Here they do. They are suing doctors more and more. And it is having a bad effect on how doctors do things. More and more we do things "because otherwise you'll get sued". Not a good way to practice medicine.

And did you know: in the UK 85% of medical notes would not pass legal scrutiny. 95% of surgical notes wouldn't pass legal scrutiny.

So, if you sue a doctor / hospital there's a very good chance that they'll be hampered by the poor quality of their own notes. Also hospitals are so scared of getting labelled as a "bad" hospital they'll generally settle out of court.