The whole idea is to turn the tables on the greedy lawyers. Punitive awards belong to the state, not to the lawyers or the victim. The law would have to include a formula which gives the lawyers a fair amount for court costs - 10% of what the victim is awarded should be the cap. It would have to be done by Proposition, because there are too effing many lawyers on the take in the legislature to pass a bill the easy way.
I think that without the greed factor the lawyers would not bother taking any cases. Let me tell you, they SUCK. I know this from being around them a lot. I do have one who is a friend, but even he is kind of scummy.
It depends on the lawyer. I know some sucky greedy ones, but I have two cousins who are lawyers, one represents non-union farm workers and the other bounty hunts companies which have violated environmental laws. Both manage to make a good living. I have two theater friends who are lawyers, one is a researcher for the county appeals court and the other is a major league trial lawyer who made megabucks, and invested a chunck of that into building a no-profit melodrama theater in Gold Country. He always played the villain.
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