20 years ago, things were better. I owned some electric utility company stocks, and there was a class action law suit claiming the utility did not do proper declaration of facts or something. And I did receive a settlement check.
Now the system is out of control. We need serious legal system reforms, especially about frivolous law suits.
The plaintiff should be required to pay legal costs of defendant if court rules in favor of defendant. That kind of system exists in many countries, which minimizes frivolous law suits.
Since tort lawyers are a major funding source for Democrats (along with unions and Big Education) they are pretty well connected.