The expression "sue them to court"

[bandit957]

Anyone else use this expression, and is it grammatically correct?

Here's an example: "A person got injured in a car crash and sued the other driver to court." Another example: "If the bank messes up my credit rating, I'm gonna sue them to court!"

"Sue them" and "take them to court" are both correct. So why would "sue them to court" not be correct? I've seen it used by people posting on online message forums, but there's lots of bad grammar on these forums.

Don't take the law into your own hands! Sue them to court!

[Max Rockatansky]

"Sue them to court" is an expression I'm seeing for the first time. 

[1995hoo]

Never heard that before. It's redundant. Where else would you sue someone?

[Rothman]

I prefer "we go to the mattresses."

[SectorZ]

Sounds like something JohnMorganfromMorganandMorgan would say in one of his endless ads.

[Scott5114]

Never heard that before. It's redundant. Where else would you sue someone?

On Judge Judy?

[dlsterner]

Never heard the expression "sue them to court".

Maybe you're hearing "see them in court", which makes more sense.

[Takumi]

Just tell them you. mean. business.

https://youtu.be/pHI6Nf2EJpU

[WillWeaverRVA]

I have literally never heard this expression before.

Just tell them you. mean. business.

https://youtu.be/pHI6Nf2EJpU

The Law Firm of Marks & Harrison?!

*DUNNNNNN*

[triplemultiplex]

Feels like a translation mistake to me.  Like perhaps that syntax works in a different language and if you translate each individual word, you end up with this off-sounding phrase.