How without at the same time discouraging legitimate lawsuits?
I don't know, but that exact same problem also applies to giving immunity to officials.
Is it so bad to discourage legitimate lawsuits? I think there are plenty of legitimate things that we are ok with having some amount of difficulty in order to discourage abuse.
Would you say this woman's lawsuit should have been discouraged? And if so, why? And if not, where is the line where you are "okay" with having difficulty?
Yes, I think it it bad if you discourage people from claiming their rights. Should we really discourage say employees who have been defrauded of their salaries by their employeers from suing to get their salary?
I don't know, but there are plenty of illegitimate lawsuits intended to harass or intimidate people all the time, directed at folks who aren't covered under qualified immunity. Why protect one class of people from nuisance lawsuits and not another?
Why not both?
Because giving some people special legal privileges is bad.