Was conman Jacob Milton ever able to collect a dime of his $12 Million judgement against his former victims?
A famous case where it is alleged that a criminal can sue his victims and win is that of Jacob Milton: https://nypost.com/2021/08/14/convicted-conman-sues-his-nyc-victims-and-wins-12m/ . It's sometimes cited in the main subreddit (like today) as an example of why you always need to hire a lawyer even when the criminal suing you likely has no case.
But this seems more of a lesson in showing up. The default judgement was only granted because no one on the defense even showed up. If the defendants had just appeared pro se and clumsily defended themselves, wouldn't they have gotten the case thrown out? Did they actually appeal afterwards and get the judgement set aside? What's the real story here?
u/EmeraldHawk — 4 days ago