At the time, this was universally reported by the media and accepted by the populace as an egregious abuse of the legal system. Jay Leno and the like minted non

At the time, this was universally reported by the media and accepted by the populace as an egregious abuse of the legal system. Jay Leno and the like minted non-stop jokes about it. Today, if you ask someone from that era about it, they have not seen the pictures and will ramble on about the need for tort reform. Am so glad we have twitter and FB today to ground the populace in a more fashionable reality.