So 1 million widgets are made and one goes bad. I realize there are examples of blatant disregard for other people that result in serious injury to another person, like the Ford Pinto. But those are either exceptions or deliberate, and therefore not accidents. I'm not talking about those. I'm talking about the occasional screw that doesn't get tightened properly, the defective one that got past quality control, a doctor accidently forgetting any little detail, etc.
Mistakes are inevitable.
We all make them. That's the direction we're heading in. The pressure of every act one takes being open to a lawsuit seems ridiculous but is closer to becoming a reality than most people realize. The number of doctors in this country has been steadily declining for years. One reason for this, I feel, is that doctors are under enormous pressure to never make a mistake despite the fact their humanity virtually guarantees mistakes will occur.