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In Defense of Tort Law by Thomas H. Koenig, Michael L. Rustad, Julian Markets Paperback, 364 Pages, Published 2003 ISBN-10: 0-8147-4758-2 / 0814747582 ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-4758-2 / 9780814747582 Late night comedians and journalists eagerly seized upon the case of an elderly woman who sued McDonald's when she spilled hot coffee in her lap as a prime example of frivolous litigation. But as Rustad and Koenig argue, cases such as these are an incomplete and misleading characterization of tort l |