In The King of Torts by John Grisham is a liability lawyers, lawyers who have large class action lawsuits that brought the massive payments of corporations. Some of those dollars are made at applicant's portfolio, but large amounts go to lawyers representing them. Clay Carter is a first public defender to burn and dissatisfied with the lack of a career. A mysterious man in black then comes to him with inside information about a drug that causes people to commit murder, and ...