Does anyone know of a sort of recipe book for how to file a small claims court case in this sort of matter? I'm interested in this avenue but I don't want to sp

Does anyone know of a sort of recipe book for how to file a small claims court case in this sort of matter? I'm interested in this avenue but I don't want to spend a lot of time figuring out how to do it or potentially screw up some little thing that renders the whole effort futile. It seems like the argument might be slightly more subtle than a case of, say, theft or fraud. It's negligence.