Correct. I sued a party in Germany, won the case, got awarded 10K in legal costs (which actually was quite high, but it was a complete travesty) and another 25K in damages as well as annulment of whatever the suit was about.

Then the party I sued absconded to the US (he already had a house there and his family was already living there) and simply never returned.

The real legal bill was 50K. But at least the annulment stood and that was the main thrust of the suit.