The reality TV show “The People’s Court” serves a function beyond entertainment by providing an outside-the-courtroom venue for arbitration of hundreds of small claims cases across the country each year.
Appearing on the show six years ago certainly brought two longtime Hartford neighbors their 15 minutes of fame, and netted each a payment of $250. But the very public arbitration session failed to prevent the legal discord between the neighbors, Elisa Green and Stephanie Woodlock, from infiltrating the Connecticut court system.
