The Litigation Explosion: What Happened When America Unleashed the Lawsuit

Olson, Walter K.

ISBN 10: 0525249117 / ISBN 13: 9780525249115

Published by Truman Talley Books, New York, 1991

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Hard Cover. SIGNED by author. 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. 388 pages. A separate printed, and updated index is laid in, adding to the already existing one. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A touch of light shelf wear, and mild age-toning to top of inside DJ, else a very nice and clean copy. No marks, no tears, no chips, not a remainder, not price clipped. First Edition. First Printing. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on half title page. Protected in a new Brodart cover.; Signed by Author(s).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Litigation Explosion: What Happened When America Unleashed the Lawsuit
• Publisher: Truman Talley Books, New York
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0525249117
• ISBN 13: 9780525249115
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Uses examples to explain how changes in rules have made it possible to sue on almost any pretext and offers solutions to the problem

Reviews

Since the 1970s, according to Olson, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute in New York, an explosion has taken place in American jurisprudence, and it is dangerous for everyone but lawyers and judges. It has resulted in our becoming the most litigious society on earth. Among the more insidious features of the new legal age are forum-shopping (picking the venue where a case has the best chance of succeeding), shotgun complaints (instituting a suit and then shopping around to determine in how many states one can simultaneously sue), depositions for discovery (asking hundreds of questions in hopes that some answers will prove incriminating). The catalogue of abuses by the legal profession cited here seems endless. Olson offers faint hope in his conclusion, urging that, to curb frivolous litigiousness, the loser in a case should pay all costs. An important book.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

A senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, Olson concisely examines the 20-year evolution of America's sue-and-be-damned society. Written primarily for the nonlawyer, his book will appeal to anyone wondering why the litigation explosion developed, what it means, and who profits and who loses. Olson thoroughly discusses the Alternative Dispute Resolution and the recent Rule 11 legislation, which promise some hope for reform. Recommended for public and university libraries.
- Fern Sikkema, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Washington, D.C.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.