>> where craig underwood's family farm had been growing jalapenos for three decades. >> so you used to were driving through the valley, peppers were everyplace. >> but i heard that you had one customer? >> one customer, huy fong foods. >> huy fong makes the world-famous sriracha hot sauce. in 2016, they abruptly severed ties with underwood. his business dried up overnight. >> is there anything growing here at all? can you tell? >> there's nothing planted here. and up here, it's just weeds. >> facing ruin, he sued huy fong for breach of contract and won: $23 million. >> but they appealed? >> they appealed. >> you couldn't collect any of the money? >> no. we were looking at whether we could survive or not. every week we were trying to find enough cash to pay the bills, make sure we could make payroll. >> he couldn't afford to keep fighting, until he heard of an investment firm that backs people in his situation. >> we make the playing field level. and that's what people should be wanting in litigation. >> christopher bogart is the ceo of burford capital. he funds litigants and takes a ch