JHWJR
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You still haven't thought about it, have you. Well, let me give you a taste. I'm very wealthy, but you are not. I have done you a great wrong. So you sue me. With all my wealth, I pummel you and bury you with 200 attorneys filing all kinds of motions and conducting amazing levels of investigation. You don't have the wealth to keep up. So you lose, not because your case didn't have a chance, but you could not afford even 3 attorneys to fight your battle. And what do I care, because when you lose, I can heap my bills on you. And it will ruin you.Because we don't. Try suing someone and winning and see if they cover your legal fees.
Don't you see how this system that you would put into place has it own problems? Do you think the folks who run things have never thought about such things? Don't you see the value of letting people decide for themselves how much to spend on litigation and, likely and in most cases, keeping the expenses commiserate with the importance of the issues and the amount at stake because, untimely, the party who has the services performed will be expected to pay for those services.
It's not a perfect system, to be sure, but the balances involved have almost never been considered by folks thinking I should be able to make you pay my bills. There ya go. Free legal guidance.