You Won the Lawsuit. That Doesn’t Mean You’ve Collected a Dime.

Horst Legal CounselAppellate Law, Business Litigation

Summary Winning a lawsuit is only half the job. If the company or person that owes you money has no assets, the judgment can be close to worthless on its own. A recent California Court of Appeal decision, 8451 Melrose Property, LLC v. Akhtarzad, gives businesses another way to collect, letting a court add new parties to a judgment after …