Going to a court to enforce a judgment is going to be orders of magnitudes cheaper than a tort litigation, and there are FAR FAR FAR less delay tatics the lawyer could impose

So I still do not believe that is a reason not to use the small claims process

Seems people just want to have a deafest attitude

There is almost no down side from making use of the Small Claims system, could you still end up not being paid sure... but they have ALOT better change of getting the money with a small claims judgement than with no judgment, and small claims is pretty strait forward and inexpensive

Further once you have the judgement the ability to get consignment legal services goes up substantially as well