A year earlier Vice President Quayle had publicly complained about the litigiousness of American society, and Mr. Starr--whose name six years later would, for better or for worse, become a household word--had undertaken to draw up a program of reforms. He skillfully makes the case for his proposals, Mr. Glasser equally skillfully makes the case against, and Messrs. Buckley and Taggart keep the discussion on course. KS: "The loser should make the winner whole.... It's a system that is used in all countries except this one. It was once our system. We strayed away from it in an effort, among other things, to encourage litigation ..." IG: "If I'm driving a Ford Pinto and somebody hits me from behind and, because there's a defect, the car blows up and kills my kid, who's sitting in the back seat, I want to sue the Ford Motor Company for tort.. .. If I have to contemplate not only the cost of hiring somebody but, as an ordinary citizen working with a salary, who's not very well endowed, I have to worry that if I should lose the suit I have to reimburse them for all their fancy lawyers, it seems to me that it's a good bet that will discourage litigation and discourage fairness."