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Hot Coffee

Documentary
7.2·2011·1h 25m

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 pro...

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Joan Claybrook

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Oliver Diaz

Oliver Diaz

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Joanne Doroshow

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Al Franken

Al Franken

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Colin Gourley

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Connor Gourley

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John Grisham

John Grisham

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Jamie Leigh Jones

Jamie Leigh Jones

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DIRECTOR

Susan Saladoff

OVERVIEW

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."