Blog Post: San Diego Superior Court Sees Major Surge in Collection Lawsuits

New insights from Lex Machina®, the LexisNexis® Legal Analytics® platform, reveal a significant shift in San Diego Superior Court’s civil litigation landscape. While overall civil filings have risen since 2022, the increase is almost entirely attributable to a sharp uptick in limited-jurisdiction collections lawsuits, in which creditors or debt-purchasers pursue recovery of alleged debt under $35,000. In 2025, creditors filed more than 32,000 such cases, an increase of more than 65 percent compared to total filings in 2023.