Only because the lawyer's cartel has made it so. Society is suffocating under their thumb. It's not just plainitff's lawyers, though I reserve a special degree of loathing for them. Defense lawyers, judges, legislators, they're all in on the scam.
We need to take a chainsaw to the legal system, and make it so fair and understandable that any sensible person could represent himself pro se on any matter he might reasonably have to address in court. Plus, we need to forbid lawyers from being legislators; it's a clear conflict of interest.
I am in favor of loser-pays, barratry rules on contingency fees, and many other legal reforms that would drive hundreds of thousands of lawyers out of business. All of society would benefit from their misery. I want them destroyed!
I wish we were more like Asian countries, in which a family is shamed and embarrassed if a son goes into legal studies instead of something like engineering or medicine that is good for society.
-ccm
"Society is suffering under their thumb."
You sound like a psycho. Your idea of simplistic idea of "take a chainsaw" to the legal system is absolutely laughable and is spoken from someone who obviously knows nothing about the evolution or law, and why things can't be so simple.
You like loser pay, do you? I actually we hope we get a loser pay system, and you are injured (not in the physical sense) by someone else, but you are too afraid to pursue it because there is a chance you will lose. It would suit you right.