…we learn from this person (relying on this person, who relied on this one) that “‘horror stories’ that stoke tort reform are made-up, or drastically misrepresented to the public.” Could it be that we’ve been wasting our breath?
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
by Walter Olson on December 8, 2003
…we learn from this person (relying on this person, who relied on this one) that “‘horror stories’ that stoke tort reform are made-up, or drastically misrepresented to the public.” Could it be that we’ve been wasting our breath?

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Another Thought on Our Litigation Nation
The folks at Overlawyered are not pleased with Nick’s post claiming that litigation “horror stories” are “are made-up, or drastically misrepresented to the public.” They also cite favorably to the Newsweek article that I mentioned (and that some commen…
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