Court or Pay Up?

[Karen S.]

Long story short, I have an ex-tenant who I had to evict because of non-payment of rent.  He filed a lawsuit against me for all sorts of ludicrous things that he says I did or did not do (i.e. trespassing, harassment, etc).  He basically has no money and is trying to collect on insurance money.  His lawyer is subpoenaing everyone he can think of even if they have nothing to do with this just to run up the tab so insurance will pay out instead of going to trial.  Right now the insurance company is willing to shell out a good amount of money but it's still $7K short of what this tenant is asking for.   I know I did absolutely nothing wrong and don't want to give this guy a penny.  However my time is also very important.  Would you pay and end all this nonsense or spend who knows how long fighting this in court in front of a jury for justice?