To loan or not to loan????

Apparently a former detroit red wings player needs more millions to live a better life. In a recent article, Sergei Fedorov is going to be paid $60 million dollars from a lawsuit against a Joseph Zada after he supposedly swindled him out of $43 million dollars and promised to pay $60 million back. This loan was not payed on time so this agreement went to court to be fixed by a judge. I just want to know why he would even loan out all that money in the first place. Do these people just have millions of dollars laying around? Why is it that the millionaires out there are so sue happy while us middle-classers just want a happy normal life? Nothing against those money makers, but if I had all that money I would just want to have fun and not worry about other people. I would also never lend out that much money.