I'm thinking about the old Workers' Compensation laws in California, before they were revised by the legislature last year. I read that the laws and procedures were so complex that most workers had to hire a lawyer just to file a workers compensation claim for a workplace injury and pursue the claim to completion. If the average person needs a lawyer just to file a claim for a workplace injury, then the laws and procedures are too complex. They're written that way by lawyers to generate more work for themselves and other lawyers. Just follow the money, Jake.
Either that or the average person is really, really dumb.