>Actually, I wonder if a major part of the decline of trust in the U.S. today is because the price of litigation has spiraled outside of the means of most Americans.
I think the problem is on the other side. Defending yourself is too expensive. Instead of doing quick and efficient business people invoke massive amounts of overhead creating liability reducing paper trail for everything rather than just doing honest business and lawyering up if they have the bad luck of being sued.
It's like paying $100/mo for insurance because you can't afford to pay a $400 6mo premium.
It doesn't help that most people don't have and understand about how tort law works.
I think the problem is on the other side. Defending yourself is too expensive. Instead of doing quick and efficient business people invoke massive amounts of overhead creating liability reducing paper trail for everything rather than just doing honest business and lawyering up if they have the bad luck of being sued.
It's like paying $100/mo for insurance because you can't afford to pay a $400 6mo premium.
It doesn't help that most people don't have and understand about how tort law works.