How would you approach it? Would you prohibit people from
hiring attorneys? Try to instill stronger ethics in
attorneys or what? Prohibit lawsuits entirely? I'm
genuinely interested as to what you think would help.

I'm not Dudley, but that has never stopped me from talking on Usenet.

I see the root problem as being the "jury of one's peers"... inasmuch as
one's peers are often unschooled in whatever it is that is necessary to
ajudicate some lawsuits. For example, how many on a jury about a crash
are actually pilots, aviation engineers, or controllers? Those are the
ones with the expertise to not be swayed by irresponsible emotional
arguments (such as the recent one holding a pilot who had a gear problem
responsible for a midair involving two other airplanes).

Sometimes a jury of ones peers is actually the best thing. But
sometimes not. When? ... that's the tricky question.

Jose
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