If the case survives initial challenges, it will never lead to anything like a huge amount of money, even if the plaintiff wins. I was involved in a lawsuit once where another company sued us for several million US $; so we turned around and counter-sued for nearly double that amount, even though we had no such damages. (Neither did they.) It's all posturing in an attempt to negotiate a lucrative settlement.

He wont get that sum. Its a tactic of asking for more but aiming to receive less.