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Litigation isn't what you think. A local lawyer had a radio program where he explained our "sue happy" culture.
You only hear about crazy shit, because it's crazy shit. How many people suicided on New Year's Eve? Bet you can name at least one! Because blowing yourself up up in a Cybertruck, with fireworks, on New Year's, in front of Trump Towers, is crazy. Apply this to everything you see and read in the media.
Judges do not have to hear every bullshit case, plenty gets tossed. Most lawsuits have merit and are boring as paste.
Also, lawyers won't take your stupid case to court. They're happy to charge for time and advice, but they will not bring legal scat before a judge.
For one, they know these judges, have to work with them for years. Want to piss those judges off with frivolous bullshit? Retain a lawyer and go to court. He'll tell you how to act before that particular judge.
For two, lawyers want to win, low risk tolerance. Think they're taking every dumb case to court just for a paycheck? No, they have a reputation to think about. Who's hiring a lawyer that loses all the time or has a rep for taking losing cases?
tl;dr: Neither judges nor lawyers are stupid and frivolous lawsuits are rare.
Only hearing about the crazy shit is the same reason Florida seems so crazy. "Sunshine Laws" in Florida mean arrest records are public information in Florida. A cottage industry has sprung up around scouring arrest records for ludicrous arrests or weird things that happened around them. It's not that Florida is any more crazy than the rest of the country. We just hang our dirty laundry in the front lawn for everyone to see. Don't believe that crazy ass shit isn't happening in your neck of the woods, too.
That said, Florida is kind of crazy, though. At least some of it is imported crazy from other areas, though.