I have a good friend involved in an aviation lawsuit right now and let me tell you, the lawyers go after everyone regardless of fault or not. Like, "hey FBO, remember that pilot you trained 10 years ago with 5000+ hours in his book, he was involved in an accident and we are suing you for his lack of training". Things get stupid when money is involved.
Agreed, it's sad.
And we wonder why light GA is dying a slow and painful death.