Not so. They do administer an oath before the show starts (you can sometimes see the bailiff doing this with the parties in court while Harvey Levin is talking about the case. The statements made on the show ARE legally binding. Soemtimes she will dismiss a case without prejudice, so it can be brought to suit again, when she feels (As in this case) there was no good evidence presented in an otherwise open and shut situation (where the cleaners should have known better, as professional cleaners, than to put a wig in a washing machine with detergent), but which has no proof as to the value of the loss incurred by the plaintiff.
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