Some people do get outlandish malpractice awards, but most victims of malpractice get little or nothing. I know of one case in my family where the patient almost died from gross malpractice but choose not to sue because she was elderly and frail.
“The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice.” Mahatma Gandhi