I was picked to go on the Judge Judy show, can i still sue?

Nov 1, my son was hit by a drunk driver totalling out his car. we have not had a car for him since. we have to share one. She did not have Ins. I applied to go on Judge Judy. But, we just got a letter in the mail, that were going to get 5,764. for restitution . Don't know how long its going to take, we owe on the car and we don't have good enough credit and I don't work to buy another so we are still out of a car. He was out of work due to back pain for 2 weeks. we were only going to get 900. but due to no ins. it was 5764. She also has 4600. in court fees. Can we still go on Judge Judy for pain in suffering. Not sure how this works with the court thing, what if she don't pay? any advice on this would help. There was also another boy that was in the car and nothing for him. My son now has 472. for fees to school he couldn't catch up that he has to pay. Its been a mess and hard all around on all of us and she, she is still driving which she is not too. and has a car and her life as ours is been interrupted. not fair.