About Forkarium
Forkarium: The Court of Petty Claims takes the everyday arguments people really have, like how long leftover pizza keeps or whether you can recline your plane seat, and hears each one as a court case. One case answers one question.
The parties are fictional. The evidence is real.
What is staged and what is real
The parties, their story, their claims and the sentence are fictional. We stage them so the question is fun to read, and every case page says so.
The evidence and the answer are real. Each fact comes from a source you can open and check yourself.
Editorial standards
We cite primary or official sources only: government and public agencies, standards bodies, official associations, research papers, original documents such as patents, laws and terms of service, and findings published by the organization that ran the study. We do not cite Wikipedia or summary blogs. When one of them points to a useful document, we open that document instead.
We use the most recent version of a source we can find, such as the latest edition of a guideline, and show its publication date next to the date we checked it. Older research is used only after we confirm that later findings have not overturned it.
Quotes are copied word for word from the source page into the source list, and any number on the page appears in that quote. Every exhibit, verdict answer and FAQ answer carries a source number. A factual sentence without a source does not go on the page.
The made-up parts are always labeled. On every case page, the parties, the timeline, the claims and the sentence sit in a dashed box marked Dramatization, apart from the verified facts.
A case is published only after all of these checks.
Health, law and money
On these topics we pass on official general guidance only. A case is not personal advice. For your own situation, ask a qualified professional.
What the court hears
Everyday disputes only. Real people, brands, politics and religion stay out of the courtroom.
Corrections
If a fact turns out to be wrong after publication, we fix the case and log the correction at the bottom of the case page, with the date and what changed.
To report an error, email hello@forkarium.com with the case link and what you found.
Who runs it
Forkarium is made and run by Mr. Latte, a maker studio.