If you sue someone...

[cola]

So let's say I sue someone, and the judge awards me 3,000,000$. The person who I won the case against
Doesn't have it, or even close and probably never will..

How will I get paid?

 

[Bible_Belt]

You won't. You can't squeeze water from a stone. If you really push it, you can get them back into court again and have a judge order them to go look for a job. But they are just going to slip and fall on their first day, so they can apply for a disability check that you won't be able to garnish. Suing poor people is pointless; that's why most lawsuits are against insurance companies and large corporations - they have the money.

 

[logicallefty]

I sued a small business back in 2013 and won. I didn't have any trouble collecting the money once I won in court. And I didn't think my judgement was anything really in the big scheme of money, it was no 3 million dollars, but it was enough to shut their business down not 3 weeks later. Through the grapevine I heard that the owner, a woman, as so stressed out over my lawsuit and loosing that she just couldn't mentally function anymore so she had to close shop. lol

Lesson: never do business with a woman