Too good to check : media myths about the civil justice system -- When the smoke clears : big tobacco's secret tort project -- Mess with Texas : George W. Bush and the Texas tort moguls -- We wuz robe'd: unseating liberal judges -- Cash bar : the campaign to cut attorney fees -- Shock and law : the war on lawyers -- Millions served : jackpot justice and the Jefferson County juries -- Crackpot justice : the myth of the frivolous lawsuit -- E Pluribus screw 'em : class action reform and the attack on consumer protection -- Slip and call : merchants' (irrational) fear of getting sued -- The hypocritical oath : when doctors double as tort-reform lobbyists -- In big government we trust : how the GOP learned to love bureaucrats -- In the tanker : Exxon's stealth campaign against punitive damages -- Can I get a witness? : junk science and the war on experts -- Why it matters.