Would you take a friend to small claims court if he/she owes you money?

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Mzdandylion0527

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while trying to avoid a repossession until I got the money to pay, I switched cars with a friend. We understood each of us would be responsible for the others car. Well, as my luck would have it, she ran my car into a light pole, damaging the front end. Because she was driving my car, my insurance would not cover the damages.
She made arrangements to get my car repaired at a "shade tree" body shop/mechanic and shortly thereafter, she took her car from me leaving me without a vehicle. The quote was unusually cheap and now I see why---the work he did was crap and now will have to be redone. My ex-friend now refuses to pay up and says that she should not have done me a favor in the first place and that I "used her".
Should I take her to court to recover the money that I will have to spend on getting the repairs done right? Do I even have a case? Am I ultimately responsible for switching cars with her in the first place?
Any advice?
 
That's some friend you had there. However, I don't think you have a case. The repairs may have been shoddy, but you get what you pay for. You should have insisted on having the repairs done at a reputable repair shop. Ultimately, I believe the responsibility for what has happened falls on the you for making several poor decisions in a row. This should be filed under "live and learn."
 
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