How do you collect money after winning a Judgement?

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asked Oct 20, 2019 in Law/Ethics by nightdevil (410 points)
How do you collect money after winning a Judgement?

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answered Oct 20, 2019 by Lanesamuel (470 points)
After winning a Judgement against someone or a company the person can simply work out how to pay you through payments or in a lump sum if they have the money.

If not and they agree to pay you and they fail to pay you then you can take the person back to court and the Judge can order a wage garnishment or a bank levy where they can have the money removed directly from the persons pay or from their bank to pay you the settlement.

If it's a large company then they will likely pay you directly without needing to levy any of their bank accounts and sometimes insurance for the company will pay the settlement out to you.

You can usually get the money for the settlement in one lump sum from a company or get the settlement from the lawsuit and judgement in payments.

A legit company will always pay out the Judgement on time or at least pay it but an individual you sue for a Judgement may not always pay you.

So in that case the Judge may need to order a wage garnishment or bank levy to take care of the settlement.

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