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MOVIE · 2011

Hot Coffee

Is Justice Being Served?

★ 7.2Documentary

Most people think they know the "McDonald's coffee case," but what they don't know is that corporations have spent millions distorting the case to promote tort reform. HOT COFFEE reveals how big business, aided by the media, brewed a dangerous concoction of manipulation and lies to protect corporate interests. By following four people whose lives were devastated by the attacks on our courts, the film challenges the assumptions Americans hold about "jackpot justice."

ABOUT

Story

Most people think they know the "McDonald's coffee case," but what they don't know is that corporations have spent millions distorting the case to promote tort reform. HOT COFFEE reveals how big business, aided by the media, brewed a dangerous concoction of manipulation and lies to protect corporate interests. By following four people whose lives were devastated by the attacks on our courts, the film challenges the assumptions Americans hold about "jackpot justice."

CAST

Featured cast

Joan ClaybrookSelf
Oliver DiazSelf
Joanne DoroshowSelf
Al FrankenSelf
Colin GourleySelf
Connor GourleySelf
John GrishamSelf
Jamie Leigh JonesSelf

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