Justice Gilbert starts this opinion by saying: "Alter egos of a judgment debtor appeal an order amending the judgment to add them as judgment debtors. We affirm. A judgment debtor with an empty shell is easy to crack."
Which might well be true as a legal matter. It's fairly easy to add an alter ego to a judgment when there are "empty shells" involved.
But, practically, getting actual money from the debtors remains -- if you'll pardon the analogy -- a tougher nut to crack.
Like here. Sure, they successfully add the alter egos to the judgment. But as far as I can tell, anyway, they still haven't gotten actual money.
Which is the part that actually matters.
But shell first, money later, I guess.
That's the theory, anyway.
