Analogies like this don’t work when comparing against heavily regulated industry.

Neovim being free software is a lot different than United Airlines giving me a free flight or my doctor giving me a free consultation.

It’s very true that you can go to civil court and make a claim that a business or individual harmed you. If you do that with Neovim the judge is going to pretty quickly read bullet point #7 of the Apache 2.0 license, you’re going to struggle to prove any kind of mal-intent, you’re going to tell the judge that you paid $0 for the software, and you’ll be pretty quickly sent along your way with no damages awarded.