The filing fee is a few hundred dollars (I won't share the exact amount as that would disclose where I am in more detail than I'm comfortable with publicly) where I am. I had one of those low cost lawyer subscriptions (legal shield) at the time of some of these incidents, and the lawyer whom they provided said that it's extremely unlikely that I'd get that back. This filing fee excludes all cases except the car. This lawyer also said that I wouldn't be able to get compensation for the substantial time investment in a small claims suit, or for the original damages.