Blocking the Courthouse Door

This important book should have received more attention when it was published. Presumably, "tort reform" is just not a sexy enough topic, and even the bright yellow cover and the (presumably intentional) absence of the word "tort" from the title were insufficient.

All of us have heard stories about how the legal system has run amok via multi-million lawsuits over trivial incidents - eg. spilt coffee at McDonald's nets $3 million.

This book presents a very strong argument for the view that the chamber of commerce and the GOP have been working systematically to dismantle the civil justice system. It's very dense with facts and, best of all, features original reporting by the author.