Hot Coffee
Hot Coffee

Hot Coffee

Is Justice Being Served?

7.2(66 votes)
2011
1h 25m
Documentary

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."

Production

If Not Now Productions, The Group Entertainment, Hot Coffee

Cast

Joan Claybrook

Joan Claybrook

Self

Oliver Diaz

Oliver Diaz

Self

Joanne Doroshow

Joanne Doroshow

Self

Al Franken

Al Franken

Self

Colin Gourley

Colin Gourley

Self

Connor Gourley

Connor Gourley

Self

John Grisham

John Grisham

Self

Jamie Leigh Jones

Jamie Leigh Jones

Self

Stephanie Mencimer

Stephanie Mencimer

Self

Victor Schwartz

Victor Schwartz

Self

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