Does small collections court ever get rent back for landlords?

[Bobby Shell]

My property manager could not keep a tenant. The tenant was rude and hateful and the property manager asked for a new point of contact for the rental family. The rental family said no and moved out of their lease 6 months early.

We have paid the last 2 months mortgage and the tenant is going to small collections court

What are odds of us getting the past tenant to pay the rent for these months our rental is empty and the PM is hunting for a new tenant?