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Winning a lawsuit and actually collecting are two different things, and from my experience the legal system does not care at all once they've issued a judgement
by adoxyz 4y ago
Winning a lawsuit and actually collecting are two different things, and from my experience the legal system does not care at all once they've issued a judgement. It worked out for that person and that's great, but these types of lawsuits tend to take a while to get a hearing, require a bunch of paperwork, and if the other party does not play ball, the odds of you getting any $$ out of it are pretty slim.
- dweekly 4y ago(OP here) I'm learning that in this case I was lucky that the party was A: identifiable, B: also in CA, C: responsive to a suit, and D: willing to settle out-of-court (mailed me a check). I hadn't realized that collections of a small claims judgement could be super-involved but apparently I was simply naive on that topic.
- perlgeek 4y agoThis is fairly sad state of affairs. Here in Germany if you have a court order and that isn't payed, the bailiff/marshall visit the recalcitrant party and confiscates cash or valuable items until the order is settled. (At least for companies; there are some regulations that individuals cannot be brought below the poverty line by such actions).