Because it would be nothing other than a subsidy for lawyers and a further drain on the court system. There are many thousands of disputes every day that are s

Because it would be nothing other than a subsidy for lawyers and a further drain on the court system. There are many thousands of disputes every day that are settled with informal settlement offers, and many hundreds that are settled with formal settlement offers. Most of these never make it to court. For example, if a tree from your yard falls into your neighbor's yard, they might have a claim against you. Instead of forcing them to file a lawsuit, you offer to pay for a new fence and landscaping to replace the stuff that got squished. (Or, the neighbor demands that you pay for the fence and landscaping instead of filing suit.) There's no reason for the neighbor to have to actually file a lawsuit against you in order for you to work out the issues. The threat of a lawsuit is always there, but making a lawyer actually fill out the paperwork and pay the filing fees is a pure subsidy to lawyers.