Tort litigation costly to business and consumers

Michael Busler
4 min readJun 22, 2022

Frivolous litigation and many unjustified class action suits are costly.

American business is suffering under a torrent of tort litigation. According to one estimate from the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR), the U.S. tort system’s commercial liability costs totaled $343 billion in 2018 alone. This staggering number which has been on the rise over the last few years —…

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Michael Busler

Dr. Busler is an economist and a public policy analyst. He is a Professor of Finance at Stockton University. His op-ed columns appear in Townhall, Newsmax.