that the new money was to go in a treasury money market to protect it against market fluctuation.A form was sent to me which I did not send back in until early January, 09.Fidelity maintains that The form had irregularities in the information and before anyone could contact me, the distribution was sent from the University to my default mutual funds that were still open. Finding this out, I transfered the new money to a treasury money market to save it from mutual fund losses.My losses are about $5000 from the phone transfer I made to save the new money.Yes, I should have sent the form in earlier, but I also believe that Fidelity should have contacted me when irregularities were found. I do not have the time line of this now. I requested a mailed copy of the form that was sent be mailed to me. Can I sue in Small Claims court or should I use a lawyer?

Can small claims be filed via the internet & processed via the internet & a server in all states? I was asking as an individual if a small claim suit can be executed say from Arizona to Florida via internet using possibly a server (with pay) to collect a debt owed?