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I’m all for speed bumps but I could imagine issues with an Amazon speed jump being out of spec/poorly made resulting is durability issues that make the plastic break and create shards, being too slippery causing issues when bicycles ride over it. Stuff like that.

And litigious people are almost certainly more imaginative about these things than you and me.

If a speed bump isn't clearly visible to drivers they might drive into it at speed and damage their cars or maybe themselves. I have a mildly low car (factory parts, just an inch lower than standard), and driving into a deep pothole at more than a crawl will bottom out the suspension. It sounds like an explosion as all the energy goes into the car's frame. If I drove into a too-tall speed bump at speed it'd probably shatter the tip of my bumper, too.

The city speed bumps here have signage and highly visible paint, and a shallow enough curve that I can drive over them at the intended speed.

The "a guy texting while driving is gonna rear end someone, sue him and actually win" type.