This is a completely appropriate use of small-claims court. It's the one place where a regular citizen can afford a fair trial against Apple in the U.S.
No you don’t. And this is actually why a lot of people win them against corporations — it’s cheaper to just let you have the hundreds or few thousand you’re asking for.
Yeah, my friend did that against Samsung in Canada and it was an automatic win. A few days before the court appearance Samsung bent and sent him the money.