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When pursuing legal remedies feels cruel to struggling defendants

My contractor did terrible work on my house renovation but he is going through a messy divorce and I know suing him will just make his life worse, even though I cannot afford to eat the cost.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The human reality behind legal disputes can make necessary action feel morally complicated even when we are clearly wronged.

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