Alexander Summers's Summers Group, including the Howard Family he had once stayed with, had done many unscrupulous deeds; why had they never been sued?
Because no one dared to provoke people like them.
Take the incident with the Smith couple they were currently facing, for example. They could have easily sent someone to intimidate the Smith family with threats, phone harassment, splashing paint and writing graffiti, kidnapping children, and even arson. Such heinous acts could drive anyone to the brink of breakdown. Who would dare to seek a lawyer for justice then?
Even if they found a lawyer, how could they ensure that the lawyer wasn't bribed?
Representing justice to annihilate evil is something from cartoons; reality is despairing, and going against the grain only results in shattering oneself without any benefit.
But now, the situation was different.
Alexander Summers decided to become a better man, to cleanse his reputation, to become a good person.