Legal Question in Constitutional Law in California

Small claims judgments actually are res judicata. See Pitzen v. Superior Court (2004) 120 Cal.App.4th 1374, 1381. So you're almost certainly stuck with the judgment.

A plaintiff who opts to file in small claims court is choosing that forum instead of a regular superior court case, not in addition to it. You got what you bargained for. Part of the bargain is that you don't have the right to appeal if you lose. Another part is that you don't get to re-assert the same claim in a new Superior Court case.

Nothing you have written suggests that Farmers discriminated against you due to your gender, employment status or accent. Perhaps you have such evidence and just haven't told us about it. If you're really a lawyer, you surely understand that being treated wrongly and being a woman does not prove you were treated wrongly *because* you are a woman. Even if you could take Farmers to court again, you would have the burden of proof on this point. (Presumably you made these arguments the last time around and failed.)

A small claims plaintiff who loses in a trial de novo can petition the Court of Appeal for a writ of certiorari. But such petitions rarely succeed. You would have to show that your case presents �significant issues of small claims law or procedure.� Merely saying you should have won will not be enough.

If you are interested in bringing a writ petition, please feel free to contact me. I am a certified appellate specialist (per the State Bar of California's Board of Legal Specialization) with many years of relevant experience.