Schlichtmann had taken five cases to trial, each one bigger than the last, and he had not lost once. The Carney case had given him plenty of money. And it had also given him a new measure of confidence. Any other malpractice case would now look pitifully small compared with Carney. He felt he was ready for something bigger. He felt he was ready for Woburn.

Jonathan Harr, A Civil Action, loc. 631