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Summary: When filing a lawsuit, consider involving a mediation process to resolve the dispute before hiring a lawyer or taking the case to small claims court. Learn to file a lawsuit and dissolve a legal conflict with advice from a certified family mediator in this free video on legal information.

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By Robert Todd
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Robert Todd is the managing partner and president of Robert M. Todd, P.A. and Family Law Solutions. He is a certified family mediator and Florida Supreme Court-certified civil...read more

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"Your neighbor's tree limb has fallen on your roof and has created damage, and when you went next door to talk about it, your neighbor said it is your problem. Hello, I am Robert Todd, and I am here to help you answer the question, how do I file a lawsuit. Well, in these circumstances, you may want to try to resolve this with your neighbor first by simply going over to your neighbor's house and approaching them and trying to discuss it in a reasonable and calm fashion. If that does not work, you might want to consider involving a mediation process. Many counties and many states have free mediation services whereby a neutral third party listens to the parties of the dispute and tries to assist the parties in resolving that dispute. And if mediation does not work, than you may want to consider whether you have to file a lawsuit, and then when you come to that question you may want to consider whether you want to hire a lawyer, or whether you want to try to do it yourself. If it is a simple lawsuit, it is something that may be filed in small claims, you may simply be able to use the assistance of the clerk to file. If it is something beyond small claims, you may want to seriously consider hiring a lawyer. I am Robert Todd, and thank you for watching."

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