What amount of compensation might be expected for a scar?
3. When would the compensation decision be made and is there a process to collect claims won in Small Claims Court? Here is the advice that I offered: 1. Go to court prepared and organized. Have an outline of how you are going to explain what happened to the judge. Take some good pictures of your scar and print them out as 8-inch by 10-inch images so you can give them to the judge. Go to the Court Clerk’s office and get a copy of the Certificate of Conviction showing the guilty plea. If you have any witnesses to the assault, bring them with you and have them prepared to tell the judge how you were assaulted. Stay calm and be polite to the judge (say “Yes, sir,” and “No, sir,” etc.). 2. Scars are tough to value and there is no single website where you can get a precise idea of value. However, with that said, don’t sweat it because the decision about how much your scar is worth is up to the judge anyway. In order to convince the judge to give you the highest amount possible, you need to
