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That happened in 1987, and the tide of petty American litigiousness has kept on rising to new, absurd heights. This is the age of the self-tort crybaby, to whom some disappointment -- a slur, the loss of a job, an errant spouse, a foul-tasting can of beer, a slip on the supermarket floor, an unbecoming face- lift -- is sufficient occasion to claim huge monetary awards...
...Supreme Court has given limited constitutional protection to falsehoods in order to give the truth some breathing room -- to protect honest mistakes. In a tort-crazed nation, this is a great luxury. In other countries journalists live in fear of lawsuits. In America all professionals except journalists live in fear of lawsuits. Journalists are rightly alarmed that the mere accusation of fake quotes could land a journalist in a costly lawsuit, and the Supreme Court should protect us against that. But if quotes are made up, this alone surely displays reckless disregard for the truth. The claim of Malcolm...
...problem of medical malpractice and the tort litigation system are not satisfactory to anybody today," Hiatt said...
From a rocking chair behind the kitchen, Pearman dispenses advice on divorce, landlord-tenant disputes and other food for tort. Locals have developed a taste for Pearman's guidance. Referrals from agencies and simple word of mouth have brought 10,000 client customers to his door, hungry for justice...
...County courthouse last week. Close by, in a marble-pillared courtroom hidden behind security gates, two men stood before a civil court judge and began a legal duel that involved an unusual amalgam of crimes and punishments: charges of murder and racism, to be measured by the strictures of tort liability. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury," intoned civil rights crusader Morris Dees, "we're going to ask you to return a verdict so big that it will put Tom Metzger out of business...