A lot of scoundrels are prevented from producing and selling defective and dangerous products because honest and decent lawyers (there are some) will pound them at court. BTW McDonald's doesn't sell 180 Degree coffee any more. But it's not because they got considerate all of a sudden...
Before we had a world full of lawyers, people were expected to have a little common sense about things like climbing ladders. There was a lawsuit against the ladder manufacturer by the guy who fell from the ladder because he set it up on a pile of frozen manure next to the barn. The pile of dung became soft when the air temperature rose. Defective ladder?
The retarded need to be protected from themselves. I don't.
I found out something pretty amazing. The world is very dangerous and you can get killed or badly hurt if you forget things like the laws of physics or if you drive an automobile on highways full of speeding cars whose drivers are distracted and flawed human beings.
Afraid of physician malpractice? Don't go to doctors! Nobody is forcing us.
Even if half the citizens of the United States were lawyers, 100 per cent of us would still die of something.
While I'm still around, why do I have to share a big piece of what I earn with lawyers?
You are correct about one thing. We don't need scoundrels taking advantage of us....scoundrels disguised as a "profession."