Legal Question in Consumer Law in Florida

Re: bad hair day

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Yes, the hairdresser can take your wife to small claims court (summary procedure division of the county court). Your wife can defend the action and it would be up to the judge to make a decision.

Stopping payment on a check after services have been rendered is not the proper way to have handled matters. If the hairdresser had called the police, they might have filed criminal charges against your wife.

Scott R. Jay, Esq.