It’s important to understand that obtaining a judgment and collecting on that judgment are two completely different processes.
If you win your case at trial and are awarded damages, the Court will enter a judgment which gives you the legal entitlement to recoup the monetary amount of the awarded damages. However, the judgment itself does not represent payment, only a legal entitlement to payment from the party against whom the judgment was entered. The question then becomes a matter of whether or not the person or entity against whom the judgment was entered is willing and able to pay the judgment. If the obligor (the person that owes you money) cannot or will not make the proper payments, you will have to pursue collection activity against them.