Is this not a risky precedent to have in a legal system? If John Q. Public know they will have to jump through legal hoops any time someone makes a claim again

Is this not a risky precedent to have in a legal system? If John Q. Public know they will have to jump through legal hoops any time someone makes a claim against them, will this not encourage some folks to take the law into their own hands, thus encouraging actual damages vs. claimed?