Your entire logic is flawed, all around.
Since you want everybody to cover your expenses, how about we just profit share? Lol. Take the customers money, cover the expenses, and split the shares up with what is left among the participants....THEN, it makes sense to expect customers to cover the legal fees. See how stupid that sounds.
But you have spent more time trying to pass the burden of responsibility than run the business that had you flush with 40K to rebuild in the first place. And now, here you are, still pretending that the 40 minute relocation is somehow restricting your business more than the moat and walls you have built around the operation. All because, you still believe in your heart, that your customers were the reason you got hit instead of understanding that will happen to everybody who participates in this business long enough. Meanwhile, hundreds and thousands of reviews are posted up all over the web, and these places still function....
You see how your math doesn't add up?