My Max plan just paid for itself for the next three years: Claude helped me win an $8,000 legal case!

I retained an attorney for the situation. He sent a single email, and didn't even contact me with the response. I had to stop by his office to even learn that. My location is quite rural, there aren't a ton of legal options, so I thought, fuck it, let's give Claude a chance. I started with research. I personally reviewed every reference. I figured hallucinated statutes and case law probably wouldn't be a good look.^1 Then I used Claude to strategize and draft an actual civil suit to file in district court. My only cost was the filing fee.^2 **I returned from court about an hour ago, and *I fucking won!*.** ^1 For what it's worth, *every* reference that Claude (Opus 4.5) found on its own was rock solid, no hallucinations, and every piece of data was relevant to the case. ^2 It is shockingly easy to file a civil suit without an attorney.